Federal disaster personnel have resumed door-to-door visits as part of their hurricane-recovery work in North Carolina, an effort temporarily suspended amid threats that prompted officials to condemn the spread of disinformation. FEMA made operational changes to keep personnel safe “out of an abundance of caution,” agency Administrator Deanne Criswell said at a briefing Tuesday. “There’s still a persistent and dangerous …
Hurricane Milton is a dangerous Category 5 as it heads toward Florida's coast toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images For our more recent reporting on Hurricane Milton, head here. Storm surge could also reach 5 feet on parts of Florida's east coast as Milton exits the peninsula toward the Atlantic Ocean. "If you are in a storm surge warning …
Homes are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Chimney Rock Village, N.C. You can’t always predict the weather, but you can predict the politics that accompany major weather events. She said in another interview with CNN that the former president’s claims that the agency lacks on-the-ground personnel in states hit hardest by Hurricane Helene were “completely false,” and …
Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said. Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane Helene strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 …
