Category: Hurricane

Hurricane Grace Closes on Mexico’s Gulf Coast as Category 3 Storm

VERACRUZ, Mexico—Hurricane Grace closed in on Mexico’s Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm late Friday, drenching small fishing towns and beach resorts as it headed for its second landfall in the country in two days. The storm had lost power while crossing over the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday, swirling through Mexico’s main tourist…


Tropical Storm Henri Expected to Reach New England or Long Island as a Hurricane: NHC

Tropical Storm Henri is expected to be “at or near hurricane strength” before making landfall in southern New England or Long Island by late Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. Henri was over the Atlantic Ocean about 270 miles (435 km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 8 p.m. EDT, and was moving northward…


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…


Hurricane Grace to Make Landfall in Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday: NHC

Hurricane Grace is expected to bring strong winds and a dangerous storm surge to portions of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and make landfall Thursday morning, the U.S National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Grace is located about 250 miles (400 kilometers) east of Tulum, Mexico, and packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per…


Tropical Storm Forms Near Puerto Rico, Heads for Hispaniola

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Tropical Storm Fred swirled just south of Puerto Rico early Wednesday heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti, with forecasters warning that its heavy rains could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides. After a quiet month of no named storms in the region, Fred became the sixth of the Atlantic hurricane season as…


Tropical Storm Warnings for US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Islands in the northern Caribbean braced Tuesday for the storm that could be Fred. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. “The most important…


Tropical Storm Elsa Kills 1 in Florida, Hurts 10 at Georgia Base

SAVANNAH, Ga.—A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others when a possible tornado struck a campground at a Navy base in southeast Georgia. The National Hurricane Center said Elsa still packed 45 mph (72 kph) winds more than nine hours after making landfall…


Tropical Storm Elsa Makes Landfall Along Florida Gulf Coast

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— A weakened Tropical Storm Elsa dumped rain across Florida’s Gulf Coast early Wednesday but appears to have spared the state significant damage and widespread power outages. Elsa wobbled through the Gulf of Mexico, briefly reaching hurricane strength, but moved ashore as a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday in…


Tropical Storm Elsa Becomes Hurricane, Headed to Florida Gulf Coast

VENICE BEACH, Fla.—Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday, hours before an expected landfall on Florida’s northern Gulf Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The center of Elsa was about 100 miles (165 km) south-southwest of Tampa, Florida, and was moving north at around 9 miles per hour (15 km…


Hurricane Elsa Cuts Power, Batters Homes in Barbados

CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados—Hurricane Elsa caused power outages, blew roofs off homes, toppled trees, and caused flooding in areas of the island-nation of Barbados on Friday. Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred A. Abrahams, urged Barbadians to shelter in place and only leave their homes if the structures were to become damaged. Elsa…