The winds of Tropical Storm Isaac weakened Thursday but its rain still posed a flooding threat as it continued on a northern path over the U.S. Gulf Coast state of Louisiana. Officials in Louisiana and the neighboring state of Mississippi urged residents to evacuate homes near their border after finding that a dam had sustained […]
Tropical Storm Isaac Losing Punch, But Still Poses Threat
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Tropical Storm Isaac Losing Punch, But Still Poses Threat
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
The winds of Tropical Storm Isaac weakened Thursday but its rain still posed a flooding threat as it continued on a northern path over the U.S. Gulf Coast state of Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center said Isaac is carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers an hour, but is expected to diminish to a tropical […]
Tropical Storm Isaac Losing Punch, But Still Poses Threat
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaac will weaken to a tropical depression Thursday as it continues on a northern path over the U.S. Gulf Coast state of Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center said Isaac is carrying maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers an hour, and could dump as much as 63 centimeters of rain in isolated […]
Tropical Storm Isaac Still a Threat
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to soak the U.S. Gulf Coast state of Louisiana for another day Thursday with forecasters warning that the weakening storm is still a threat to life and property. Isaac was downgraded from a Category One hurricane after slamming into Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama with heavy rain, strong winds, and isolated […]
Tropical Storm Isaac Gathering Strength on Way to Florida
Posted August 26th, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Isaac, due to make landfall Sunday in the Florida Keys just off the U.S. mainland at or near hurricane strength. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warns isolated tornadoes are also possible Sunday over portions of the Keys and central and southern Florida. Isaac has maximum sustained winds near 95 […]
Haiti Assessing Damage from Tropical Storm Haiti
Posted August 25th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Officials in earthquake-ravaged Haiti are assessing damage from Tropical Storm Isaac, which moved over the impoverished Caribbean island early Saturday. Relief workers are concerned about hundreds of thousands of people who are still living in tent camps and other makeshift structures, more than two years after a catastrophic earthquake caused enormous damage in and around […]
Tropical Storm Isaac Hits Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
Posted August 25th, 2012 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
Tropical Storm Isaac has hit the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti. The storm touched down early Saturday with near hurricane strength west of Port-au-Prince, the capital. Long lines were seen outside supermarkets Friday in Port-au-Prince, a locale where 400,000 people have lived in tent camps since an earthquake devastated the capital city nearly three years […]
Carlotta Weakens after Hitting Mexico as Hurricane
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Carlotta weakened from a hurricane to a tropical depression Saturday over southern Mexico after pummeling the country’s Pacific coast with strong winds and heavy rains and causing a mudslide that killed two children. The U.S. National Hurricane Center first downgraded Carlotta to a tropical storm Saturday before downgrading it again to a tropical depression. The […]
Carlotta Weakens after Hitting Mexico as Hurricane
Posted June 16th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Carlotta weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Saturday over southern Mexico after pummeling the country’s Pacific coast with strong winds and heavy rains and causing a mudslide that killed two children. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said a tropical storm warning was in effect west of Punta Maldonado to the resort city of […]
Tropical Storm Warning in Effect for Bermuda
Posted November 10th, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Bermuda as Tropical Storm Sean continues to swirl in the Atlantic, off the British territory. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its latest bulletin Thursday that Sean was about 465 kilometers west-southwest of Bermuda, moving toward the northeast with 100 kilometer-per-hour winds. The weather system […]
