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  Hurricane Dorian triggers massive flooding in Bahamas; at least 5 dead

  World | September 03, 2019 8:27 IST

  “We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in announcing the fatalities. He called the devastation “unprecedented and extensive.”

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  Dorian strikes Bahamas as dangerous Category 5 storm

  World | September 01, 2019 23:29 IST

  The second-strongest Atlantic hurricane since 1950, Dorian hit land in Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands after authorities made last-minute pleas for those in low-lying areas to evacuate. But officials recognized there were not many structures on higher ground on the largely flat archipelago southeast of Florida.

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  Bahamas holds its breath as level five Hurricane Dorian inches closer to make landfall at tropical paradise

  World | September 01, 2019 18:14 IST

  An already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.  

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  Northern Bahamas hunkers down as Hurricane Dorian closes in

  World | September 01, 2019 14:56 IST

  ​A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.

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  Hurricane Dorian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm

  World | August 31, 2019 12:33 IST

  Millions of people in Florida, along with the state’s Walt Disney World and President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, are in the potential crosshairs of the hurricane. Forecasters say Dorian, which had top sustained winds of 140 mph (225 kph) Friday night, will threaten the Florida peninsula late Monday or early Tuesday.

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  Trump’s Florida Mar-a-Lago resort in Hurricane Dorian’s path

  World | August 31, 2019 6:43 IST

  The resort, currently closed for the summer, is on the wealthy barrier island of Palm Beach. No activity could be seen there Friday afternoon and the Trump Organization did not return a call seeking comment.

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  Hurricane Dorian gains fury but might skirt Florida coast

  World | August 31, 2019 6:41 IST

  Trump declared a state of emergency in Florida and authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster-relief efforts.

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  ‘A big deal’: Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian

  World | August 30, 2019 8:03 IST

  Florida residents picked the shelves clean of bottled water and lined up at gas stations Thursday as an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Dorian threatened to broadside the state over Labor Day weekend.

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  Trump cancels Poland trip as hurricane heads to Florida

  World | August 30, 2019 7:16 IST

  Trump said he had delivered the news of the cancellation to Polish President Andrzej Duda earlier Thursday and plans to reschedule the trip — which would have been his second to Warsaw — in the “near future.”

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  Hurricane Dorian aims for US, causes limited damage in Caribbean

  World | August 29, 2019 6:34 IST

  Power outages and flooding were reported across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra after Dorian hit St. Thomas as a Category 1 storm.  

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  Tropical storm Barry makes landfall in Louisiana

  World | July 14, 2019 8:53 IST

  Tropical storm Barry made landfall in the US state of Louisiana and has weakened to a storm from a hurricane.

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  Tropical storm Barry to make landfall in Louisiana today, likely to strengthen to Category 1 hurricane

  World | July 13, 2019 14:23 IST

  People boarded up buildings, stocked up on water and braced for torrents of rain and punishing wind from a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry that threatened millions as it churned a path ashore and tested efforts to guard against flooding since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 14 years ago. 

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  Portugal, Spain on high alert as 'zombie' Hurricane Leslie prepares for landfall

  World | October 14, 2018 13:21 IST

  Spain was also preparing itself for what was dubbed a "zombie" hurricane, as it first formed on September 23 and has been meandering through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean for weeks.

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  Deadly hurricane Michael makes landfall in Florida

  News | October 11, 2018 10:45 IST

  Hurricane Michael battered Florida causing uprooting of trees and power outages.

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  At least one killed as deadly hurricane Michael makes landfall in Florida, charges into southeast US

  World | October 11, 2018 11:05 IST

  Based on its internal barometric pressure, Michael was the third most powerful hurricane to hit the US mainland, behind the unnamed Labor Day storm of 1935 and Camille in 1969.

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  'Medicane'- Rare, hurricane-like storm likely to make a fall in Europe

  World | September 28, 2018 12:23 IST

  The hybrid storm, often called a "Medicane" (Mediterranean + hurricane) has features similar to hurricanes and typhoons, CNN reported on Friday.

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  Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas, mass evacuations ordered

  World | September 12, 2018 7:57 IST

  According to the National Weather Service, nearly 4 million people were under a tropical storm watch, while over 5.4 million people reside in areas under hurricane warnings or watches on the US East Coast. 

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  Hurricane Florence prepares for landfall in Carolinas, Virginia, authorities order evacuations

  News | September 11, 2018 20:02 IST

  Hurricane Florence prepares for landfall in Carolinas, Virginia, authorities order evacuations

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  WATCH | Hurricane alert issued in Carolinas, Virginia as Category 4 storm 'Florence' prepares for landfall

  World | September 11, 2018 23:14 IST

  Hurricane Florence has the potential to bring catastrophic flooding to areas of the eastern United States already soaked by heavy rains.

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  Hurricane Florence strengthens to Category 4, expected to worsen today

  World | September 11, 2018 7:02 IST

  Evacuation of the state’s entire coastline starting Tuesday noon was ordered by the South Carolina governor and predicted nearly 1 million people would flee.