https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVPjY3pZbx0 (Videos taken on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 by Eagle News Service correspondents in Hong Kong)
Tag: hurricane
Hong Kong raises highest hurricane signal at no. 10 as typhoon Mangkhut batters territory
(Eagle News) – Super typhoon Mangkhut lashed Hong Kong which placed the whopper hurricane at signal no. 10, the highest local hurricane signal, which will remain in force until Sunday afternoon, Sept. 16, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. Mangkhut, with maximum gusts recorded at 232 kilometers per hour, continues to move steadily towards the coast of western Guangdong and poses a severe threat to Hong Kong, according to the Observatory’s latest advisory. Mangkhut […]
Tropical storm Florence leaves at least four dead in the US
by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — A woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house and at least two other storm-related deaths were reported on Friday as Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas, dousing the eastern US states with torrential rain and causing rivers to burst their banks. Hundreds of people needed to be rescued after becoming trapped […]
Watch: EBC US bureau reports on Hurricane Florence in the US; INC organizes emergency relief
In photos: Rescue teams help people trapped in floods as hurricane Florence makes landfall
Catastrophic’ Florence buffets US east coast
by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — The outer edge of Hurricane Florence began buffeting the Carolinas with wind and rain on Thursday as forecasters warned the monster storm would trigger life-threatening flooding as it assaults the US east coast. As Florence churned slowly towards the coasts of North and South Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, federal and state officials issued final appeals […]
Georgia governor declares emergency ahead of hurricane
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Georgia Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in the southern US state on Wednesday ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence. Deal said he was issuing the emergency declaration for all 159 counties in Georgia “in light of the storm’s forecasted southward track after making landfall.” Florence, a powerful Category 4 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday or early Friday but heavy […]
Global stocks mixed amid trade worries, big US hurricane
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks were mixed on Wednesday, with Wall Street gyrating on the latest headlines connected to myriad trade conflicts and US airlines and insurers falling ahead of the arrival of a major hurricane. Bourses in London, Paris and Frankfurt all finished solidly higher, with some investors hunting for bargains after recent weakness, traders said. “Stocks have ticked up although traders remain nervous about the state of global trading […]
Hurricane Florence on collision course with Carolinas
by Sébastien DUVAL / with Leila Macor in Columbia, South Carolina Agence France Presse Hurricane Florence veered slightly to the southwest and weakened a bit on Wednesday but remained a powerful storm on course to deliver a potentially devastating blow to the Carolina coast. Georgia joined four other East Coast states issuing an emergency declaration as the latest forecasts showed Florence dumping torrential rain on the southern state. As Florence churned across the […]
Over a million told to flee as Hurricane Florence stalks US East Coast
by Jason Ryan / with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse CHARLESTON, United States (AFP) — More than a million people were ordered Monday to evacuate the path of Hurricane Florence as the powerful Category 4 storm packing winds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour bore down on the East Coast of the United States. “This is one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast in many years,” President Donald Trump […]
WATCH: The Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, with more than a million people urged to evacuate as the storm battered the country’s west with violent winds and heavy rainfall. Videographic explaining the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale used to rate the strength and destructive power of a hurricane.
Hurricane Lane slows down, weakens into a tropical storm; strong rains pound Hawaii
(Eagle News) — Hurricane Lane has weakened into a tropical storm as it continues to move slowly northward towards the Hawaiian Islands, according to the United States National Weather Service. As of August 24, 5 p.m., HST, Lane was moving northwest at 3 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. “This slowing motion will allow for prolonged heavy rainfall and life-threatening inland flooding and landslides across the islands this […]
