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Sandy regains hurricane strength
Sandy regained hurricane strength on Saturday after briefly weakening to tropical storm status, the National Hurricane Center said. Air Force hurricane hunter planes registered sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers) as the storm churned northward off the US East coast, the US weather agency said. Dubbed a…
Jamaica and Cuba issue hurricane warnings
MIAMI — Hurricane warnings were issued Tuesday for Jamaica and parts of Cuba as Tropical Storm Sandy gained strength in the southern Caribbean. Forecasters predicted that Sandy will hit Jamaica as a hurricane Wednesday before crossing eastern Cuba that night en route to the Bahamas by the weekend. A tropical…
Hurricane Michael becomes season’s first category three storm
Hurricane Michael swelled to the first category three storm of 2012 early Thursday as it churned far from land in the middle of the Atlantic, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. As of 0900 GMT the hurricane was packing winds of up to 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour…
New Orleans in crosshairs of Tropical Storm Isaac
New Orleans braced Monday for another major tropical storm almost seven years after Hurricane Katrina swamped the fabled US home of jazz, leaving a surreal sprawl of destruction and death. The storm churned toward the northern Gulf of Mexico coast with sustained winds of 65 miles (100 kilometers) per hour,…
Limbaugh: The National Hurricane Center is Obama
On his radio program Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh claimed that the National Hurricane Center’s warning that Tropical Storm Isaac could hit the Republican convention in Florida was just wishful thinking. “The National Hurricane Center is Obama,” he said. “The National Weather Service is part of the Commerce Department. It is Obama.”…
Tropical Storm Ernesto heads for Honduras, Mexico
Tropical Storm Ernesto headed towards Honduras and Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula early Tuesday, with US forecasters predicting it would reach hurricane strength before making landfall. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Ernesto was packing winds of 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour as it powered across the Caribbean toward the…
Category 2 hurricane threatens Mexican coast
Hurricane Carlotta strengthened to a category two storm Friday as it barreled toward Mexico’s Pacific Coast, US monitors warned. The storm was packing winds of 105 miles (170 kilometers) per hour and was moving northwestward at 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a…
Mexico on high alert for Hurricane Jova
Mexican authorities have placed four southern coastal states on high alert ahead of Tuesday’s expected arrival of Jova, a major hurricane barreling in from the Pacific. The Miami-based US National Hurricane Center said in a 0300 GMT bulletin that Jova was packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers (120 miles)…
Hurricane Jova grows in Pacific, threatens Mexico
Hurricane Jova was strengthening as it headed for the southwestern Mexican coast, US meteorologists said Sunday, warning the system would likely grow further in the coming days. The category one hurricane was at 0900 GMT packing maximum sustained winds of up to 85 miles per hour (140 kilometers per hour),…
Tropical Storm Lee makes landfall in Louisiana
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Lee made landfall in the southern US state of Louisiana on Sunday, bringing with it torrential rains threatening floods in parts of the country, US government forecasters said. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency, saying flooding was the state’s “primary concern.” Lee…
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