Tag: storm
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Storm kills 64; 3 million customers still without power
Share Biden approves disaster declaration for North Carolina President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for North Carolina, where at least 10 people have died and flooding brought major destruction across the state. The approval makes federal funding available to people in 25 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the White House…
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‘Life-threatening’ conditions as storm churns over Georgia
Share Some hurricane and tropical storm warnings lifted in Florida — but storm surge risk remains Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. Various hurricane and tropical storm warnings across Florida have been lifted or downgraded as Helene makes it way north across Georgia, the National Hurricane said in…
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Storm set to intensify and cause ‘catastrophic’ damage across Florida
Share Florida’s Big Bend braces for major hurricane impact Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. The Big Bend Coast is set for “catastrophic” wind damage, flash flooding from heavy rain, tornadoes and lethal storm surges, the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee warned early today. Damaging winds would…
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‘Life-threatening’ storm surge to hit Florida’s west coast in next 36 hours
Share Helene forecast to make landfall tomorrow night Helene is forecast to make landfall along the Big Bend of Florida tomorrow night between 6 and 10 p.m. as a major hurricane. Helene’s outer rain bands will bring on-and-off tropical downpours to South Florida and the Keys by this afternoon. Tropical storm-force winds will begin for…
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Trump assassination attempt report and Tropical Storm Helene forecast: Morning Rundown
A new Senate report details what went wrong before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in July. More adults than thought may have an iron deficiency. And the U.S. is cracking down on cheap Chinese goods. Here’s what to know today. Senate details ‘preventable’ mistakes leading up to first Trump assassination attempt A new bipartisan…
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Florida gets ready as storm with hurricane potential makes its way toward U.S.
A disturbance in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a hurricane that will take aim at Florida midweek. The system, which for now is known as Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 but would become Helene if it’s upgraded to a storm, on Monday afternoon was about 110 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman with maximum…
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Unnamed storm brings a foot of rain to parts of North Carolina, heads north
Hard rain of 1 foot and more inundated the southeastern coast of North Carolina on Monday as a storm with no name moved ashore and aimed for the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. The National Hurricane Center calls it Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 and said in forecast updates that the front will weaken as it travels…