Hurricane Priscilla will become a more powerful storm this week as it continues to strengthen over the Pacific Ocean off southwest Mexico. The National Hurricane Center, which is based in Miami, said the storm was expected to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to the region. The Mexican government issued a tropical storm watch for…
Hurricane Humberto is likely to bring dangerous surf to most of the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda this week, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said, adding that tropical storm conditions are possible in Bermuda on Tuesday. The swells will likely cause “life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” the center warned. Humberto rapidly strengthened over the…
Tropical Storm Imelda is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday, but maps show it moving away from the southeastern U.S., according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Imelda is the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed Sunday in the western Atlantic. Tropical Storm Imelda forecast maps As of 2…
On Tuesday, Israel launched a targeted air strike on a Hamas leadership compound in Qatar’s capital, Doha, during a meeting to discuss a US-proposed ceasefire for Gaza. The strike killed six people, including the son of senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, the director of al-Hayya’s office, three bodyguards and a Qatari security officer. However, its…
Hurricane Kiko, a powerful Category 4 storm, is swirling in the Pacific Ocean and heading west in a direction toward Hawaii. Forecasters warned that swells from the storm could reach the Hawaiian Islands by the end of the weekend and cause life-threatening surf and rip currents. As of 11 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, the…
The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 signatures. The map most commonly used is called the Mercator projection. Map projections are how cartographers (map makers) “flatten” the three-dimensional Earth…
Hurricane Erin began moving away from the North Carolina coast on Thursday, turning northeastward after bringing tropical storm conditions to the state’s Outer Banks, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said as it cautioned people not to swim at most U.S. East Coast beaches due to “life-threatening surf and rip currents.” Erin isn’t expected to make…
Lamer said closer analysis can find that FEMA’s approximated maps can overestimate flood risks — something clients are usually hoping for. “I’ve had lenders say, ‘Prove to me we’re out of the floodplain’ and we do the work and you’re 30 feet above the river,” Lamer said of FEMA’s original mapping. “That’s how inaccurate these…
Hurricane Erick — the fifth-named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season — is approaching the coast of southern Mexico as “an extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said around 4 a.m. ET on Thursday. Erick strengthened into a major storm hours earlier, and the hurricane center said its “extremely destructive winds”…
