U.S.|Hawaii Braces for ‘Triple Threat’ of Hurricane DouglasThe National Hurricane Center on Sunday warned that the storm could bring “damaging winds, flooding rainfall and dangerously high surf” to the state.A resident of Oahu filled sandbags in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Douglas, which was expected to remain a hurricane as it moved through the…
The first hurricane this season in the Central Pacific edged closer to Hawaii on Sunday, threatening to bring high winds, rain, and storm surge to the islands.The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said Hurricane Douglas is packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, a Category 1 storm, and is moving west-northwest at 16 mph.The storm located is about 145 miles east of Kahului, Hawaii.HURRICANE DOUGLAS BECOMES MAJOR CATEGORY…
Hurricane Hanna made a furious entry into South Texas on Saturday but by early Sunday had weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland.But a big concerns for a 32-county area expected to be impacted by the storm were expected continuing heavy rainfall as well as flooding throughout the weekend.“We’re not even close to over…
Hanna roared ashore as Texas is facing a huge surge in coronavirus infections.Houston: Hanna, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, slammed into the coast of coronavirus-hit Texas on Saturday, bringing heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding.The Category 1 storm packed winds of around 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour as it came…
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…