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The first hurricane of the season formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on Sunday and rapidly gained power ahead of an expected strike along a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns.Hurricane Agatha could make landfall at close to major hurricane force on Monday in the area near Puerto Escondido and Puerto Angel in the southern state of Oaxaca — a region that includes the laid-back tourist resorts of Huatulco, Mazunte and Zipolite.Around midday Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the recently formed hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and it was centered about 195 miles west-southwest of Puerto Angel. It was heading to the north at 2 mph.A hurricane warning was in effect between the port of Salina Cruz and the Lagunas de Chacahua.The civil defense office in Oaxaca said the hurricane’s outer bands were already hitting the coast. The office published photos of fishermen hauling their boats up on beaches to protect them from the storm.The government's Mexican Turtle Center — a former slaughterhouse turned conservation center in Mazunte — announced it was closed to visitors until further notice because of the hurricane.The Hurricane Center warned of dangerous costal flooding, as well as large and destructive waves near where Agatha makes landfall and destructive waves.The storm was expected to bring 10 to 16 inches of rain to parts of Oaxaca state — with isolated maximums of 20 inches — posing the threat of flash flooding and mudslides.Because the storm’s current path would carry it over the narrow waist of Mexico’s isthmus, the center said there was a chance the storm’s remnants could reemerge over the Gulf of Mexico.In northern Guatemala, a woman and her six children died Saturday when a landslide hit their home, but the accident did not appear to be related to Agatha.

MEXICO CITY —

The first hurricane of the season formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on Sunday and rapidly gained power ahead of an expected strike along a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns.

Hurricane Agatha could make landfall at close to major hurricane force on Monday in the area near Puerto Escondido and Puerto Angel in the southern state of Oaxaca — a region that includes the laid-back tourist resorts of Huatulco, Mazunte and Zipolite.

Around midday Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the recently formed hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and it was centered about 195 miles west-southwest of Puerto Angel. It was heading to the north at 2 mph.

A hurricane warning was in effect between the port of Salina Cruz and the Lagunas de Chacahua.

The civil defense office in Oaxaca said the hurricane’s outer bands were already hitting the coast. The office published photos of fishermen hauling their boats up on beaches to protect them from the storm.

The government's Mexican Turtle Center — a former slaughterhouse turned conservation center in Mazunte — announced it was closed to visitors until further notice because of the hurricane.

The Hurricane Center warned of dangerous costal flooding, as well as large and destructive waves near where Agatha makes landfall and destructive waves.

The storm was expected to bring 10 to 16 inches of rain to parts of Oaxaca state — with isolated maximums of 20 inches — posing the threat of flash flooding and mudslides.

Because the storm’s current path would carry it over the narrow waist of Mexico’s isthmus, the center said there was a chance the storm’s remnants could reemerge over the Gulf of Mexico.

In northern Guatemala, a woman and her six children died Saturday when a landslide hit their home, but the accident did not appear to be related to Agatha.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/15/first-of-2022-hurricane-agatha-heads-for-mexico-tourist-towns/feed/ 0 NOAA recorded annual increase in atmospheric levels of methane https://cincylink.com/2023/07/09/noaa-recorded-annual-increase-in-atmospheric-levels-of-methane/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/09/noaa-recorded-annual-increase-in-atmospheric-levels-of-methane/#respond Sun, 09 Jul 2023 04:11:26 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=165448

The National Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the annual increase in atmospheric methane during 2021 and found the largest annual increase ever recorded since systematic measurements began in 1983. Scientists estimate global methane emissions in 2021 are 15% higher than in the 1984-2006 period. That means a single year generated the amount of methane in one year that typically would be measured over a 22-year span.Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. At least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions. Human actions from methane emissions are driven by the increase in population and demand for more meat. Agriculture is the predominant source of methane, but there are ways to stay ahead of dangerous methane output. Livestock emissions, yes cow feces and other gastrointestinal releases, account for roughly 32% of human-caused methane emissions. Economic development and urban migration have stimulated unprecedented demand for animal protein. There have been several specific diets in the last 30 years that are based around meat, as the primary protein and with the global population approaching 10 billion, this hunger is expected to increase by up to 70% by 2050. NOAA

The National Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the annual increase in atmospheric methane during 2021 and found the largest annual increase ever recorded since systematic measurements began in 1983. Scientists estimate global methane emissions in 2021 are 15% higher than in the 1984-2006 period. That means a single year generated the amount of methane in one year that typically would be measured over a 22-year span.

Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. At least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions. Human actions from methane emissions are driven by the increase in population and demand for more meat. Agriculture is the predominant source of methane, but there are ways to stay ahead of dangerous methane output. Livestock emissions, yes cow feces and other gastrointestinal releases, account for roughly 32% of human-caused methane emissions.

Economic development and urban migration have stimulated unprecedented demand for animal protein. There have been several specific diets in the last 30 years that are based around meat, as the primary protein and with the global population approaching 10 billion, this hunger is expected to increase by up to 70% by 2050. NOAA


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/09/noaa-recorded-annual-increase-in-atmospheric-levels-of-methane/feed/ 0 Fiona becomes a hurricane, aims at Puerto Rico https://cincylink.com/2023/07/03/fiona-becomes-a-hurricane-aims-at-puerto-rico/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/03/fiona-becomes-a-hurricane-aims-at-puerto-rico/#respond Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:11:42 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=172722

Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains.Forecasters said “historic” levels of rain were expected to produce landslides and heavy flooding, with up to 25 inches (64 centimeters) forecast in isolated areas.“It’s time to take action and be concerned,” said Nino Correa, Puerto Rico’s emergency management commissioner.Fiona was centered 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Sunday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and was moving west-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).Anxiety ran high across the island with Fiona due just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit on Sept. 20, 2017, destroying the island's power grid and causing nearly 3,000 deaths.More than 3,000 homes still have only a blue tarp as a roof, and infrastructure remains weak.“I think all of us Puerto Ricans who lived through Maria have that post-traumatic stress of, ‘What is going to happen, how long is it going to last and what needs might we face?’” said Danny Hernández, who works in the capital of San Juan but planned to weather the storm with his parents and family in the western town of Mayaguez.He said the atmosphere was gloomy at the supermarket as he and others stocked up before the storm hit.“After Maria, we all experienced scarcity to some extent,” he said.The storm was forecast to pummel cities and towns along Puerto Rico’s southern coast that have not yet fully recovered from a string of strong earthquakes that hit the region starting in late 2019.Officials reported several road closures across the island as trees and small landslides blocked access.More than 100 people had sought shelter across the island by Saturday night, the majority of them in the southern coastal city of Guayanilla.Many Puerto Ricans also were concerned about blackouts. Luma, the company that operates power transmission and distribution, warned of “widespread service interruptions.” As of Sunday morning more than 320,000 customers were without power.Puerto Rico’s power grid was razed by Hurricane Maria and remains frail, with reconstruction starting only recently. Outages are a daily occurrence.In the southwest town of El Combate, which is in the storm's path, hotel co-owner Tomás Rivera said he was prepared but worried about the “enormous” amount of rain he expected. He noted that a nearby wildlife refuge was eerily quiet.“There are thousands of birds here, and they are nowhere to be seen,” he said. “Even the birds have realized what is coming, and they're preparing.”Rivera said his employees brought bedridden family members to the hotel, where he has stocked up on diesel, gasoline, food, water and ice, given how slowly the government responded after Hurricane Maria.“What we’ve done is prepared ourselves to depend as little as possible on the central government,” he said.It’s a sentiment shared by 70-year-old Ana Córdova, who arrived Saturday at a shelter in the north coastal town of Loiza after buying loads of food and water.“I don’t trust them,” she said, referring to the government. “I lost trust after what happened after Hurricane Maria.”Puerto Rico’s governor, Pedro Pierluisi, said he was ready to declare a state of emergency if needed and activated the National Guard as the Atlantic hurricane season’s sixth named storm approached.“What worries me most is the rain,” said forecaster Ernesto Morales with the National Weather Service in San Juan.Fiona was predicted to drop 12 to 16 inches (30 to 41 centimeters) of rain over eastern and southern Puerto Rico, with as much as 25 inches (64 centimeters) in isolated spots.The National Weather Service warned late Saturday that the Blanco River in the southeast coastal town of Naguabo had already surpassed its banks and urged people living nearby to move immediately.Pierluisi announced Sunday that public schools and government agencies would remain closed on Monday.Fiona was forecast to swipe the Dominican Republic on Monday and then northern Haiti and the Turks and Caicos Islands with the threat of heavy rain. It could threaten the far southern end of the Bahamas on Tuesday.A hurricane warning was posted for the Dominican Republic's eastern coast from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo.Fiona previously battered the eastern Caribbean, killing one man in the French territory of Guadeloupe when floods washed his home away, officials said. The storm also damaged roads, uprooted trees and destroyed at least one bridge.St. Kitts and Nevis also reported flooding and downed trees, but announced its international airport would reopen on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of customers were still without power or water, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Madeline was forecast to cause heavy rains and flooding across parts of southwestern Mexico. The storm was centered about 155 miles (245 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes Sunday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph).

Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains.

Forecasters said “historic” levels of rain were expected to produce landslides and heavy flooding, with up to 25 inches (64 centimeters) forecast in isolated areas.

“It’s time to take action and be concerned,” said Nino Correa, Puerto Rico’s emergency management commissioner.

Fiona was centered 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Sunday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and was moving west-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).

Anxiety ran high across the island with Fiona due just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit on Sept. 20, 2017, destroying the island's power grid and causing nearly 3,000 deaths.

More than 3,000 homes still have only a blue tarp as a roof, and infrastructure remains weak.

“I think all of us Puerto Ricans who lived through Maria have that post-traumatic stress of, ‘What is going to happen, how long is it going to last and what needs might we face?’” said Danny Hernández, who works in the capital of San Juan but planned to weather the storm with his parents and family in the western town of Mayaguez.

He said the atmosphere was gloomy at the supermarket as he and others stocked up before the storm hit.

“After Maria, we all experienced scarcity to some extent,” he said.

The storm was forecast to pummel cities and towns along Puerto Rico’s southern coast that have not yet fully recovered from a string of strong earthquakes that hit the region starting in late 2019.

Officials reported several road closures across the island as trees and small landslides blocked access.

More than 100 people had sought shelter across the island by Saturday night, the majority of them in the southern coastal city of Guayanilla.

Many Puerto Ricans also were concerned about blackouts. Luma, the company that operates power transmission and distribution, warned of “widespread service interruptions.” As of Sunday morning more than 320,000 customers were without power.

Puerto Rico’s power grid was razed by Hurricane Maria and remains frail, with reconstruction starting only recently. Outages are a daily occurrence.

In the southwest town of El Combate, which is in the storm's path, hotel co-owner Tomás Rivera said he was prepared but worried about the “enormous” amount of rain he expected. He noted that a nearby wildlife refuge was eerily quiet.

“There are thousands of birds here, and they are nowhere to be seen,” he said. “Even the birds have realized what is coming, and they're preparing.”

Rivera said his employees brought bedridden family members to the hotel, where he has stocked up on diesel, gasoline, food, water and ice, given how slowly the government responded after Hurricane Maria.

“What we’ve done is prepared ourselves to depend as little as possible on the central government,” he said.

It’s a sentiment shared by 70-year-old Ana Córdova, who arrived Saturday at a shelter in the north coastal town of Loiza after buying loads of food and water.

“I don’t trust them,” she said, referring to the government. “I lost trust after what happened after Hurricane Maria.”

Puerto Rico’s governor, Pedro Pierluisi, said he was ready to declare a state of emergency if needed and activated the National Guard as the Atlantic hurricane season’s sixth named storm approached.

“What worries me most is the rain,” said forecaster Ernesto Morales with the National Weather Service in San Juan.

Fiona was predicted to drop 12 to 16 inches (30 to 41 centimeters) of rain over eastern and southern Puerto Rico, with as much as 25 inches (64 centimeters) in isolated spots.

The National Weather Service warned late Saturday that the Blanco River in the southeast coastal town of Naguabo had already surpassed its banks and urged people living nearby to move immediately.

Pierluisi announced Sunday that public schools and government agencies would remain closed on Monday.

Fiona was forecast to swipe the Dominican Republic on Monday and then northern Haiti and the Turks and Caicos Islands with the threat of heavy rain. It could threaten the far southern end of the Bahamas on Tuesday.

A hurricane warning was posted for the Dominican Republic's eastern coast from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo.

Fiona previously battered the eastern Caribbean, killing one man in the French territory of Guadeloupe when floods washed his home away, officials said. The storm also damaged roads, uprooted trees and destroyed at least one bridge.

St. Kitts and Nevis also reported flooding and downed trees, but announced its international airport would reopen on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of customers were still without power or water, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.

In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Madeline was forecast to cause heavy rains and flooding across parts of southwestern Mexico. The storm was centered about 155 miles (245 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes Sunday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph).


