Video Shows Beachfront House Collapse, Float Away As Hurricane Approaches
Video captured the moment a home on high ground along the coast of North Carolina’s Outer Banks was toppled by waves from Hurricane Ernesto and swept out to sea, The New York Times reported Friday. Hurricane Ernesto made landfall in Bermuda on Saturday morning as a weakening Category 1. The combined waves and storm surge […]
US single-family housing starts dented by Hurricane Beryl, higher mortgage rates
Erin Sykes, chief economist at Nest Seekers International, weighs in on “The Bottom Line” as high interest rates continue to hurt the housing market. U.S. single-family home construction fell to its lowest level in a year and a half in July, partly due to the disruption to housing activity caused by Hurricane Beryl, but an […]
Tropical Storm Ernesto expected to become Hurricane as it moves through Caribbean
Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Ernesto continues to batter the islands with flooding rains and destructive wind gusts, with forecasters warning the storm could strengthen into a hurricane sometime Wednesday. The tropics have been active in recent weeks with the development of Hurricane […]
Ernesto on track to become hurricane while bringing life-threatening surf, flooding rain to Caribbean islands
Millions of people across the Caribbean are bracing for the force of Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which is expected to hit the Caribbean, including the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains, large and destructive waves and potentially life-threatening storm surges. The […]
Florida mom, Suzanne Flament-Smith, finds WWII-era message in a bottle during Hurricane Debby clean up
A Florida mother cleaning up trash after Hurricane Debby discovered a nearly 80-year-old message in a bottle, containing a shell casing that may have traveled more than 800 miles. The World War II-era note, bearing U.S. Navy letterhead from Amphibious Training Base Little Creek, Virginia, and dated March 4, 1945, was discovered this week by […]
Catfish spotted swimming on flooded streets in Florida during Hurricane Debby
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Catfish were spotted swimming in driveways and yards of Florida homes before Category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall. Joanna Mack and her husband were surprised to see two catfish swimming in the road in front of their Pinellas Park home on Sunday. The couple believe the fish was probably washed away […]
Florida boaters survive Hurricane Debby after losing sail, Coast Guard flies in for rescue: video
Dramatic footage shows the moment a Coast Guard helicopter team rescued two stranded Florida boaters 73 miles offshore during Hurricane Debby. The 34-foot-long vessel lost a sail Sunday off the coast of Boca Grande, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a press release. The rescue effort began just after 5 p.m. yesterday when friends on […]
Over $1 Million in Cocaine Blown onto Florida Beach by Hurricane Debby
More than $1 million worth of cocaine washed up on Florida’s coast as Hurricane Debbie hit the state, bringing heavy rains and flooding. Samuel Briggs II, acting chief patrol officer for the U.S. Border Patrol in Miami, revealed in X’s post that “25 boxes of cocaine,” or about 70 pounds worth of cocaine, had been […]
Hurricane Debby Washes $1 Million Worth Of Cocaine Onto Florida Beach
Interim Chief Patrol Officer Samuel of the U.S. Border Patrol announced on social media that Hurricane Debbie washed $1 million worth of cocaine onto the Florida coast on Monday. More than $1 million worth of cocaine washed up in the Florida Keys after Category 1 Hurricane Debbie wreaked havoc in the Big Bend region of […]
Hurricane Debby blows $1 million worth of cocaine onto Florida beach
More than $1 million worth of cocaine washed up on shore in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Debbie pounded the Big Bend of Mexico’s Gulf Coast on Monday morning, authorities said. Debby made landfall in the early morning as a Category 1 hurricane, with winds exceeding 80 mph, and carried more than two dozen packets […]