Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with catastrophic winds, leaving what one official described Tuesday as "widespread devastation" from the monster storm now threatening Caribbean islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma. Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skeritt said on his Facebook page while the Category 5 storm ...
Two people are missing and hundreds of flights canceled and train runs halted after the year’s 18th typhoon hits Kyushu and Shikoku and then moves east.
Inside a sweltering nursing home, a crisis unfolded Wednesday as 150 centers across Florida still lacked power days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the state. Firefighters and medics responding to an emergency call in Hollywood, north of Miami, found three people dead inside a building whose ...
Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida's 4 million senior citizens amid power outages that could last for days. Hollywood Police Chief Tom Sanchez said investigators believe the ...
A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irma pushed inland Monday as it hammered Florida with roof-ripping winds and gushing floodwaters that created hazards even for emergency personnel trying to help beleaguered residents. Irma continued its slog north along Florida's western coast, while its outer bands ...
Devastation from Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean will sharpen the demands from small island nations that top fossil-fuel consumers help them cope with damage attributable to climate change, according to representatives of some of those countries. That will put island nations on a collision course ...
Before crashing into Florida, Hurricane Irma set all sorts of records for brute strength as it flattened Caribbean islands and swamped the Florida Keys. Irma's assault — so soon after Harvey's deluge of Houston — marked the first time the U.S. was hit by ...
It was a distinctly Floridian twist: a sheriff in the southeastern U.S. state known for its love of guns has warned residents not to shoot at Hurricane Irma after an online prank promoting the idea went viral. "To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ #Irma," ...
Conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh — who has suggested that the "panic" caused by approaching hurricanes actually benefits retailers, the media and climate activists — abandoned his south Florida studio ahead of Hurricane Irma. On his show Thursday from his facility in Palm Beach, ...
Irma trained its sights on Florida and officials warned more than 5 million people that time was running out Friday to evacuate ahead of the deadly hurricane as it followed a path that could take it from one end of the state to the ...
With four big hurricanes, a powerful earthquake and wildfires, it seems that nature recently has just gone nuts. Some of these disasters, like Friday's earthquake in Mexico, are natural. Others may end up having a mix of natural and man-made ingredients after scientists examine them. ...
French, British and Dutch military authorities rushed aid to a devastated string of Caribbean islands Thursday after Hurricane Irma left at least 11 people dead and thousands homeless as it spun toward Florida for what could be a catastrophic blow this weekend. Warships and planes ...