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/03/fiona-becomes-a-hurricane-aims-at-puerto-rico/feed/ 0 Puerto Rico struggles to reach areas cut off by Hurricane Fiona https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/puerto-rico-struggles-to-reach-areas-cut-off-by-hurricane-fiona/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/puerto-rico-struggles-to-reach-areas-cut-off-by-hurricane-fiona/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 06:06:16 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=173235

Hurricane Fiona left hundreds of people stranded across Puerto Rico after smashing roads and bridges, with authorities still struggling to reach people four days after the storm smacked the U.S. territory, causing historic flooding.Video above: 'Large and intense' Category 4 Hurricane Fiona nears BermudaFor now, government officials are working with religious groups, nonprofits and others braving landslides, thick mud and broken asphalt by foot to provide food, water and medicine for people in need, but they are under pressure to clear a path so vehicles can enter isolated areas soon.Nino Correa, commissioner for Puerto Rico’s emergency management agency, estimated that at least six municipalities across the island had areas that were cut off by Fiona, which struck as a Category 1 hurricane and was up to Category 4 power Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda.Living in one of those areas is Manuel Veguilla, who has not been able to leave his neighborhood in the north mountain town of Caguas since Fiona swept in on Sunday.“We are all isolated,” he said, adding that he worries about elderly neighbors including his older brother who does not have the strength for the long walk it takes to reach the closest community.Veguilla heard that municipal officials might open a pathway Thursday, but he doubted that would happen because he said large rocks covered a nearby bridge and the 10-foot space beneath it.Video below: Video shows damage to Puerto Rico from Hurricane FionaNeighbors have shared food and water dropped off by nonprofit groups, and the son of an elderly woman was able to bring back basic supplies by foot Wednesday, he said.Veguilla said that in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm that struck five years ago and resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths, he and others used picks and shovels to clear the debris. But Fiona was different, unleashing huge landslides.“I cannot throw those rocks over my shoulder,” he said.Like hundreds of thousands of other Puerto Ricans after Fiona, Veguilla had no water or electricity service, but said they there is a natural water source nearby.Fiona sparked an islandwide blackout when it hit Puerto Rico's southwest region, which already was still trying to recover from a series of strong earthquakes in recent years. Some 62% of 1.47 million customers were without power four days after the storm amid an extreme heat alert issued by the National Weather Service. Some 36% of customers, or nearly half a million, did not have water service.The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent hundreds of additional personnel to help local officials as the federal government approved a major disaster declaration and announced a public health emergency on the island.Neither local nor federal government officials had provided any damage estimates as Puerto Rico struggles to recover from the storm, which dropped up to 30 inches of rain in some areas. More than 470 people and 48 pets remained in shelters.“Our hearts go out to the people of Puerto Rico who have endured so much suffering over the last couple of years,” said Brad Kieserman, vice president of operations and logistics at the Red Cross.Video below: Retired nurse heads to Puerto Rico to help with recovery effortsAfter Puerto Rico, Fiona pummeled the Dominican Republic and then swiped past the Turks and Caicos Islands as it strengthened into a Category 4 storm. Officials there reported relatively light damage and no deaths, though the eye of the storm passed close to Grand Turk, the small British territory’s capital island, on Tuesday.“God has been good to us and has kept us safe during this period when we could have had a far worse outcome,” Deputy Gov. Anya Williams said.Fiona was forecast to pass near Bermuda early Friday, and then hit easternmost Canada early Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.The center said Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph on Thursday morning. It was centered about 485 miles southwest of Bermuda, heading north-northeast at 13 mph.The hurricane was forecast to pass just west of Bermuda late Thursday. A hurricane warning was in effect for the British territory.

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico —

Hurricane Fiona left hundreds of people stranded across Puerto Rico after smashing roads and bridges, with authorities still struggling to reach people four days after the storm smacked the U.S. territory, causing historic flooding.

Video above: 'Large and intense' Category 4 Hurricane Fiona nears Bermuda

For now, government officials are working with religious groups, nonprofits and others braving landslides, thick mud and broken asphalt by foot to provide food, water and medicine for people in need, but they are under pressure to clear a path so vehicles can enter isolated areas soon.

Nino Correa, commissioner for Puerto Rico’s emergency management agency, estimated that at least six municipalities across the island had areas that were cut off by Fiona, which struck as a Category 1 hurricane and was up to Category 4 power Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda.

Living in one of those areas is Manuel Veguilla, who has not been able to leave his neighborhood in the north mountain town of Caguas since Fiona swept in on Sunday.

“We are all isolated,” he said, adding that he worries about elderly neighbors including his older brother who does not have the strength for the long walk it takes to reach the closest community.

Veguilla heard that municipal officials might open a pathway Thursday, but he doubted that would happen because he said large rocks covered a nearby bridge and the 10-foot space beneath it.

Video below: Video shows damage to Puerto Rico from Hurricane Fiona

Neighbors have shared food and water dropped off by nonprofit groups, and the son of an elderly woman was able to bring back basic supplies by foot Wednesday, he said.

Veguilla said that in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm that struck five years ago and resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths, he and others used picks and shovels to clear the debris. But Fiona was different, unleashing huge landslides.

“I cannot throw those rocks over my shoulder,” he said.

Like hundreds of thousands of other Puerto Ricans after Fiona, Veguilla had no water or electricity service, but said they there is a natural water source nearby.

View of a damaged bridge after Hurricane Fiona hit Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, September 21, 2022.

AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo

View of a damaged bridge after Hurricane Fiona hit Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, September 21, 2022.

Fiona sparked an islandwide blackout when it hit Puerto Rico's southwest region, which already was still trying to recover from a series of strong earthquakes in recent years. Some 62% of 1.47 million customers were without power four days after the storm amid an extreme heat alert issued by the National Weather Service. Some 36% of customers, or nearly half a million, did not have water service.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent hundreds of additional personnel to help local officials as the federal government approved a major disaster declaration and announced a public health emergency on the island.

Neither local nor federal government officials had provided any damage estimates as Puerto Rico struggles to recover from the storm, which dropped up to 30 inches of rain in some areas. More than 470 people and 48 pets remained in shelters.

“Our hearts go out to the people of Puerto Rico who have endured so much suffering over the last couple of years,” said Brad Kieserman, vice president of operations and logistics at the Red Cross.

