Tag: Hurricane
Storm Barry takes aim at Louisiana, could roar ashore as hurricane
WASHINGTON: Millions of residents in Louisiana on Saturday braced for Tropical Storm Barry, which is threatening the southern US state and its largest city...
Cuba tourism slides in wake of Hurricane Irma, Trump restrictions
HAVANA: Tourism to Cuba, one of the few bright spots in its ailing economy, has slid in the wake of Hurricane Irma and the...
Trump gives himself 10/10 on hurricane relief response
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his administration ten-out-of-ten for its response a hurricane that hammered Puerto Rico exactly one month ago, as...
Hurricane Ophelia threatens Ireland with worst storm in 50 years
DUBLIN: Ireland dispatched its armed forces to bolster flood defences on Sunday and warned people against non-essential travel as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia...
Beyonce sings in Spanish in hurricane relief remix
This collaboration marks the first new music by the pop superstar since she gave birth in June to twins – whom she references in...
These celebs are sharing awkward teen pics of themselves for Puerto...
We've all been through those awkward teenage years. No one escaped them. You could have had a bad haircut, a permanently pained expression or particularly eyebrow-raising...
US Navy to deploy hospital ship ‘Comfort’ to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON: The US Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to leave its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday for deployment to the hurricane-battered...
Puerto Rico rushes to evacuate thousands amid fears dam will burst
Authorities in Puerto Rico rushed Saturday to evacuate tens of thousands of people living downriver from a dam said to be in danger of...
Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate
SAN JUAN: Some 70,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes Friday after a rain-swollen dam in Puerto Rico failed in the latest disaster caused...
Hurricane Maria leaves Puerto Rico devastated and without power
SAN JUAN: On a good day it´s a Caribbean paradise but Puerto Rico looked Thursday like it had been to hell and back after...
Hurricane Maria bears down on St. Croix, Puerto Rico after trashing...
Hurricane Maria, the second maximum-strength storm to hit the Caribbean this month, killed at least one person in Guadeloupe and bore down menacingly on...
Storm Jose strengthens into hurricane: NHC
Tropical storm Jose is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later on Friday, bringing “high surfs and life threatening rip currents” along sections of...
Hurricane Max lashes earthquake-hit area of SW Mexico
MEXICO CITY: Hurricane Max made landfall in Mexico on Thursday, whipping its Pacific coast with winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour, the...
Criminal probe opens into eight deaths at Florida nursing home after...
HOLLYWOOD: Eight elderly patients died Wednesday after being left inside a stifling South Florida nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma, prompting a...
Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads
FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND: Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of...
117 years on, the storm which destroyed Galveston
As the United States braced for its second major hurricane in two weeks, Friday marked the 117th anniversary of the deadliest storm in US...
Walkie-talkie app Zello tops download charts on app stores ahead of...
WASHINGTON: As Floridians flee the path of Hurricane Irma, one app is proving to be a hurricane season essential: Zello walkie-talkie.
Allowing users to communicate even...
