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Hurricane warning extended in Florida ahead of potentially devastating Ian

A hurricane warning has been extended southward on the west coast of the southeastern US state of Florida to Chokoloskee, forecasters said

Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for Category 4 damages

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane before it hits Florida on Wednesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, rushed in emergency personnel and took steps to protect crops in Cuba's main tobacco-growing region. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre said significant wind and storm surge impacts were occurring Tuesday morning in western Cuba. Ian sustained top winds of 205 kmph as it moved over the city of Pinar del Rio. As much as 14 feet of storm surge was predicted along Cuba's coast. After passing over Cuba, Ian was forecast to strengthen even more over warm Gulf of Mexico waters, reaching top winds of 225 kmh before making landfall again. Tropical storm-force winds were expected in Florida late Tuesday, reaching hurricane force Wednesday morning. The hurricane centr

Mandatory evacuation in parts of Florida as Hurricane Ian strengthens

Residents in parts of Tampa, the southeastern US state of Florida, received mandatory evacuation orders, as Hurricane Ian continued to strengthen.

NASA scraps Artemis 1 Moon mission launch due to hurricane threat

The US space agency has called off its Artemis I launch scheduled for September 27, owing to Tropical Storm Ian threat, and was preparing for rollback while continuing to watch the weather forecast

Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after lashing Puerto Rico

Fiona brought down trees, power lines and advertisements in the towns of Punta Cana, La Romana and El Seibo in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic during the early hours of Monday

Hurricane threat grows as Tropical Storm Fiona aims at Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans braced for severe wind and extreme rain as Tropical Storm Fiona bore down amid expectations it would grow into a hurricane before striking the US territory's southern coast on Sunday afternoon. Forecasters said historic levels of rain were expected to produce landslides and heavy flooding, with up to 20 inches forecast in isolated areas. It's time to take action and be concerned, said Nino Correa, Puerto Rico's emergency management commissioner. Fiona was centred 150 miles (240 kilometres) southeast of Ponce, Puerto Rico, late on Saturday. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and was moving west-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). The storm was forecast to pummel cities and towns along Puerto Rico's southern coast that are still recovering from a string of strong earthquakes that hit the region starting in late 2019, with several schools still shuttered and debris to be removed. More than 100 people had sought shelter across the island by Saturday night, the ..

Tropical storm Danielle strengthens; soon to emerge as a hurricane in US

Tropical Storm Danielle picked up strength in the and was forecast to become the first hurricane of an unusually quiet storm season later on Friday. The storm is not currently a threat to any land. The storm's maximum sustained winds were near 65 mph (100 kph). Additional strengthening is forecast, the US National Hurricane Centre said. The storm is centred about 925 miles (1,485 kilometres) west of the Azores and is moving east near 2 mph (4 kph). The hurricane centre said the storm is expected to meander in the Atlantic over the next few days. The tropical storm comes amid what had been a calm hurricane season. It is the first time since 1941 that the Atlantic has gone from July 3 to the end of August with no named storm, Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach had told The Associated Press earlier.

10 dead, 20 missing as Hurricane Agatha brings damage in south Mexico

Hurricane Agatha caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 10 people and left 20 missing, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said

Strongest hurricane on record in May makes landfall in southern Mexico

The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific swept ashore on a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico on Monday

Mexico's first 2022 hurricane Aghata gaining power, to strike tourist towns

Agatha could make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Monday afternoon or evening in the area near Puerto Escondido and Puerto Angel in the southern state of Oaxaca

Hurricane Ida, Europe floods made 2021 costly for disasters: Munich Re

The company's annual report put the overall economic losses from natural disasters worldwide last year at $280 billion

Extreme weather events cost the world billions in 2021, shows study

They include some of the disasters hit rapidly, like Cyclone Yaas, which struck India and Bangladesh in May and caused losses valued at $3 billion in just a few days

Here's why US crude oil supplies took such a big hit from Hurricane Ida

The damage to offshore platforms, pipelines and even helipads was so severe that two out of every three barrels of crude normally pumped from the U.S. sector of the Gulf of Mexico are unavailable.

Joe Biden to survey damage done by Hurricane Ida in New York, New Jersey

US President Joe Biden will visit the states of New York and New Jersey next Tuesday to see the damage done by Hurricane Ida, the White House has said

Hurricane Ida aftermath delivers deadly lesson on climate change

New York City and its suburbs, which rebuilt power grids, subways and tunnels after 2012's Hurricane Sandy flooded lower Manhattan, again saw similar scenes

Death toll from remnants of Hurricane Ida mounts to 46 in United States

Officials said many people were unaccounted for.

New York area swamped by Hurricane Ida's rains, killing at least 8

Video of flooding posted on social media showed major thoroughways, airport terminals, baseball stadiums and subway stations turned into wading pools

New York state Governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Ida

New York state Governor Kathy Hochul declared her first state of emergency on Thursday as remnants of Hurricane Ida brought torrential rain and heavy flooding.

Oil prices fall as US refiners shut down by damage from Hurricane Ida

Oil prices fell on Tuesday on concerns that power outages and flooding in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida will cut crude demand from refineries at the same time global producers plan to raise output

Hurricane Ida: Economists foresee only modest damage to US economy

The impact on the overall US economy should be modest so long as damage estimates don't rise sharply and refinery shutdowns are not prolonged, economists suggested