The cleanup—and mourning—continued Friday as the Northeast United States recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. At least 48 people in five states died as storm water cascaded into people’s homes and engulfed automobiles, overwhelming urban drainage systems never meant to handle so much rain in such a short time. The toll…
Tropical Storm Larry Expected to Strengthen Into Hurricane: NHC
Tropical Storm Larry is expected to intensify into a hurricane soon, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. Larry is located about 370 miles (595 km) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h), the Miami-based weather forecaster said. Larry was strengthening and moving…
Tropical Storm Larry Expected to Strengthen Into Hurricane Soon: NHC
Tropical Storm Larry was expected to intensify into a hurricane soon, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. Larry is located about 370 miles (595 km) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h), the Miami-based weather forecaster said. Larry was strengthening and moving…
Insurers May Take $18 Billion Hit From Hurricane Ida: Industry Experts
September 1, 2021
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Insurers are bracing for a hit of about $18 billion from Hurricane Ida in the United States and the Caribbean, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Wednesday. The number, closer to the lower end of the initial estimates given by insurance analysts while the storm was still raging earlier this week,…
US Declares a Public Health Emergency Post Hurricane Ida
WASHINGTON—U.S. health officials Monday declared public health emergencies for Louisiana and Mississippi, seeking to suspend government red tape that may get in the way of providing help to people affected by Hurricane Ida. The emergency declaration by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra puts a pause on certain payment rules and other requirements that…
Heavy Storm Hits Croatian Island, Causes Power Cuts
A heavy storm descended on the Croatian island of Mljet early Saturday morning causing power outage and some disruptions in ferry traffic. Lightning hit some of the power facilities on the island leaving villages and resorts without electricity into the morning. After the scorching heat that hit parts of the Balkans and the Mediterranean this…
Ida Could Be Devastating Cat 3 Hurricane Near New Orleans
BATON ROUGE, La.—Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. “The forecast track has it headed straight towards New Orleans. Not…
US Offshore Oil Workers Flee as Storm Approaches Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON—U.S. energy companies on Thursday began airlifting workers from Gulf of Mexico oil platforms and moved vessels ahead of what is forecast to become a powerful hurricane by the weekend. Tropical Storm Ida was swirling in the Caribbean Sea and forecast to march through the main oil-producing region of the Gulf on Friday. Louisiana declared…
In the Wake of Tropical Depression Fred, a Western North Carolina Church Lends a Hand
From providing disaster relief by ship to islands in the Caribbean, to assisting those in need at ground zero in a flooded local community, Anchor Baptist Church has continued its 30-year tradition of helping people left helpless in the wake of a storm. Randy Barton, pastor at Anchor Baptist in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, surveyed…
Dozens Reported Missing In North Carolina After Powerful Storm Sparks Floods, Outages
Over 30 people are missing in North Carolina after severe flooding and power outages caused by Tropical Storm Fred have ravaged parts of the state. In Haywood County, 35 people were reported missing and 10 to 15 bridges severely damaged, the county’s emergency services officials announced Wednesday night. Aerial and water rescue missions were dispatched to the…
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