By JUAN A. LOZANO Updated 11:17 PM CDT, July 4, 2025 HOUSTON (AP) — Hurricane season can be stressful for millions of Americans living in coastal areas, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days…
By JUAN A. LOZANO Updated 11:11 PM CDT, July 5, 2025 HOUSTON (AP) — Getting ready for a hurricane’s landfall means making sure everyone in your household is prepared, including your furry family members. It’s important that the work in gathering essential items…
BY ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Rafael has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in Cuba. Forecasters warn that Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods on western swathes of the island, after knocking…
By Daniella Silva The Hillsborough County sheriff’s office said this morning it was out cutting trees to reopen some of the roadways following the peak of the storm in the area. “There are downed power lines and trees everywhere,” Sheriff…
By KATE PAYNE, STEPHEN SMITH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene roared ashore in a sparsely populated region of Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm, peeling the siding off buildings, trapping residents in rising floodwaters and knocking out power to…
By KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Forecasters say Helene has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it races toward northwest Florida. The enormous storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night. Category 4 hurricanes have sustained winds…
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and KATE PAYNE Updated 2:35 PM CDT, September 26, 2024 CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tropical storm force winds began battering Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall, with forecasters warning that the enormous storm could create a “nightmare” surge…
The latest update from the National Hurricane Center now has Helene up to Cat. 2 status with 100 mph winds, with further organization and rapid intensification expected over the next 12 hours ahead of landfall in Florida. Impacts to South…
Still watching the cold front to our north which hasn`t moved very much over the last day or so. Eventually, the broader scale upper trough will…
Helene is now a hurricane, and a particularly large one at that. The next 36+ hours will see rapid strengthening as this storm encounters very little shear and tracks over the warm water of the Loop Current. The intensity forecast…
Late Wednesday evening a tornado warning was issued for Southern Hancock County. Residents in the area were advised to take shelter in a basement or interior room on the lowest floor of…
Early Tuesday morning the city of Bay St. Louis issued a mandatory evacuation for all boats in its harbor. The harbor was initially under a voluntary evacuation but was escalated to a…
Bay St. Louis has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor on Tuesday morning. Boat owners are asked to immediately remove their boats from the harbor. The…
By DÁNICA COTO Updated 10:12 AM CDT, August 14, 2024 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S.…
BY DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approached the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleas from government officials for…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Beryl has been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane by the National Hurricane Center on the way to the southeast Caribbean. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent…
To make sure Harrison County residents are ready for any potential storms that may head our way, a preparedness workshop was held earlier this evening at the Knight Nonprofit Center. The seminar helped…
Hurricane season begins June 1, and Coast Transit Authority is prepared to assist Harrison County residents with evacuation transportation. Registration for this free service is quick and easy, and CTA requests that registration is renewed annually. Preregister online at www.coasttransit.com…
Our cameras followed more than 30 government and emergency management officials from across the region today as they toured Mississippi Power's storm center ahead of the start of hurricane season. Imagine…
In preparation for the 2024 hurricane season, Harrison County announces the implementation of new hurricane evacuation zones: Zones A, B, and C. Maps of the new zones can be accessed…
Today we remember one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history on the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. “It was heartbreaking to see it like that.” This is how…
Mississippi Power is sending more than 200 members of its storm team to Georgia ahead of Hurricane Idalia's landfall. Crews will be positioned to go to work immediately following the storm passing through Georgia. “We are fortunate that our customers…
A slightly below-average level of tropical activity is projected for 2023 in the Atlantic basin, according to a forecast released today by Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science. Led by senior research scientist Phil Klotzbach, Ph.D., the CSU Tropical Meteorology…
