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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Nana was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday as it hit Guatemala, several hours after making landfall in Belize as a hurricane. “Nana has weakened to a tropical depression, moving westwards,” said David de Leon, the spokesman for Guatemala’s Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED.) De Leon said winds had reduced to a maximum of 55 kilometers per hour. “Continued weakening is expected, and Nana is expected to degenerate to […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Central American countries were preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Nana, which hit the coast of Belize during Thursday’s early hours. Nana, recently upgraded from a tropical storm, had made landfall between Dangriga and Placencia, towards the middle of Belize’s coastline, about 60 kilometers south of Belize City, the US National Hurricane Center said just after midnight Belize time (0600 GMT). It was traveling west at 25 kilometers (16 miles) […]
LAKE CHARLES, United States (AFP) — At least 14 people were killed after Hurricane Laura slammed into the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas, authorities and local media said Friday. Louisiana’s Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed at least 10 people had died in his state, half from using carbon monoxide-producing portable generators indoors in the aftermath of the storm making landfall Thursday. Four of the remaining deaths were caused by trees falling on […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Genevieve weakened Wednesday to a Category 1 storm off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, US forecasters said, after bringing rain and high waves to the country’s northwest coast. On Tuesday two people, including a lifeguard, drowned in the resort of Los Cabos after a teenager ignored warning flags and was swept away, Mexican authorities said. The storm, which turned into a Category 4 on Tuesday, was expected to skirt Baja […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Authorities in Mexico’s Baja California closed ports and beaches on Tuesday as Hurricane Genevieve barrelled towards the peninsula packing winds of nearly 195 kilometers (120 miles) per hour. At 0300 GMT Genevieve, a Category 3 hurricane, was located some 390 kilometers south of the southern tip of Baja California moving towards the northwest at around 17 kilometers per hour, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported. The storm — which had […]
by Peter HUTCHISON NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Tropical storm Isaias pounded the US eastern seaboard with driving rain and strong winds on Tuesday, cutting power to over one million households and felling trees, including in New York. At least one person was killed in New York City after a tree fell on their car, while another was critically injured by a falling branch, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Wind gusts up to 78 […]
MYRTLE BEACH, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Isaias slammed into North Carolina Monday as a category one storm, with winds of up to 85 miles (140 kilometers) an hour, the US National Hurricane Center said. The storm came ashore in the southern part of the state near Ocean Isle Beach at 11:10 pm (0310 GMT Tuesday). Meteorologists warned of heavy rain and potentially life-threatening storm surges. © Agence France-Presse
by Logan Cyrus MYRTLE BEACH, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Isaias was set to regain hurricane strength Monday before slamming into the US eastern seaboard, bringing life-threatening storm surges to North and South Carolina. The storm, currently 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, was packing sustained winds of 70 miles (100 kilometers) per hour, with wind speeds predicted to increase during the day. Isaias is forecast to “make landfall tonight as […]
by Leila MACOR MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Isaias roared closer to the Florida coast Sunday, threatening to bring strong winds, flash flooding and storm surges but no longer expected to regain hurricane strength. The tropical storm was packing sustained winds of 70 miles (110 kilometers) per hour Sunday evening as it moved northwest off the state’s east coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Florida’s coast was experiencing heavy wind gusts. The NHC said […]
by Ronen ZILBERMAN HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) — Hurricane Douglas swept north of Hawaii late Sunday, sparing Honolulu but still posing a threat to Kauai on the northwestern end of the Pacific island chain. The storm was expected to skirt north of Kauai as it barrels past the Hawaiian islands, packing 90 mile per hour (150 kph) winds, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane warnings for Oahu were cancelled but remained in effect for Kauai and […]
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Texas, already struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases, was bracing Saturday after storm Hanna strengthened into the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, with meteorologists warning of heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding. The Category 1 storm, with wind speeds of around 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour), strengthened to a hurricane overnight and is expected to make landfall by afternoon or early evening, the […]
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse CHARLESTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce winds as it neared the US east coast Thursday after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people. Parts of downtown Charleston were flooded, with video footage showing people kayaking in the dark in gushing knee-deep water in the stately city on the coast of South Carolina. Trees bent in wind gusting […]
