Tag: Landfall

Ida: Exclamation Point on Record Onslaught of US Landfalls

In the past two years, hurricanes have been brewing, strengthening, and hitting the United States at a record pace, and Ida will likely go down as one of the nastiest of a dangerous bunch. While not quite record-setting, Ida is among some of the strongest and fastest intensifying storms in more than 150 years of…


New York Declares Emergency as New England Set to Embrace First Hurricane in 30 Years

New York state and New York City have declared states of emergency ahead of Hurricane Henri, likely the first hurricane in 30 years in New England. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday that the city has been placed in a state of emergency. He urged the residents to minimize activity on Sunday….


Hurricane Grace Makes Landfall Near Mexico’s Tulum Temples

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico—Hurricane Grace struck Mexico’s Caribbean coast just south of the ancient Mayan temples of Tulum early Thursday, pushing a dangerous storm surge. Heavy rain and strong winds threatened to destroy flimsier homes and keep tourists off white sand beaches until it crosses the Yucatan Peninsula. The Category 1 storm had already soaked…


13 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Southern Africa After Storm Eloise

JOHANNESBURG—The death toll from storm Eloise rose to at least 13 on Monday after heavy winds, rain and flooding destroyed buildings, drowned crops, and displaced thousands in parts of southern Africa. Eloise weakened from a cyclone to a tropical storm after making landfall in central Mozambique on Saturday, but continued to dump rain on Zimbabwe,…