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A fast and furious Hurricane Michael sped towards Florida on Tuesday night with 120mph winds and a potential storm surge of 13 feet, giving tens of thousands of people little time to get out or board up. Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the storm strengthened rapidly into a potentially devastating Category 3. It was forecast to blow ashore around midday on Wednesday near Panama City Beach, along a lightly populated stretch of fishing villages and white-sand beaches.
"Let me be clear, Hurricane Michael is a monstrous storm and the forecast keeps getting more dangerous," Florida Governor Rick Scott warned Tuesday. The massive storm is now a Category 2 hurricane, with sustained winds of 100 miles an hour.
The National Weather Service posted or continued warnings Tuesday for the Cedar, Iowa, Maquoketa, Mississippi, North Raccoon, Rock and Wapsipinicon rivers. More rain is expected to fall on already saturated ground and eventually flow into already swollen streams and rivers.
"The first couple of times we saw it, it was... well you don't really expect water up in your driveway," Baker said. "The seawall here is so low that at certain times of the month the [Lafayette River] will just come over the sea wall."
Farmers whose property was severely affected by large hail, high winds or the three tornadoes that passed through Morgan County on July 29 could be eligible for further credit and assistance programs through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency after U.S. Agriculture Sec. Sonny Perdue designated Morgan County as a primary natural disaster area from that storm. The federal government on Friday declared Morgan County to be a primary natural disaster area because of the losses farmers and producers suffered from the massive storm that hit on July 29, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture news release.
Driving around San Juan, the sight of blue tarpaulins is almost inescapable. Nailed over people's roofs, the tarps continue to provide the only shelter for tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans one year after Hurricane Maria tore through the island, causing extensive damage to homes, hospitals and schools.
Kevin Hopper pets his dog Harley outside his home on the 700 block of Folly Road last week. He hadn't evacuated his Socastee home as of Wednesday of last week and hoped water didn't reach the home's interior.
Dee and Rory Barror stood Thursday night outside of the RV they're living in with their daughter and two dogs, their faces lit up by headlights of cars turning into the grassy field that's their front yard and a distribution point for Hampstead's devastated Cross Creek community.
President Donald Trump put the final touch on new federal legislation designed to clear a number of bureaucratic and regulatory hurdles that were making it difficult for 2016 Louisiana flood victims to receive federal aid. The bill Trump signed Friday, two days after Congress passed it overwhelmingly, will give flooded homeowners who took out low-interest Small Business Administration loans access to Restore Louisiana grants and ease recovery for local governments and school districts.
As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its October 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state's rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion. There was another $737 million in reserves earmarked for other purposes along with an unreserved credit balance in the General Fund of $1.2 billion.
The world's rainforests are under attack at a rate of 2.5 acres per second. Global warming and clear-cutting for growing palm oil and raising cattle are some of the biggest annihilators.
First Selectman Mike Tetreau spent time Saturday afternoon visiting homes in the Lewis Drive and Lynbrook Road area, as homeowners continued to clean up after last week's torrential rains. The neighborhood abuts the Rooster River, and many homeowners found themselves flooded out when the river went over its banks in a storm that saw more than five inches of rainfall in about a two-hour time span.
Hurricane Florence was named one of the worst storms ever by Havelock officials, and recovery continues -- including for Cherry Point. Of the nearly 6,000 houses leased by American Marine Corps Communities in N.C., 1,538 are located on Cherry Point.
Millions of Americans were sent a "Presidential Alert" to their phones today as a test to simulate a real message from the president in a national emergency. At 2:18pm ET, the Federal Emergency Management Agency began sending the alert, saying: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.
As the floodwaters recede and the recovery begins, communities swamped by Hurricane Florence soon will be on the clock to document the billions of dollars in damage it caused if they want to be reimbursed by the federal government. A missed deadline could be costly, even if it's not directly the fault of the affected community, according to an Associated Press analysis of recent appeals decided by top officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
At 2:18 p.m. ET today, FEMA and the FCC will send a 'Presidential' emergency test alert to all US cell phones. But no, President Trump won't be able to use the system to spam our phones.
To some, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is clearing his name. To others, he's veering into conspiracy theory when he partly blames "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" for the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Millions of cell phones will buzz and vibrate Wednesday when the Federal Emergency Management Agency tests the Emergency Alert System Wednesday afternoon and sends its first "Presidential Alert" using the Wireless Emergency Alert system. It was postponed from Sept.
Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen approaching Puerto Rico in this NASA's GOES-16 satellite image taken at about 15:15 EDT on September 6, 2017.. Lakeland - Rabbi David Goldstein stood Friday morning in the social hall of Temple Emanuel, in Lakeland, Florida describing the items used in services.