Gordon to Make Landfall Along Central Gulf Coast as Hurricane -NWS
Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall along the north-central Gulf Coast tonight as a hurricane, the NWS National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. In its 10 a.m. CDT update, TS Gordon was...
View ArticleWATCH: Tanker Smashes Bridge as Typhoon Jebi Slams Japan
A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Japan’s Kansai International Airport with the mainland on Tuesday as a powerful typhoon slammed Japan’s western coast. The tanker, named Houn Maru, was anchored...
View ArticleHurricane Florence, Now a Major Category 4, Roars Towards the Carolinas
Update: The NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center has just upgraded Florence to a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 m.p.h. By Rich McKay and Letitia Stein Sept 10 (Reuters) – North...
View ArticlePhilippines Braces for Super Typhoon Mangkhut
By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Philippine authorities evacuated more areas on Friday and warned an estimated 5.2 million people in the path of a “very destructive” typhoon to stay...
View ArticleSuper Typhoon Slams Into China After Pummeling Philippines
By James Pomfret and Enrico Dela Cruz HONG KONG/MANILA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – A super typhoon made landfall in China’s Guangdong on Sunday, the country’s most populous province, after wreaking havoc in...
View ArticleEvacuations Ordered as Hurricane Michael Speeds Toward Florida
By Gina Cherelus Oct 8 (Reuters) – Florida’s governor mobilized National Guard troops and ordered Gulf Coast residents to head inland or get ready to evacuate as Hurricane Michael churned toward shore...
View ArticleCajun Navy to the Rescue: Here’s How the Volunteer Relief Group Got Its Roots
(Southern Boating) – The Cajun Navy has entered popular vernacular, but what do we know about the group? The famed Cajun Navy came to be when a Former Louisiana state senator Nick Gautreaux pleaded for...
View ArticleU.S. Oil Firms Restoring Operations in Storm-Battered Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Major oil producers and drillers, including Chevron Corp and BP Plc, on Thursday began returning crews to more than 90 offshore facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that...
View ArticleLeslie to Hit Portugal as Strongest Iberian Storm Since 1842
By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — After a three-week journey around the Atlantic Ocean, Leslie was on track to hit Portugal with winds of near-hurricane force — only the third time in 176 years that a...
View ArticleU.S. Hurricane Season is Unnecessarily Dangerous
By Eric Roston (Bloomberg) — Forecasters are expecting this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season to be roughly average, with about 14 named storms including six full-fledged hurricanes. Last week,...
View ArticleCarr: Tropical Storm Barry – Where do we go from here?
By CW4 Michael Carr – Tropical Storm, and potentially Hurricane Barry, was heading directly for us. Though still a thousand miles away, which might seem far away, that distance is small when...
View ArticleTropical Storm Barry May Form in Gulf of Mexico Later This Week
By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –A tropical storm may loom in the Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday or early on July 11 as a low pressure system moves off Georgia into warm waters, gaining strength and...
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