Florida Boy, 13, crushed to death in Hurricane Debby after tree falls on family home
Hurricane Debbie has claimed its first victim: a 13-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on his family’s mobile home as the powerful storm pounded Florida’s Gulf Coast. Deputies were called to a home in Levy County around 8 a.m. Monday after reports of a tree falling. Deputies later confirmed the boy had been […]
Wild Videos Show Hurricane Debby’s Landfall With The Worst Likely Still Ahead Of Us
Footage was released Monday morning showing Hurricane Debbie making landfall in Florida before heading out into the Atlantic Ocean, possibly near the Carolinas. Hurricane Debbie brought life-threatening conditions to the Southeast on Monday and is expected to continue through at least Saturday as it moves north-northwest up the Florida peninsula and into the Atlantic Ocean. […]
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida; expected to pound Southeast
Hurricane Debbie made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend at 7 a.m. ET on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm reached maximum sustained winds of about 80 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane. According to the NHC, the hurricane was moving in a north/northeast direction at 10 mph and made landfall […]
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Cat. 1 storm
Steinhatchee, Florida Hurricane Debbie made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend early Monday morning, battering the state with flooding rains, destructive winds and life-threatening storm surge. The Category 1 storm struck near Steinhatchee around 7 a.m. ET with sustained winds of more than 80 mph. By the middle of the week, the storm is expected to […]
Hurricane Debby to bring heavy rains and catastropic flooding to Florida, Georgia and S. Carolina
The center of Hurricane Debby is expected to reach Florida’s Big Bend coast early Monday, potentially bringing record-breaking rainfall, devastating flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly through the upstate and stalls over coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina. Debby was located about 40 miles west of Cedar Key, Florida, and had […]
Tropical Storm Debby to Become Hurricane, Make Florida Landfall by Monday
Weather officials predict Tropical Storm Debby could be upgraded to a hurricane by Monday as it moves from the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Parts of Southwest Florida were already feeling the storm’s effects before it made landfall, with officials issuing tornado watches, watches and evacuation orders as winds and rainfall intensified. Fox Weather report. […]
Florida under hurricane watch as Tropical Depression 4 expected to strengthen into Debby
MIAMI – A hurricane watch was issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast on Saturday as Tropical Storm No. 4 threatened to bring several inches of rain, strong winds and a life-threatening storm surge. Much of the state remains under a state of emergency, and officials are urging people to prepare before the weather worsens […]
Tropical disturbance over Atlantic worries hurricane experts
After a few weeks of calm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic. The disturbance, located east of the Lesser Antilles, is expected to interact with an approaching tropical depression over the next few days, according to the NHC. There is a moderate chance of a disturbance developing, but […]
Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power for days or longer
SPRING, Texas — With power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl and temperatures soaring in the home that Houston-area resident Janet Jarrett shares with her sister, she did all she could to keep her 64-year-old sister cool. But on the fourth day after the power went out, Pamela Jarrett, who was in a wheelchair and relied […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Hurricane Beryl
Nearly a week after Hurricane Beryl struck Texas, some 270,000 homes and businesses are still without power in the Houston area, and Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he was demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the region and answers about how it is prepared for future storms. “It goes without […]