Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica around 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said. With maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, it’s “one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic Basin.” About an hour after making landfall in southwestern Jamaica, near New Hope, the storm remained an “extremely…
Hurricane Erin, a large category 2 storm with winds reaching 105mph, is slowly moving away from the North Carolina coast Thursday morning after hitting the state’s Outer Banks with intense winds, large waves, storm surge and flooding. While Erin is not expected to make landfall, weather officials warn that the storm’s effects are not over…
The effects of Hurricane Erin rocked the Outer Banks of North Carolina overnight, battering it with storm surge, flooding and destructive waves, despite it never making landfall. The unusually large Category 2 storm is expected to bring coastal flooding and tropical storm conditions to parts of the mid-Atlantic on Thursday as it continues to barrel…
July 5 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Chantal formed in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and is projected to reach South Carolina’s coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. South and North Carolina are already encountering dangerous rip and surf conditions during the Fourth of July holiday weekend Chantal, the third named storm of the…