Video below: Retired nurse heads to Puerto Rico to help with recovery efforts

After Puerto Rico, Fiona pummeled the Dominican Republic and then swiped past the Turks and Caicos Islands as it strengthened into a Category 4 storm. Officials there reported relatively light damage and no deaths, though the eye of the storm passed close to Grand Turk, the small British territory’s capital island, on Tuesday.

“God has been good to us and has kept us safe during this period when we could have had a far worse outcome,” Deputy Gov. Anya Williams said.

Fiona was forecast to pass near Bermuda early Friday, and then hit easternmost Canada early Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The center said Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph on Thursday morning. It was centered about 485 miles southwest of Bermuda, heading north-northeast at 13 mph.

The hurricane was forecast to pass just west of Bermuda late Thursday. A hurricane warning was in effect for the British territory.


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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, Associated Press

Florida monitors a growing Tropical Storm Ian in Caribbean



alright with this west to alright with this west to facebook live update. Just wanted to give *** quick update here from the two o'clock intermediate advisory doesn't affect the cone, but it certainly does give us *** better idea as to what's going on out there in the tropics. Again, very active, very busy out there. We've got post tropical Fiona doing *** lot of destruction Southeast, Canada Gastone again over to the south and west of Lisbon and then her mean is gonna kind of hug the host coast there west africa, another little wave there in between the lesser Antilles. In africa, not gonna do much and then all eyes of course are going to be on IAN here as it continues to develop. I wanted to get *** little bit of *** close up shot here for you kind of give you the the latest look on it and you can see what's going on right there. It's uh starting to get that look that that turning and twisting, trying to get those storms there around the the entire corps, not just one side, which is what we were seeing earlier this morning water vapor channel here yesterday. We had of course *** lot of wind shear not seeing as much of that today as we did yesterday. So you still have that little uh high to the north right in there. There's *** little bit of *** low, it's kind of like right in here and one of the things that we're gonna have to watch is this, how soon does this begin to turn even more towards the west northwest and then the northwest as it moves off, generally speaking to the west. So that's again one of the things that we're gonna be watching, remember that Northwestern Caribbean folks. Uh It is Jacked. This is some high octane, deep warm water in the northwestern caribbean. So the farther west that this goes closer to Cancun on the western tip there of Havana, That would mean more added additional potential for this storm to try and develop. There's Ian, this is the two o'clock advisory. Now, moving west. Okay, moving west at 16 Windsor at 45 miles an hour, pressure is starting to come down as we uh as we go through and have gone through the last 24 hours. Let me show you the the tip of the cone. There big differences here, so to speak, in the advancement more towards the north, all of central florida is now in the cone. Believe it or not, Miami date is not because of that trend more towards the west here. Um bringing that track there just north of Tampa approaching her nando county and potentially Marion County while uh potentially shooting up towards Jacksonville. So again, you take *** look at the storm tracks, we get new models coming in here within the next hour. But the trend this morning has been more towards the west. Look at that between Cancun and Havana look at laser locked in. That's what's going on right there. Then we start to see that bend from the big bend, that's the H worf over towards the I. Four corridor. Uh Let me see if I can see uh Let me do it. Let me show it to you this way. So this is gonna this is gonna be uh let's see your models don't want to do that, let's do the animation. I wanna show you, Give me the animation. Just bear with me right there, there's *** look at the animation and and notice there's our storm incredibly good agreement. Now west of Havana potentially staying in the core of the warmest waters right there. Then by Wednesday you can start to see that turn Tampa west of Tampa I four is the right side of the envelope of the models and then *** good chunk of them, very close to Marion County and over towards the big bend there of the panhandle. So again, *** lot to watch here but again little bit of *** push back towards the west. Now one of the things I love to do is show you the cone but then superimposed all of the models. Very good agreement. Initially there one the one model there on the outside of the left side of it. But notice how for the most part the majority of the models on that center point and then off to the north and west, center point off towards the north and the west. We'll get some new model runs here between 2 33 30 and have those on air for you tonight at five and six. So that's the trend. That's the tendency, we're still in that front, right quadrant. But the point I've got to make here for everybody is that, you know, the farther west the center of the storm goes, the core of the strongest winds go farther to the west. And that's what we're hoping for as it becomes really game time by Tuesday, Wednesday and thursday of next week, models here all indicating *** major hurricane uh by as early as monday night. Uh And then as we go through Tuesday and Wednesday, you can see Cat three and Cat four potential storm, they're either going up the western side of the florida peninsula or or coming ashore. So *** lot of people have been asking me about charley and Frances charlie, is that blue line? And there's the cone. Now the IAN forecast again, just to the west of that, so very similar. And we're watching this cold front to the north of it as we go through the next couple of days, the longer the time it takes for this storm to make that turn to the north, the farther west, I believe it'll go um as it comes into the gulf of Mexico Gfs pretty far to the west, the european now, which was over south florida two runs ago is coming ashore very close to the Tampa Bay area and you can see the gfs there. Uh Oops, I didn't mean to do that. The G. F. S right there, Gfs slowing down west of Tampa and look at the Euro coming in south of Tampa. So that has been the trend folks as we've gone through the last couple of model runs and that's what we're gonna continue to watch. So I'm gonna wrap this up with this particular graphic. Uh the timing of IAN, the first arriving tropical storm force winds, Tuesday evening, south florida, Wednesday morning, central florida. Um and then Wednesday evening up to the north. If it continues to slow down, we adjust those values back. If it looks like it's going to speed up, then we'll make *** Tuesday morning in yada yada yada. One final note, One final note, the rainfall forecast on many of the models is predicting anywhere from *** half *** foot to potentially *** foot of rain across central florida. So we need to make sure that your folks are paying close attention to all of the different components and aspects. Um, I do want to show this particular graphic here real quick. Um, so this is the wave action. This is the wave action based on *** Cat three Cat for potential hurricane, you can see the red orange. Look at that. 40 to 45 ft wave action right there. You talk about the potential for storm surge. It's, it's, it's incredible. That's one of the things folks that we're gonna have to watch. Um as we, as we sit and babysit this thing in the timeline, one more time. I'm gonna end it on this. So today, you know, the trend has been more towards the west. That's good. We still want you to get those hurricane kids taken care of this weekend monday. You're putting up some some uh apply locks. If you have that storm shutters, you're, you're thinking about shutting them for for for Tuesday and then Wednesday we think the storm is gonna arrive. So The confidence today, we're still, there's still *** good divergence at the end. So it's still low. We think that that's gonna improve though by Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Alright, game. Gotta answer the phone. Boss is calling. I have an update on Facebook live again tonight at eight

Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane in the coming days on a forecast track toward the state.Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida the previous day, expanding an initial order that had covered two dozen counties. He urged residents to prepare for a storm that could lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.“We encourage all Floridians to make their preparations,” DeSantis said in a statement.President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida due to the storm.The National Hurricane Center said Ian was expected to strengthen before moving over western Cuba and toward the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle by the middle of the week. The agency advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and monitor updates of the storm's evolving path.The center issued an updated advisory at 5 a.m. Sunday, which noted the tropical storm was forecast to begin “rapidly strengthening later today” with the “risk of significant wind and storm surge impacts increasing for western Cuba.”Ian was expected to become a hurricane Sunday and a major hurricane as soon as late Monday. The storm had top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) on Sunday morning as it swirled about 345 miles (555 kilometers) southeast of Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands.A hurricane warning remained in effect for the island and hurricane watches were issued for western Cuba.John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist at the Miami-based center, said it was not yet clear exactly where Ian will hit hardest. He said Floridians should begin preparations, including gathering supplies for potential power outages.“At this point really the right message for those living in Florida is that you have to watch forecasts and get ready and prepare yourself for potential impact from this tropical system,” he said.In Pinellas Park, near Tampa, people were waiting in line at a Home Depot when it opened at 6 a.m. Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Manager Wendy Macrini said the store had sold 600 cases of water by early afternoon and ran out of generators.People also were buying up plywood to shore up their windows: “Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it,” Matt Beaver, of Pinellas Park, told the Times.Elsewhere, powerful post-tropical cyclone Fiona crashed ashore Saturday in Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Canada region, washing houses into the sea, tearing off rooftops and knocking out power to more than 500,000 customers in two provinces.

Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane in the coming days on a forecast track toward the state.

Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida the previous day, expanding an initial order that had covered two dozen counties. He urged residents to prepare for a storm that could lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.

“We encourage all Floridians to make their preparations,” DeSantis said in a statement.

President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida due to the storm.

The National Hurricane Center said Ian was expected to strengthen before moving over western Cuba and toward the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle by the middle of the week. The agency advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and monitor updates of the storm's evolving path.

The center issued an updated advisory at 5 a.m. Sunday, which noted the tropical storm was forecast to begin “rapidly strengthening later today” with the “risk of significant wind and storm surge impacts increasing for western Cuba.”

Ian was expected to become a hurricane Sunday and a major hurricane as soon as late Monday. The storm had top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) on Sunday morning as it swirled about 345 miles (555 kilometers) southeast of Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands.

A hurricane warning remained in effect for the island and hurricane watches were issued for western Cuba.

John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist at the Miami-based center, said it was not yet clear exactly where Ian will hit hardest. He said Floridians should begin preparations, including gathering supplies for potential power outages.

“At this point really the right message for those living in Florida is that you have to watch forecasts and get ready and prepare yourself for potential impact from this tropical system,” he said.

In Pinellas Park, near Tampa, people were waiting in line at a Home Depot when it opened at 6 a.m. Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Manager Wendy Macrini said the store had sold 600 cases of water by early afternoon and ran out of generators.

People also were buying up plywood to shore up their windows: “Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it,” Matt Beaver, of Pinellas Park, told the Times.

Elsewhere, powerful post-tropical cyclone Fiona crashed ashore Saturday in Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Canada region, washing houses into the sea, tearing off rooftops and knocking out power to more than 500,000 customers in two provinces.


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Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on Monday, on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday.Ian was forecast to hit Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 miles over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida along a stretch of coast including the Tampa Bay area.“Please treat this storm seriously. It’s the real deal. This is not a drill,” Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley said at a Monday news conference on storm preparations in Tampa.Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa. Cuba also was shutting down its train system ahead of the worst weather.“Cuba is expecting extreme hurricane force winds, also life threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall,” U.S. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Daniel Brown told The Associated Press early Monday.At 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph, about 240 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with top sustained winds increasing to 80 mph.As the hurricane approached the Cayman Islands, members of the government and opposition were working together “to ensure that our people are made as safe as possible -- the supplies, plywood, in some cases sandbags, are distributed so that they can safely weather this storm," Premier Wayne Panton said in a video posted Sunday. "We must prepare for the worst and absolutely pray and hope for the best.” “Ian is not expected to spend much time over western Cuba, and additional strengthening is likely over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the center said. "Ian is likely to have an expanding wind field and will be slowing down by that time, which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida.” A surge of up to 10 feet of ocean water and 10 inches of rain was predicted across the Tampa Bay area, with as much as 15 inches in isolated areas. That's enough water to inundate low-lying coastal communities. Florida residents were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water. As many as 300,000 people may be evacuated from low-lying areas in Hillsborough County alone, county administrator Bonnie Wise said at a news conference Monday on preparations.Some of those evacuations were beginning Monday afternoon in the most vulnerable areas, with schools and other locations opening as shelters. “We must do everything we can to protect our residents. Time is of the essence,” Wise said.A hurricane watch was issued for Florida's central western coast including the Tampa Bay area, where Hillsborough County suspended classes through Thursday to prepare schools to serve as shelters for evacuees. Additional watches for more northern areas along the peninsula’s west coast may be issued, Brown said.Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency throughout Florida and urged residents to prepare for the storm to lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida because of the storm.Flash and urban flooding was predicted for much of the Florida peninsula midweek, and then heavy rainfall was possible for the southeast United States later this week. With tropical storm force winds extending 115 miles from its center, watches were issued Monday from the Florida Keys to Lake Okeechobee.As of Monday, Tampa and St. Petersburg appeared to be among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century.Bob Gualtieri, sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, which includes St. Petersburg, said in a briefing that while no one will be forced to leave, “mandatory” evacuation orders are expected to begin Tuesday.“What it means is, we’re not going to come help you. If you don’t do it, you’re on your own,” Gualtieri said.The evacuation zone is all along Tampa Bay and the rivers that feed it, encompassing MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa International Airport and well-known neighborhoods such as parts of Hyde Park, Davis Islands and Ybor City.St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch urged residents not to ignore any evacuation orders. “This is a very real threat that this storm poses to our community,” Welch said.The hurricane center has advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and monitor updates of the storm’s evolving path. ___Associated Press writer Julie Walker contributed to this report from New York.

Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on Monday, on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday.

Ian was forecast to hit Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 miles over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida along a stretch of coast including the Tampa Bay area.

“Please treat this storm seriously. It’s the real deal. This is not a drill,” Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley said at a Monday news conference on storm preparations in Tampa.

Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa. Cuba also was shutting down its train system ahead of the worst weather.

