Tropical Storm Oscar is making its way toward the Bahamas following its recent landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane that resulted in at least six fatalities so far. The storm unleashed heavy rains on an island already grappling with a large power outage. Oscar made history as the smallest recorded hurricane, with a…
As officials issue their final pleas to residents to evacuate areas of Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival, some Floridians are choosing to stay. One of them is Stephanie Livermore, 41, who lives in a “high and dry” condo on the seventh floor in downtown St. Petersburg. “Getting out of here is no joke,” Livermore…
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center was busy Monday tracking newly formed Tropical Storm Kirk, as well as what remains of Tropical Depression Joyce and Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaac in the Atlantic while also monitoring two more systems with the potential to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm. As of the NHC’s 2…
One system headed for the Gulf of Mexico should have the attention of the United States, Cuba and Mexico, and two systems with development chances follow a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean. All that and Hurricane Isaac are in the National Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. update on the weather system activity in the Atlantic…
3 a.m. Helene update for South Carolina Updated: 3:19 AM EDT Sep 27, 2024 WEATHER CENTER. PARELLA. GOOD MORNING. WE JUST CONTINUE TO GET SOME LOTS AND LOTS OF RAINFALL. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THOSE WIND GUSTS ARE GOING UP. I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT THEY ARE. FIRST, LET’S CHECK IN ON THIS RAINFALL. HEAVY…
A Waffle House in Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Waffle House, the restaurant chain known for being open 24/7, is closing locations in Tallahassee, Fla., and its nearby Crawfordville location ahead of Hurricane Helene’s landfall Thursday evening. The chain rarely closes — it’s open 365 days a year — so it’s notable when Waffle House restaurants…
Hurricane Helene, an unusually large and rapidly intensifying storm, took aim at the Big Bend of Florida Wednesday, where it was projected to bring life-threatening conditions when it made landfall Thursday night. Forecasts from The National Hurricane Center projected that Helene would become a raging Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph over the…
MIAMI – As tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean quiets down again, attention is shifting back to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, where there are increasing signs of atmospheric conditions favorable for the development of possibly the next named storm sometime next week. The National Hurricane Center is now officially monitoring the area for…