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Nicholas strengthens to hurricane ahead of Texas landfall

September 14, 2021 - 11:20 AM HOUSTON (AP) — Nicholas strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Monday as it headed toward landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast and it was expected to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said top sustained winds reached 75 mph (120 kph) a few hours before expected landfall. Although the system was expected to generate only a fraction as much rain as Harvey, a hurricane warning was issued for Port O’Connor to Freeport, as well as a hurricane watch from Freeport to the western ti...

Flood-ravaged Tennessee community braces for Ida remnants

August 30, 2021 - 01:30 PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emergency workers and volunteers in rural Tennessee pushed to clean up as much debris as possible from recent deadly flooding Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Ida threatened to interrupt recovery efforts with another dousing expected overnight through Tuesd...

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power

August 29, 2021 - 11:00 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation&rsq...

EXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller

August 29, 2021 - 10:09 AM By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP) - Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as horrific in others...

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

August 27, 2021 - 12:35 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a 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 s...

Heat wave brings dangerous temperatures to southern states

August 10, 2021 - 09:04 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dangerous heat is invading parts of several southern states, forecasters said. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories Tuesday covering large of parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Louisiana, a heat advisory covered the northern part ...

FEMA looks to provide hurricane victims temporary housing

December 04, 2020 - 01:10 PM LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Louisiana residents affected by hurricanes Laura and Delta could be eligible for temporary housing under two federally administered programs. Under the Multifamily Lease and Repair Program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency can enter into a temporary contract wi...

Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

October 29, 2020 - 02:30 PM By JEFF AMY and REBECCA SANTANA (AP) — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh anguish over a record-setting hurri...

In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents dig out, again

October 11, 2020 - 09:26 AM By REBECCA SANTANA, STACEY PLAISANCE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (AP) — First, Hurricane Laura roared ashore with its staggering, 150 mph (241 kph) winds. Then Hurricane Delta followed, with less wind but with ferocious downpours. The two back-to-back hurricanes in the space of six weeks have lef...

New Orleans under hurricane watch from Tropical Storm Sally

September 12, 2020 - 08:35 PM By TAMARA LUSH (AP) — Tropical Storm Sally formed Saturday off south Florida amid forecasts it would reach hurricane strength early in the week before striking the northern Gulf Coast with high winds and a possible life-threatening storm surge. The earliest 18th-named storm in an Atlantic tro...

Weather

Nicholas strengthens to hurricane ahead of Texas landfall

Flood-ravaged Tennessee community braces for Ida remnants

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power

EXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Heat wave brings dangerous temperatures to southern states

FEMA looks to provide hurricane victims temporary housing

Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents dig out, again

New Orleans under hurricane watch from Tropical Storm Sally

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