“Cuba is expecting extreme hurricane force winds, also life threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall,” U.S. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Daniel Brown told The Associated Press early Monday.

At 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph, about 240 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with top sustained winds increasing to 80 mph.

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As the hurricane approached the Cayman Islands, members of the government and opposition were working together “to ensure that our people are made as safe as possible -- the supplies, plywood, in some cases sandbags, are distributed so that they can safely weather this storm," Premier Wayne Panton said in a video posted Sunday. "We must prepare for the worst and absolutely pray and hope for the best.”

“Ian is not expected to spend much time over western Cuba, and additional strengthening is likely over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the center said. "Ian is likely to have an expanding wind field and will be slowing down by that time, which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida.”

A surge of up to 10 feet of ocean water and 10 inches of rain was predicted across the Tampa Bay area, with as much as 15 inches in isolated areas. That's enough water to inundate low-lying coastal communities.

Tracking the tropics

Florida residents were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water. As many as 300,000 people may be evacuated from low-lying areas in Hillsborough County alone, county administrator Bonnie Wise said at a news conference Monday on preparations.

Some of those evacuations were beginning Monday afternoon in the most vulnerable areas, with schools and other locations opening as shelters. “We must do everything we can to protect our residents. Time is of the essence,” Wise said.

A hurricane watch was issued for Florida's central western coast including the Tampa Bay area, where Hillsborough County suspended classes through Thursday to prepare schools to serve as shelters for evacuees. Additional watches for more northern areas along the peninsula’s west coast may be issued, Brown said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency throughout Florida and urged residents to prepare for the storm to lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.

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President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida because of the storm.

Flash and urban flooding was predicted for much of the Florida peninsula midweek, and then heavy rainfall was possible for the southeast United States later this week. With tropical storm force winds extending 115 miles from its center, watches were issued Monday from the Florida Keys to Lake Okeechobee.

As of Monday, Tampa and St. Petersburg appeared to be among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century.

Bob Gualtieri, sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, which includes St. Petersburg, said in a briefing that while no one will be forced to leave, “mandatory” evacuation orders are expected to begin Tuesday.

“What it means is, we’re not going to come help you. If you don’t do it, you’re on your own,” Gualtieri said.

The evacuation zone is all along Tampa Bay and the rivers that feed it, encompassing MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa International Airport and well-known neighborhoods such as parts of Hyde Park, Davis Islands and Ybor City.

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch urged residents not to ignore any evacuation orders. “This is a very real threat that this storm poses to our community,” Welch said.

The hurricane center has advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and monitor updates of the storm’s evolving path.

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Associated Press writer Julie Walker contributed to this report from New York.


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MIAMI, Fla. — With Hurricane Ian set to strike Tampa Bay sometime this week, the Buccaneers announced they are temporarily relocating to Miami.

On Monday, the team said on Twitter that they would be moving to Miami-Dade County Tuesday and then spend the week practicing at the Dolphins' facility.

"No changes have yet been made to Sunday's game schedule," the team added.

According to ESPN, the league is monitoring the situation, but for right now the Bucs are still planning to host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

If the game has to be postponed because of the storm, it's unlikely the game will be moved to Miami because the league doesn't want to take away state resources for a game that could be better utilized for recovery efforts, ESPN reported.

A hurricane warning was issued for the area Monday, with the National Hurricane Center projecting the hurricane to make landfall by Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, the Associated Press reported.

The last time a major storm hit the city was Oct. 25, 1921.

The team also announced Tuesday that they are rescheduling the induction of former head coach Bruce Arians into the Ring of Honor, which was supposed to happen on Sunday.

The team said that ceremony would be rescheduled for a later game.




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HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials said they had begun to restore some power Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island while devastating some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when it hit the island’s western tip as a major storm.

At least two people were reported killed.

The Energy and Mines Ministry announced it had restored energy to three regions by activating two large power plants in Felton and Nuevitas and was working on getting others back online.

Lights started to flicker on in the capital, Havana. Still, much of the city and other parts of western Cuba remained without power on Wednesday in the wake of the major hurricane, which had advanced northward to Florida. It was the first time in memory — perhaps ever — that the whole island had lost power.

On Tuesday, Ian hit Cuba, which has been struggling with an economic crisis and has faced frequent power outages in recent months. It made landfall as a Category 3 storm on the island’s western end, devastating Pinar del Río province, where much of the tobacco used for Cuba’s iconic cigars is grown.

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated, and others fled the area ahead of the arrival of Ian, which caused flooding, damaged houses and toppled trees. State media reported two deaths in the province: a woman killed by a falling wall and another by a collapsed roof.

Ian’s winds damaged one of Cuba’s most prestigious tobacco farms, Finca Robaina.

“It was apocalyptic, a real disaster,” said Hirochi Robaina, owner of the farm that bears his name and that his grandfather made known internationally.

Robaina posted photos on social media of wood-and-thatch roofs smashed to the ground, greenhouses in rubble and wagons overturned.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited the affected region, telling the population, “Although the first impact is very painful, there's nothing to do but overcome the adversity.”

“Being in the hurricane was terrible for me, but we are here alive,” said Pinar del Rio resident Yusimí Palacios, who asked authorities for a roof and a mattress.

Officials had set up 55 shelters and took steps to protect crops, especially tobacco.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Cuba suffered “significant wind and storm surge impacts” when the hurricane struck with top sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph).

Ian was even stronger Wednesday as it approached the coast of Florida with top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), threatening to cause catastrophic damage there.

In Cuba, local government station TelePinar reported heavy damage at the main hospital in Pinar del Rio city, tweeting photos of collapsed ceilings and downed trees. No deaths were reported.

Videos on social media showed downed power lines and cut-off roads in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa and Mayabeque. A hospital in Pinar del Río was damaged.

“The town is flooded,” said farmer Andy Muñoz, 37, who lives in Playa Cajío in Artemisa.

He said many people lost their belongings due to the storm surge.

“I spent the hurricane at home with my husband and the dog. The masonry and zinc roof of the house had just been installed. But the storm tore it down,” said Mercedes Valdés, who lives along the highway connecting Pinar del Río to San Juan y Martínez. “We couldn’t rescue our things ... we just ran out.”

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AP journalist Osvaldo Angulo in Pinar del Rio contributed to this report.




