Hurricane Hugo Roared Ashore 31 Years Ago
Hurricane Hugo made landfall just after midnight 31 years ago just north of Charleston, South Carolina, before tracking north-west to Charlotte.
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Hurricane Hugo made landfall just after midnight 31 years ago just north of Charleston, South Carolina, before tracking north-west to Charlotte.
Parts of Texas and Louisiana braced Monday for flooding and damaging storm surge as Tropical Storm Beta slowly worked its way into a part of the country thatβs already been drenched and battered during this yearβs exceptionally busy hurricane season.
What a year, what a season, and what a day! The third storm of the day has been named, and it gets its name from the Greek Alphabet. Tropical Storm Beta has formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico making it the 23rd named storm this season.
South Fork Catawba River at Lowell has a flood stage of 10 feet and is forecast to reach 12.6 feet tomorrow morning into the afternoon which would put this in a Minor Flood Stage. The Moderate Flood Stage for…
Rain and storms ahead of schedule - flash flood threat dwindling
The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western United States is stretching clear across the country β and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe. While the dangerous plumes are forcing people inside along the West Coast, residents thousands of miles away in the East are seeing unusually hazy skies and remarkable sunsets.
Tropical Storm Sally continues to bring life-threatening Flash Flooding to the Deep South.
Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph (165) winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South.
Heavy rain, flash flood threat for the Carolinas from Sally.
NOAA Hurricane Hunters find Sally has rapidly intensified into a category 2 hurricane. Get the latest information here.
Heavy rain from Hurricane Sally is forecast across the Carolinas this week, which will result in higher lake and river levels across the Nantahala, Catawba, Yadkin and Keowee-Toxaway river basins. To prepare for the storm, Duke Energy is lowering lake levels by aggressively moving water through these river systems.
Tropical Depression Nineteen has formed near the Bahamas and is forecast to become a Tropical Storm this weekend as it enters a favorable environment with warm waters and low wind shear. As it strengthens, it will likely pick up…
Over the last month, California wildfires have chased thousands of families from their homes, destroyed more than 3,600 buildings, blackened huge expanses of land and killed 12 people.
The tropics are heating up as we enter in peak hurricane season.
Summer came to an abrupt halt in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday as temperatures reaching into the 90s plunged by around 60 degrees in less than 24 hours, with a powerful surge of cold air from Canada unleashing snow and damaging winds in several states.
New wildfires ravaged bone-dry California during a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people trapped by flames and ended with the stateβs largest utility turning off power to 172,000 customers to try to prevent its power lines and other equipment from sparking more fires.
