Posts Tagged ‘hurricane’

NHC: Jova could become hurricane over Pacific (AP)

AP – Forecasters say Tropical Storm Jova is expected to become a hurricane in the next day or so over the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Hurricane Katia weakens to a Category 3 storm after briefly becoming a Category 4

Hurricane Katia has weakened to a Category 3 storm as it moves across the Atlantic Ocean after briefly becoming a Category 4 system.

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No need to stress over Hurricane Katia … yet

Katia became the second named hurricane of the season in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, but forecasters said it was too soon to determine where it might head.

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Holocaust survivor drowns in Hurricane waters

An 82-year-old Brooklyn grandmother who survived the Holocaust drowned in a Catskills cottage that flooded when Hurricane Irene roared through, cops said Monday.

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Irene maintains hurricane strength as it nears NY (AP)

The New York City skyline is seen under clouds as Hurricane Irene approaches the region, early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in New York. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected.  (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof)AP – Forecasters say Irene has sped up and is maintaining hurricane strength as the storm’s center nears New York City.


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2M lose power as Hurricane Irene moves north (AP)

A worker for Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state-owned utility, repairs a power line downed by Hurricane Irene in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. An estimated 8,000 electric customers in South Carolina lost power because of the storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP – Two million homes and businesses were without power early Sunday as Hurricane Irene slammed into the East Coast and charged north.


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Hurricane Irene closes in on quiet, anxious NYC (AP)

Workers at a residential building in the financial district of downtown Manhattan stack sand bags in anticipation of flood waters in the hours before Hurricane Irene's arrival, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York. Mayor Bloomberg advised all New Yorkers to prepare as the region girded for wind, rain, and flooding as the storm stood poised to bear down on an already saturated New York state. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP – For once, this was a city that slept.


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