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Watch live video as Tropical Storm Ian drenches Florida


Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa as a massive Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge. Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian:Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa around 3:05 p.m. ET WednesdayIan weakened to a tropical storm ThursdayIan is moving northeast at 8 mph Nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses were without electricity, and Florida Power and Light warned those in Ian’s path to brace for days without power. Florida has requested a federal Major Disaster Declaration for all 67 of the state's counties.Hurricane Ian knocked out Cuba's power grid and work is underway to restore service to the country’s 11 million peopleWatch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando. See live video from other parts of Florida below.Latest hurricane cone and satellite imageSee live streaming video of Ian's latest location and cone in the video player above.Sunshine Skyway Bridge Live storm coverage is also available for free on your connected TV from Very Local. Download the app here

FORT MYERS, Fla. —

Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa as a massive Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge.

Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian:

    • Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa around 3:05 p.m. ET Wednesday
    • Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday
    • Ian is moving northeast at 8 mph
    • Nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses were without electricity, and Florida Power and Light warned those in Ian’s path to brace for days without power. Florida has requested a federal Major Disaster Declaration for all 67 of the state's counties.
    • Hurricane Ian knocked out Cuba's power grid and work is underway to restore service to the country’s 11 million people

Watch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando. See live video from other parts of Florida below.

Latest hurricane cone and satellite image

See live streaming video of Ian's latest location and cone in the video player above.

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After leaving a path of destruction across Florida, Tropical Storm Ian has again intensified into a hurricane Thursday afternoon as it heads toward Georgia and the Carolinas. Here's the latest on Tropical Storm Ian:Tropical Storm Ian strengthened into a hurricane again around 5 p.m. ET Thursday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. At 5 p.m. ET, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida.President Joe Biden said Ian "could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history" and warned, "we're hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life."Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday after making landfall Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane.The storm is expected to reintensify Thursday night before making landfall in South Carolina. Roughly 2.67 million homes and businesses were without electricity in FloridaWatch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando.Live storm coverage is also available for free on your connected TV from Very Local. Download the app here.Ian's impact in Florida Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark. The devastation began to come into focus a day after Ian made landfall in Florida as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. The storm flooded homes on both the state's coasts, cut off the only bridge to a barrier island, destroyed a historic waterfront pier and knocked out electricity to 2.67 million Florida homes and businesses — nearly a quarter of utility customers. At least one man was confirmed dead.Aerial photos from the Fort Myers area, a few miles west of where Ian struck land, showed homes ripped from their slabs and deposited among shredded wreckage. Businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving just twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats, and fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood. Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida — a 72-year-old man in Deltona who fell into a canal while using a hose to drain his pool in the heavy rain, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. “We’ve never seen storm surge of this magnitude,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a news conference. “The amount of water that’s been rising, and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flooding event.”Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescueThe National Hurricane Center said storm surge and flooding rains remained a threat as Ian crept across the Florida peninsula and emerged in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral.Sheriffs in southwest Florida said 911 centers were inundated by thousands of stranded callers, some with life-threatening emergencies. The U.S. Coast Guard began rescue efforts hours before daybreak on barrier islands near where Ian struck, DeSantis said. More than 800 members of federal urban search and rescue teams were also in the area. A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. It was unknown how many heeded orders to evacuate, but Charlotte County Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller expressed cautious optimism that worst-case scenarios might not have been realized.No deaths or injuries have been confirmed in the county, and flyovers of barrier islands show “the integrity of the homes is far better than we anticipated,” Fuller said.South of Sanibel, the historic beachfront pier in Naples got destroyed, with even the pilings underneath torn out, as towering waves crashed over the structure. "Right now, there is no pier," said Penny Taylor, a commissioner in Collier County, which includes Naples.The Florida Highway Patrol shut down the Florida Turnpike in the Orlando area and said the main artery in the middle of the state will remain closed until water subsides. Video: Florida wakes up to Hurricane Ian destruction Ian struck Florida as a monstrous Category 4 storm, with 150 mph winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S.Ian's pathBefore reintensifying to a hurricane late Thursday afternoon, Ian dropped to a tropical storm over land as its center moved over the Atlantic Ocean.At 5 p.m. Thursday, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.The National Hurricane Center warned storm surge of 6 feet or more was possible from Daytona Beach, Florida, to north of Charleston, South Carolina. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding in the Carolinas and Virginia.A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast. LATEST CONELATEST MODELSLATEST SATELLITEThe governors of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia all preemptively declared states of emergency.Devastation in CubaA boat carrying Cuban migrants sank Wednesday in stormy weather east of Key West.The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue mission for 23 people and managed to find three survivors about two miles south of the Florida Keys, officials said. Four other Cubans swam to Stock Island, just east of Key West, the U.S. Border Patrol said. Aircrews continued to search for possibly 20 remaining migrants.The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country's electrical grid.Video: Space station flies over Hurricane Ian

After leaving a path of destruction across Florida, Tropical Storm Ian has again intensified into a hurricane Thursday afternoon as it heads toward Georgia and the Carolinas.

Here's the latest on Tropical Storm Ian:

  • Tropical Storm Ian strengthened into a hurricane again around 5 p.m. ET Thursday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
  • At 5 p.m. ET, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida.
  • President Joe Biden said Ian "could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history" and warned, "we're hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life."
  • Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday after making landfall Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane.
  • The storm is expected to reintensify Thursday night before making landfall in South Carolina.
  • Roughly 2.67 million homes and businesses were without electricity in Florida


Watch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando.

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Ian's impact in Florida

Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark.

The devastation began to come into focus a day after Ian made landfall in Florida as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S.

The storm flooded homes on both the state's coasts, cut off the only bridge to a barrier island, destroyed a historic waterfront pier and knocked out electricity to 2.67 million Florida homes and businesses — nearly a quarter of utility customers. At least one man was confirmed dead.

Aerial photos from the Fort Myers area, a few miles west of where Ian struck land, showed homes ripped from their slabs and deposited among shredded wreckage. Businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving just twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats, and fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood.

Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida — a 72-year-old man in Deltona who fell into a canal while using a hose to drain his pool in the heavy rain, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

“We’ve never seen storm surge of this magnitude,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a news conference. “The amount of water that’s been rising, and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flooding event.”

Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescue

The National Hurricane Center said storm surge and flooding rains remained a threat as Ian crept across the Florida peninsula and emerged in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral.

Sheriffs in southwest Florida said 911 centers were inundated by thousands of stranded callers, some with life-threatening emergencies. The U.S. Coast Guard began rescue efforts hours before daybreak on barrier islands near where Ian struck, DeSantis said. More than 800 members of federal urban search and rescue teams were also in the area.

