Francine weakens after making landfall
Francine was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday night and was continuing to weaken Thursday morning.
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Francine was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday night and was continuing to weaken Thursday morning.
Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish, the National Hurricane Center said.
Francine is brewing in the Gulf and could bring some rain chances to parts of Dallas-Fort Worth this week.
Francine strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday evening.
Ernesto regained hurricane strength on Sunday, forecasters said, and will continue to bring "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" to the U.S. East Coast.
NOAA forecasters say there's a 77% chance that 2024 will be the warmest year on record, after July marked the 14th consecutive monthly record.
The trove of drugs, washed ashore by Hurricane Debby, was found by a good Samaritan, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Nearly 69,000 new residents moved to Florida's flood-prone counties in 2022 and 2023, according to a Redfin analysis.
It's August and the hottest time of the year, we expect the heat.
Tropical Storm Debby is forecast to become a category one hurricane and hit north Florida on Monday. In North Texas, a little relief from the heat again Sunday, then the hottest days of the year so far this week.
Many of the millions left without power sweltered and grumbled Tuesday as the storm gutted access to air conditioning, food and water, and smothering heat and humidity draped Houston.
Beryl weakened to winds of 45 mph and is a Tropical Depression. It should exit Texas Monday night.
Beryl regained hurricane strength as it churned across the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday before it made landfall over the middle Texas Gulf Coast hours later.
These crews have specialty training to handle swift water rescues and other types of related disaster response.
The latest on Beryl's track and heavy rainfall through Monday, isolated storms to our northwest, and building heat to follow for the long term.
Hurricane Beryl was heading toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 3 storm on Thursday after rumbling past the Cayman Islands.
The rampant destruction comes as experts warn "it only takes one landfalling hurricane to set back decades of development" on island nations.
The full list of hurricane names for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season include Beryl, Joyce and Kirk.
The 7-day forecast includes mid-90s and 40-50% rain chances Friday into Saturday.
North Texas will likely see the Heat Advisory extended into next week.
Hurricane Beryl is forecast to strengthen into a "dangerous major hurricane" before reaching Barbados and the Windward Islands late Sunday.
The center of Tropical Storm Alberto was likely to reach the Mexican Gulf Coast early Thursday, bringing heavy rainfall to portions of Mexico and Texas.
People who have experienced extreme weather are especially likely to say climate change needs to be addressed right away.
Hurricane Otis plowed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a deadly Category 5. Just 12 hours earlier, it was a tropical storm.
Tens of thousands of residents in damaged homes without electricity awaited help more than a day after Otis roared ashore in Acapulco.
