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04 Sep 2021

Hurricane Ida: Joe Biden walks through storm-ravaged Louisiana

US President Joe Biden pledged robust federal assistance to get people back on their feet. Biden said that the government already had distributed USD 100 million directly to individuals. “I promise we're going to have your back,” Biden said.

03 Sep 2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida brings New York City to its knees, at least 40 dead

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said the federal government stood ready to provide "all the assistance that's needed."

30 Aug 2021

Hurricane Ida likely to be immense, full federal aid to be provided: Joe Biden

According to the White House, in advance of the storm, over 2,400 FEMA employees were deployed. Biden approved emergency disaster declarations for Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday and Saturday.

29 Aug 2021

Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into Category 4, US deploys 500 FEMA teams

The National Hurricane Center predicted Ida would become an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with 130 mph (209 kph) winds. The storm arrived on the exact date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

22 Aug 2021

Henri becomes a hurricane as it moves toward the Northeast US

The storm surge and tide could cause high water in coastal New England as Henri moves inland, while heavy rain and wind may also produce flooding. The National Hurricane Center said a tropical storm warning for the coast of Massachusetts had been extended eastward, including Nantucket.

08 Oct 2017

Hurricane Nate makes landfall in southern US

Hurricane Nate has made landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the southeastern tip of the state of Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

20 Sep 2017

Eye of Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico: Forecasters

The eye of Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday, pummeling the island as a Category Four storm with winds of 155 miles per hour, the US National Hurricane Center said.

18 Sep 2017

Caribbean faces another major hurricane as Maria bears down

Streets were flooded in some residential parts of the island of Barbados, which had been experiencing heavy rain since Sunday as the storm approached.

Hurricane Maria

18 Sep 2017

Hurricane Maria seen strengthening into major hurricane in next two days

Maria`s strength was building as it approached the Lesser Antilles, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, estimating its winds near 90 miles per hour (145 kph).

15 Sep 2017

Storm Jose likely to strengthen into hurricane: National Hurricane Center

Tropical storm Jose is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later on Friday, bringing "high surfs and life threatening rip currents" along sections of the United States east coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

13 Sep 2017

Returning Florida evacuees stunned by Irma's wreckage as death toll climbs

The death toll from Irma, previously ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record and the second major hurricane to strike the US mainland this season, climbed to more than five dozen. Of those, 43 were killed in the Caribbean and at least 18 in the Southeastern United States.

12 Sep 2017

Officials urge patience as Florida towns re-open after Irma

At least one other possibly storm-related fatal car crash was reported on Sunday in Orange County, Florida. On Monday, two people were killed by falling trees in two Atlanta suburbs, according to local authorities.

10 Sep 2017

Fierce Hurricane Irma slams into Florida Keys

The eye of the hurricane was 20 miles east-southeast of Key West as of 8 am local time, threatening dangerous storm surges up to 15 feet — enough to cover a house.

10 Sep 2017

Hurricane Irma expected to strengthen before hitting Florida

Violent winds and outer rain bands of Irma, which was now a Category 3 hurricane, lashed the Florida Keys on Saturday and could make a landfall as a Category 4 storm.

09 Sep 2017

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as Category 5

Jose, expected to reach the northeastern Caribbean on Saturday, was an extremely dangerous storm nearing Category 5 status, with winds of up to 155 mph (250 kph), the NHC said on Friday.

29 Aug 2017

Two more days of 'catastrophic' rains forecast from Harvey

Two more days of heavy rainfall are expected over parts of Texas and Louisiana as Tropical Storm Harvey churns offshore, preparing to make landfall again on Wednesday.

Hurricane Harvey

26 Aug 2017

Harvey bears down on Texas as Category 4 hurricane

The storm was expected to hit land near Corpus Christi, Texas, around 9 p.m. CDT (0200 GMT) then stall and dump over 3 feet (90 cm) of rain in areas of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana as it lingers for days.

Hurricane Gaston

25 Aug 2016

Hurricane Gaston weakens to tropical storm

Earlier in the day, winds reached nearly 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, earning Gaston its brief moment as a hurricane.

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