Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhy do people ignore hurricane warnings? Hurricane Florence, which is nearing the US East Coast, could "kill a lot of people", officials warn.Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) administrator Brock Long said storm surges may bring catastrophic flooding to inland areas.Though Florence has been downgraded to a category…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire burned unchecked early on Friday in northern California, threatening homes and shutting down an interstate highway where motorists had to race from their vehicles. A helicopter drops water on a forest fire in Shasta County in California, U.S., September 5, 2018 in this picture obtained on September 6, 2018…
HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) - Mass evacuations were ordered along the U.S. Atlantic Coast as Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm and the most powerful to menace the region in nearly three decades, barreled toward the region on Tuesday. Hurricane Florence is seen from the International Space Station as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean…
The first rains of Hurricane Florence have begun to lash North Carolina on Thursday, with the storm growing in size, packing sustained winds of up to 105 miles an hour and driving a storm surge that could reach 13 feet in places. As rain and wind spread across the Outer Banks, officials warned of the…
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida’s Panhandle took stock on Thursday of the hammering destruction wrought by Hurricane Michael, with homes obliterated or reduced to rubble and power lines and trees ripped up by the third most powerful storm ever to strike the U.S. mainland. Michael, now weakened to a tropical storm as it doused…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The town of Paradise and the surrounding area bore the brunt of the Camp Fire The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still missing, officials have said.Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAerial footage shows the destruction in Mexico Beach, Florida Hurricane Michael left "unimaginable destruction" as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state's governor, Rick Scott says."So many lives have been changed forever," he said. "So many families have lost everything."The worst hit areas of Florida's…
President Donald Trump argued this week that Puerto Rico’s death toll after Hurricane Maria was exaggerated in order to make him look bad, sparking criticism from a number of politicians. U.S. House Democratic candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is one of the latest to respond, disclosing a personal connection with the natural disaster. “My…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The financial hub of Hong Kong began clearing up on Monday after being battered by one of the strongest typhoons in recent years, with financial markets and offices operating as normal. People walk past an uprooted tree after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee Super typhoon…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc. Though Florence’s shrieking winds diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, forecasters…
