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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters and close government offices. The Category 2 storm was located 320 miles (510 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda. It had maximum sustained...
Hurricane Ernesto aims for Bermuda after leaving many in Puerto Rico without power or water 
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health. A hurricane warning was in effect for Bermuda, with Ernesto expected to...
Ernesto becomes a hurricane after pummeling northeast Caribbean and knocking out power in the region
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left half of all customers in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to become a major storm en route to Bermuda. The storm was located about 180 miles...
Death Valley's scorching heat kills 2nd man this summer
LOS ANGELES — California’s Death Valley National Park has claimed another life in its second heat-related death of the summer, park officials said Monday. On Aug. 1, a day where temperatures reached nearly 120 degrees, bystanders saw a man stumble back from the Natural Bridge Trailhead, a one-mile roundtrip trail,...
Tropical Storm Ernesto batters northeast Caribbean, aims at Puerto Rico as it strengthens 
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory’s endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms. Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane overnight Tuesday as the...
Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches 
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for Puerto...
Quake felt from LA to San Diego, swaying buildings and knocking items off shelves but no big damage 
LOS ANGELES — A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The temblor caused a pipe to burst at the...
Tropical Storm Ernesto could form soon in the Caribbean. Here’s what the forecast says
More watches and warnings were issued across the Caribbean on Monday as hurricane hunters set out to investigate a system expected to turn into a tropical storm. The future Ernesto will bring heavy rain, flash flooding and other stormy conditions to Puerto Rico, the Virgin islands and a dozen other...
Debby's aftermath leaves thousands in the dark; threatens more flooding in the Carolinas 
PHILADELPHIA — The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as flood warnings remained in effect in North Carolina and thousands were without power in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. After hitting Florida as a hurricane Aug. 5, the storm...
Debby finally moves out of the U.S., though risk from flooded rivers remains
Debby finally moved out of the U.S. on Saturday after the storm spent the better part of week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives as it moved up the East Coast after first arriving in Florida as a hurricane. Debby’s last day over the U.S. before blowing...
Tropical Storm Debby spins up tornadoes, dumps rain in North Carolina 
LUCAMA, N.C. — Tornadoes spawned by Tropical Storm Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the system dropped heavy rain and flooded communities across North and South Carolina. It only took 15 seconds for a tornado to devastate Genesis Cooper’s home in Lucama, North...
Remnants of Debby could drop heavy rain in Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania may see heavy rain and possible flooding on Friday as remnants of Tropical Storm Debby makes their way north from the Carolinas. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Shannon Hefferan, Debby has stalled in the Carolinas because there’s not a lot of upper-level winds to carry it out...
Tropical Storm Debby churns up the East Coast, and affects weather as far away as the Great Lakes
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby pushed bad weather up the East Coast on Wednesday, colliding with other systems and bringing no respite to residents as far away as the Great Lakes and New Jersey, where heavy rain flooded highways and streets and stranded motorists. Officials in New York told...
Tropical Storm Debby impacts vacationers from Western Pa.
Some Western Pennsylvanians hoping for picture-perfect vacation weather this week in the coastal Southeast are experiencing a Debby downer. Debby was downgraded to a tropical storm Tuesday but was a Category 1 hurricane when it slammed onshore Monday in Florida. Candi Stewart of Leechburg had the flight of her life...
Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast with rain, high water as it drifts along the Atlantic coast
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tuesday in what is just the beginning of a prolonged storm that could dump staggering totals up to 25 inches of rain. Charleston and Savannah took the...
Tornado briefly sweeps into Buffalo, damaging buildings and scattering tree limbs 
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A small tornado took Buffalo by surprise Monday, damaging buildings, flipping cars and sending debris swirling over downtown. A spiraling column was caught on multiple videos shortly before 1 p.m. One video showed the cell appearing to move from Lake Erie into the city, which sits on...
Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida with floods, threat of record rain in Georgia and the Carolinas 
TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Debby slammed Florida on Monday with torrential rain and high winds, contributing to at least four deaths in the state and causing flooding before turning menacingly toward the Eastern Seaboard’s low-lying regions and threatened to flood some of America’s most historic Southern cities. Record-setting rain...
Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Florida 
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Debby has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Sunday evening that the storm has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm was located about 100 miles west southwest of Tampa and...
Potential tropical cyclone could track near Outer Banks next week
Potential Tropical Cyclone Four, a wave meteorologists are watching near Cuba, has the potential to track up the East Coast toward the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center began advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone Four at 11 a.m. Friday. Tropical storm warnings and watches have been issued for areas in...
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
PHOENIX — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the triple digits. For the last dozen years, the 61-year-old spent much of the year working near Pasco, Washington, sending money to...
Florida governor declares state of emergency as coming heavy rain might cause ‘major disaster’
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for much of the state, excluding South Florida, ahead of a disturbance that might strengthen into a tropical depression. Forecasters are warning to expect heavy rain and floods even if the storm fails to form into a depression. DeSantis signed an executive...
California firefighters make progress as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across the West 
FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Firefighters made progress and were helped by improving weather over the weekend in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas in the western United States, but further evacuations have been necessary as thousands of personnel tackle the flames. The Park Fire, the largest wildfire in California...
Dry conditions prompt burning ban in Unity
A ban on burning is in effect until further notice in Unity. Township supervisors and the Township Fire Bureau issued the ban late last week, citing recent dry conditions and the heightened risk of a potential fire. Open burning, recreational fires and fireworks are prohibited during the ban. The Pittsburgh...
California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across U.S. West
California’s largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger. The Park Fire’s intensity and dramatic spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Fire, which burned out of...
Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth's temperatures soar to record highs
BENI MELLAL, Morocco — In the unrelenting heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. Hanna Ouhbour needed refuge too, but she was outside a hospital waiting for her diabetic cousin who was in a room without air conditioning. On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related deaths at Beni...


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