Tropical Storm Isaias, which is skirting the east coast of Florida, has become increasingly likely to deluge the Mid-Atlantic and, in some areas, produce tropical-storm-force winds.The Weather Service has issued both tropical storm and flash flood watches for the region, mainly for the potential for hazardous conditions between late Monday night and Tuesday night. The…
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Published 8:48 a.m. ET Aug. 2, 2020 | Updated 11:57 a.m. ET Aug. 2, 2020CLOSE A timelapse captured along the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shows clouds from Isaias sweeping through the area. AccuweatherBands of rain from Isaias soaked portions of Florida’s east coast and wind gusts of up to 60 mph were…
It didn’t regain hurricane strength, but Tropical Storm Isaias is still packing 65 mph winds as it moved closer to the Florida, but now the National Hurricane Center projects its center to remain off the coast. As of 11 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said Isaias was located 55 miles southeast of Fort Pierce and…
The U.S. should prepare for “impacts from winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge” as Tropical Storm Isaias heads along its forecasted path toward the East Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned Thursday.The storm, as of Thursday afternoon, was battering Puerto Rico with sustained winds of up to 60 mph and was about 85 miles southeast of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.“There is a risk of…
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U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…