Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida as powerful category 4 storm | Florida
Hurricane Helen made landfall on the Florida coast Thursday night as a powerful and destructive Category 4 storm, wreaking havoc across large swathes of the Gulf Coast and threatening high winds, storm surge, and heavy rain. The Miami-based UA National Hurricane Center said late Thursday that Helen was located about 45 miles (70 kilometers) east-southeast […]
Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida as Category 4 storm
Hurricane Helen will make landfall in Florida late Thursday night as a dangerous Category 4 storm, pummeling the sunny state with heavy rain, a potentially “unsurvivable” storm surge, and life-threatening winds. The devastating storm, the largest on record in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane Thursday, with maximum sustained […]
Storm stronger ‘than any in recent memory’
Hurricane Helen strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Thursday morning and continued to gain speed and strength, reaching wind speeds of 105 mph just hours before it was scheduled to make landfall in Florida. Helen is expected to become a major hurricane with sustained winds of about 125 mph and reach Florida's Big Bend […]
Floridians Warned of ‘Unsurvivable’ Storm Surge, Vast Inland Damage
“Unsurvivable” storm surge moves quickly Hurricane Helen The storm is hurtling toward Florida. Forecasters said Thursday that strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding are also possible hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S. AP Reports Helen It has now become a major hurricane. The storm is expected to make landfall on […]
Mets must find way to weather scheduling storm to reach playoffs
ATLANTA — OK, we can argue for days to come that the Commissioner's Office should have been more aggressive, that the Braves shouldn't have been so greedy, that the Mets should have played just one make-up game in Atlanta this season so they wouldn't get into a tight spot down the stretch. Ok, to deal […]
Harris not only threatened to storm the homes of legal gunowners — she supported a handgun ban
Kamala Harris' recent statement that “my values haven't changed” has led critics to question what else she still supports beyond taxpayer-funded sex reassignment for illegal immigrants, repealing the Hyde Amendment, and legalizing crack cocaine for personal consumption. Just days after investigators uncovered footage of Harris threatening to raid the homes of law-abiding Americans and conduct […]
Southeast US Prepares for Major Hurricane Helene, Strongest Storm to Hit in over a Year
Forecasters are warning that a group of storms packing heavy rain that formed in the Cayman Islands on Tuesday could become a major hurricane on its way to the southeastern U.S. Hurricane watches have been issued for Tampa Bay, Florida, from Inglewood to Indian Pass, eastern Mexico from Cabo Catoche to Tulum, and Cuba's Pinar […]
Tropical Storm Helene on track to become major hurricane as it approaches Florida
Tropical Storm Helene strengthened rapidly on Wednesday and is expected to become a major hurricane as it approaches Florida, while residents are scrambling to prepare for a deadly storm surge, destructive hurricane-force winds and flooding rains. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said there was a risk of life-threatening storm surge along the entire west coast […]
Tropical Storm Helene could wreak havoc on Mets-Braves series
ATLANTA — A storm was approaching Truist Park, and with several big games at stake, that fact was all too clear. With a tropical storm that could become a hurricane looming and is forecast to move through Georgia, Major League Baseball has no solid contingency plan in place if the Braves-Mets games on Wednesday and […]
Florida to Louisiana braces for likely tropical storm or Hurricane Helene as weather threatens Gulf of Mexico
Millions of people living along the Gulf Coast are being urged to prepare as there are growing signs that the next tropical threat to the United States is brewing in the Caribbean and that the ingredients for a tropical storm or hurricane are lining up. Many computer forecast models are predicting a strong tropical storm […]