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Hurricane Milton leaves at least 10 dead, millions without power in Florida

By Brad Brooks and Leonora LaPeter Anton FORT PIERCE, Florida/ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned tornados, killed at least 10 people and left millions without power, but the storm did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared. Governor Ron DeSantis said the state had avoided the “worst-case scenario,” though he cautioned the damage was still significant […]

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Extremely dangerous Hurricane Milton makes landfall on Florida’s west coast

By Leonora LaPeter Anton and Brad Brooks ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) – Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, striking a little sooner and further south than forecast, offering the state a glimmer of hope it might be spared the worst of the anticipated catastrophe. The storm made landfall around 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT) as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kph) near […]

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Category 5 monster hurricane Milton heads for Florida: millions ordered to flee

By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Evan Garcia TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida’s battered Gulf Coast as an enormous Category 5 storm on Tuesday, triggering massive traffic jams and fuel shortages as officials ordered more than 1 million people to flee before it slams into the Tampa Bay area. Milton, which exploded on Monday into one of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record, was forecast to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, […]

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US southeast faces daunting task cleaning up from Helene; death toll rises

By Rich McKay, Joseph Ax and Andrew Hay ATLANTA (Reuters) – Authorities across a wide swath of the southeastern United States faced the daunting task on Saturday of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful to hit the country, as the death toll continued to rise. At least 43 deaths were reported by late on Friday, and officials feared still more bodies would be discovered across several states. Helene, downgraded late on […]

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Helene, now a major hurricane, menaces Florida with ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge

By Rich McKay, Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Hay (Reuters) -Driving rain flooded roadways and closed airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state’s panhandle region, bringing the threat of a potentially deadly storm surge to much of the coastline. The storm became a major Category 4 hurricane on Thursday with sustained winds near 130 mph (209 kph), the National Hurricane Center said, and was expected to continue gaining power. Helene was […]

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Hurricane Helene barrels toward Florida; fierce winds, storm surge expected

By Rich McKay, Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Hay (Reuters) -Florida braced for the arrival of Hurricane Helene on Thursday, forecast to be a powerful Category 4 storm when it smashes into the state’s panhandle. Officials issued dire warnings, pleading with residents in coastal areas along the hurricane’s path to evacuate ahead of catastrophic winds and a potentially deadly storm surge, the wall of seawater pushed on land by hurricane-force winds, that could rise to 20 […]

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Mexico issues red alert as Hurricane John barrels toward southern coast

By Fredy Garcia PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (Reuters) -Mexico’s top disaster agency issued a red alert for parts of the country’s southern Pacific coast on Monday after Hurricane John rapidly strengthened to a Category 2 storm and threatened to get stronger before making landfall in the coming hours. The national Civil Protection agency issued its most serious warning for coastal regions of Mexico’s southern Guerrero and Oaxaca states, warning residents to seek shelter until authorities give […]

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Debby, now a tropical storm, soaks northern Florida

By Maria Alejandra Cardona STEINHATCHEE, Florida (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Debby drenched northern Florida on Monday and killed several people as the downgraded hurricane churned toward Georgia and the Carolinas, threatening a week of torrential downpours and flooding across the region. The slow-moving storm plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast around 7 a.m. (1100 GMT) on Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, making landfall near Steinhatchee about 70 miles (115 km) southeast of Tallahassee, the National […]

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Tourists evacuated, flights cancelled as hurricane Beryl targets Mexico

By Ivan SHAW CANCÚN, Mexico, July 5, 2024 (AFP) – Tourist resorts in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula girded Thursday for a hit from Hurricane Beryl, which is still packing ferocious winds after slamming Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. After dropping to a Category 2, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said late Thursday that Beryl had restrengthened to a Category 3, with winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour ahead of an expected landfall early […]

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Category 5 Hurricane Beryl pummels Caribbean, hurtles towards Jamaica

By Chandan KHANNA BRIDGETOWN/ST. GEORGE’S, Barbados, July 2, 2024 (AFP) – Hurricane Beryl was Tuesday hurtling towards Jamaica as it strengthened into a record top-level Category 5 storm after sweeping across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean. Dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds, Beryl was described as a “potentially catastrophic” storm by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). One person was killed in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the country’s government said, while […]

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URGENT: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US tracker

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 1, 2024 (AFP) – Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean island of Carriacou, which is part of Grenada, on Monday as a powerful Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. “The eye of #Beryl has made landfall on Carriacou Island,” the NHC wrote on X, warning residents in a separate bulletin of “life-threatening conditions” and that “winds will rapidly increase within the eyewall.” This […]

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Caribbean braces as Hurricane Beryl strengthens to ‘very dangerous’ storm

By Chandan KHANNA BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 30, 2024 (AFP) – Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, strengthened into a “very dangerous” Category 3 storm Sunday morning as it threatened the southeast Caribbean with potential life-threatening winds and storm surge, US forecasters said. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl — currently churning in the Atlantic Ocean about 420 miles (675 kilometers) east of Barbados — “continues to quickly strengthen this Sunday […]

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