…Alabama. As much as 1ft of rain could fall. US offshore oil production is expected to be badly hit, as are refineries in lowland Louisiana. As much as 78% of the Gulf’s crude oil production and 48% of its natural gas production had been closed ahead of the storm, government figures showed. BP and Chevron have shut down oil production in the Gulf, and BP is evacuating its platform there. …
…uld strengthen further. The storm has already caused havoc in the Caribbean, killing at least six in Haiti and bringing floods to Cuba. The National Hurricane Center said the storm was moving at about 20 mph (30km/h) towards Florida’s southern tip, and was expected to begin battering the coastline during the day on Sunday. It was packing sustained winds of 65 mph. People in southern Florida…
…EDT) on Sunday, Isaac was about 50 miles (85 km) south-southeast of Key West and packing top sustained winds of 60 miles (100 km) per hour. Tropical force winds from the massive storm stretched across 400 miles (644 km), with rain bands extending even further, said NHC meteorologist David Zelinsky. It meant Isaac could cause significant damage even in places where it does not pass directly overhea…
High winds and driving rain are lashing the coast of Haiti as Tropical Storm Isaac moves closer to the shore. The centre of the storm was last reported as being about 100 km from the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Aid groups warn that some 400,000 Haitians still living in makeshift camps after the deadly earthquake of 2010 are extremely vulnerable. Forecasters say Isaac could cause life-threate…
Bastrop Texas: Major wildfire Tropical Storm Lee is hitting Louisiana as it hurls rain at the US Gulf coast, bringing back memories of the Katrina flood disaster. US National Hurricane Center traced storm centre on Saturday afternoon to 45 miles (75km) south-west of Morgan City, with maximum winds of 60mph (95km/h). Louisiana declared state of emergency and an emergency has also been decla…
…Bloomberg said: “This is a dangerous storm. But I think we’re going to be OK.” Earlier in the week, Hurricane Sandy caused havoc as it ploughed across the Caribbean, killing at least 44 people in Haiti, 11 in Cuba and four more in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Bahamas….
…220;storm surge” and high tide would cause flooding in coastal areas along the Gulf Coast. Water would potentially reach 6-12 ft (1.8-3.7 m) above ground in south-west Louisiana and Mississippi, 4-8ft in Alabama and 3-6 ft in south-central Louisiana. Isaac is also threatening heavy rainfall of as much as 20 in (51cm) in isolated spots, and could spark possible tornadoes along the northern Gu…
Hurricane Sandy, which left 21 people dead as it barreled through the Caribbean, could likely metamorphose into frightening storm that could cause $1 billion in damages. Experts say the tempest – dubbed Frankenstorm – has a 90% chance of hitting the East Coast of the U.S., having the potential to wreak havoc with heavy winds, rain, flooding, and downed trees and power lines. In fact, longtime wea…
As the East Coast is still reeling from the devastation brought on by Superstorm Sandy forecasters are already warning of a powerful new nor’easter storm front coming in from the Atlantic, bringing 45 mph gusts of wind mixed with snow and rain. The beleaguered coast line is expected to face the storm from Tuesday to Thursday – potentially casting a shadow over Election Day. At least New Yor…
The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick, Germany, is the world’s largest indoor beach with 400 sunloungers – and not a cloud in sight. Yet with up to 6,000 visitors allowed in at a time, there are bound to be towel-fights over them – especially as this “indoors paradise” is in Germany. The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick, south of Berlin, also boasts the largest indoor pool, 50,000-p…
Hurricane Sandy could merge with a winter storm to create what they have dubbed “Frankenstorm” as it churns towards the US, forecasters warn. Sandy has weakened to a category one hurricane, but is still packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). Hurricane Sandy reportedly caused up to 40 deaths as it tore through the Caribbean on Thursday and Friday. The storm is projected…
…d on the roads, icy conditions brought traffic to a crawl. Despite this newly-inflicted chaos and slushy sidewalks across the tri-state area, schools across New York City opened on Thursday, including 43 schools still without power or damaged by Sandy. Transit systems have also spluttered back to a start, with the Long Island Rail Road running all lines by 5:00 a.m. except for the Long Beach line….
…end of the hurricane season, with September typically the most active period. The storm threatening to wreak havoc on the Atlantic coast began to form on October 19 in the Caribbean Sea and in October 22 forecasters labeled it a Tropical Storm and named it Sandy. It made landfall on October 24 near Kingston, Jamaica with 80 mph winds and it moved toward Cuba the same day, sustaining winds of 110 m…
…omy back on track.” Both the Democratic incumbent and his Republican rival Mitt Romney were keen to display resolute leadership in the face of the storm, given the memory of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Mitt Romney also canceled some appearances. Former president George W. Bush was widely seen as having bungled the handling of Katrina, which devastated New Orleans. The failure of authorities i…
Hurricane Irene’s remnants dissipate over Canada. At least 44 deaths in US. Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? On Sunday, hurricane Irene passed over New York without major damage to the city, but the storm still caused deaths, serious floods and power blackouts affecting more than a million people as it swept up the US north-eastern seaboard. Hurricane Irene wea…
…eleased a statement saying he died peacefully on Thursday surrounded by family and friends. “He had been ill for some time with cancer though he had made a remarkable recovery from his stroke in 2003,” the statement said. “He is survived by his mother Vanji, his son Bill, his wife Barbie Antonis and her two children Adam and Georgia.” Storm Thorgerson designed the album co…
…. “The storm was moving really slow and a combination of the pea-sized hail and four to six inches of rain created those conditions.” The rural area where the storm struck was mainly ranch land, about 25 miles north of Amarillo and south of Dumas. Rainwater gushed across the parched land, washing dirt and then mud into the hail, pushing it all onto U.S. 287, Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas said…
…ay – a total closure of six to seven days. But a group of Columbia University researchers analyzing the effects of a smaller hurricane or tropical storm suggest that it would shut down the subways for 21 days. The predictions came in a report authored by Klaus Jacob, a geophysicist who specializes in disaster management, that examined the effects on the city’s transportation infrastructure of a 10…
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s, the majority in Louisiana. Bobby Jindal activated all Louisiana Guardsmen on Wednesday, which would bring total forces in the state to more than 8,000. They have helped rescue or evacuate more than 3,000 people in the state since the storm hit. In the town of Amite, Louisiana, Police Chief Jerry Trabona said officers were going door-to-door to houses along the Tangipahoa River. On Twitter, Loui…
ass ejection – that’s the plasma from the sun itself – hits. Usually that travels at about 1 or 2 million miles per hour, but this storm is particularly speedy and is shooting out at 4 million miles per hour, Doug Biesecker said. Plasma causes much of the noticeable problems on Earth, such as electrical grid outages. In 1989, a solar storm caused a massive blackout in Quebec. It…
More than 430 people have been killed and many more missing in recent flash floods triggered by typhoon Washi in the southern Philippines, officials say. Many of the victims were asleep when it struck Mindanao island, hitting the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Tens of thousands of people have fled to higher ground, the authorities say. Benito Ramos, head of the national disaster rescue agen…
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e capital San Juan. From his ablaze Great House on Necker Island, Sir Richard Branson said: “We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90mph. A big lightning storm came around 4am and hit the house. My son Sam rushed to the house and helped get everyone out. Kate Winslet, her boyfriend and her family were there, and Holly and some of her friends were also staying. Many tha…
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