A man walks through debris on a street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Punta Gorda, Florida on Sept. 29, 2022.

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A man walks through debris on a street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Punta Gorda, Florida on Sept. 29, 2022.

A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. It was unknown how many heeded orders to evacuate, but Charlotte County Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller expressed cautious optimism that worst-case scenarios might not have been realized.

No deaths or injuries have been confirmed in the county, and flyovers of barrier islands show “the integrity of the homes is far better than we anticipated,” Fuller said.

A damaged causeway to Sanibel Island is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian , Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, near Sanibel Island, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

South of Sanibel, the historic beachfront pier in Naples got destroyed, with even the pilings underneath torn out, as towering waves crashed over the structure. "Right now, there is no pier," said Penny Taylor, a commissioner in Collier County, which includes Naples.

The Florida Highway Patrol shut down the Florida Turnpike in the Orlando area and said the main artery in the middle of the state will remain closed until water subsides.

A truck pulls a man on a kayak on a low-lying road after flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, in Key West, Fla., Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2022.

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A truck pulls a man on a kayak on a low-lying road after flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, in Key West, Fla., Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2022.

Video: Florida wakes up to Hurricane Ian destruction

Ian struck Florida as a monstrous Category 4 storm, with 150 mph winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S.

Ian's path

Before reintensifying to a hurricane late Thursday afternoon, Ian dropped to a tropical storm over land as its center moved over the Atlantic Ocean.

At 5 p.m. Thursday, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

The National Hurricane Center warned storm surge of 6 feet or more was possible from Daytona Beach, Florida, to north of Charleston, South Carolina. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding in the Carolinas and Virginia.

A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast.

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The governors of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia all preemptively declared states of emergency.

Devastation in Cuba

A boat carrying Cuban migrants sank Wednesday in stormy weather east of Key West.

The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue mission for 23 people and managed to find three survivors about two miles south of the Florida Keys, officials said. Four other Cubans swam to Stock Island, just east of Key West, the U.S. Border Patrol said. Aircrews continued to search for possibly 20 remaining migrants.

The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country's electrical grid.

Video: Space station flies over Hurricane Ian


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A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday. It's threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and trapped thousands in their homes.Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian: Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as Category 1 storm.Nine people were confirmed dead in Florida, but that number is expected to increase.Ian hits South CarolinaHurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Its maximum sustained winds remained at 85 mph with higher gusts.In Charleston earlier in the day, powerful wind gusts bent tree branches and sent sprays of steadily falling rain sideways. Streets in the 350-year-old city were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm. Video: Myrtle Beach reports first signs of storm damage as Ian approachesThe hurricane warning stretched from the Savannah River to Cape Fear, with flooding likely across the Carolinas and southwestern Virginia, the center said. The forecast predicted a storm surge of up to 7 feet into coastal areas of the Carolinas, and rainfall of up to 8 inches.LATEST CONELATEST MODELSLATEST SATELLITEA hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast and extended to Cape Fear on the southeastern coast of North Carolina. With tropical storm-force winds reaching about 415 miles from its center, the NHC expects a life-threatening storm surge of up to 7 feet and hurricane conditions along the Carolina coast by Friday afternoon. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding from South Carolina to Virginia.Video below: Winds, rain pick up off the coast of Georgia's Tybee IslandFlorida's rescue effortIn Florida, rescue crews piloted boats and waded through riverine streets Thursday to save thousands of people trapped amid flooded homes and buildings shattered by Hurricane Ian.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said rescue crews have gone door-to-door to over 3,000 homes in the hardest-hit areas."There's really been a Herculean effort," he said Friday during a news conference in Tallahassee.Video: Florida governor gives update on Ian's damageClimate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, according to a study prepared immediately after the storm, said its co-author, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab climate scientist Michael Wehner.Those killed in Florida included a 67-year-old man who was waiting to be rescued and fell into rising water inside his New Smyrna Beach home late Thursday, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Patrol vehicles had been unable to reach him because roads were flooded.Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescueAt least three people were reported killed in Cuba after the hurricane struck there on Tuesday.In the Fort Myers area, businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats. Fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood."I don't know how anyone could have survived in there," William Goodison said amid the wreckage of a mobile home park in Fort Myers Beach where he'd lived for 11 years. Goodison said he was alive only because he rode out the storm at his son's house inland.The hurricane tore through the park of about 60 homes, leaving many destroyed or mangled beyond repair, including Goodison’s single-wide home. Wading through waist-deep water, Goodison and his son wheeled two trash cans containing what little he could salvage — a portable air conditioner, some tools and a baseball bat.Video: Couple will not put off wedding for Hurricane IanThe road into Fort Myers was littered with broken trees, boat trailers and other debris. Cars were abandoned in the road, having stalled when the storm surge flooded their engines.Emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach stranded people. Many in the hardest-hit areas were unable to call for help because of electrical and cellular outages.A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people live.Ian's pathHours after weakening to a tropical storm while crossing the Florida peninsula, Ian regained strength Thursday evening over the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center predicted it would hit South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane Friday, still much weaker than the Category 4 hurricane it was on Wednesday.National Guard troops were being positioned in South Carolina to help with the aftermath, including any water rescues. And in Washington, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for the state, a needed step to speed federal assistance for recovery once Ian passes.The storm was on track to later hit North Carolina, forecasters said. Gov. Roy Cooper urged residents to prepare for torrents of rain, high winds and potential power outages.

A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday. It's threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and trapped thousands in their homes.


Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian:

  • Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as Category 1 storm.
  • Nine people were confirmed dead in Florida, but that number is expected to increase.

Ian hits South Carolina

Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Its maximum sustained winds remained at 85 mph with higher gusts.

In Charleston earlier in the day, powerful wind gusts bent tree branches and sent sprays of steadily falling rain sideways. Streets in the 350-year-old city were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm.

Video: Myrtle Beach reports first signs of storm damage as Ian approaches

The hurricane warning stretched from the Savannah River to Cape Fear, with flooding likely across the Carolinas and southwestern Virginia, the center said. The forecast predicted a storm surge of up to 7 feet into coastal areas of the Carolinas, and rainfall of up to 8 inches.

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A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast and extended to Cape Fear on the southeastern coast of North Carolina. With tropical storm-force winds reaching about 415 miles from its center, the NHC expects a life-threatening storm surge of up to 7 feet and hurricane conditions along the Carolina coast by Friday afternoon. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding from South Carolina to Virginia.

Video below: Winds, rain pick up off the coast of Georgia's Tybee Island

Florida's rescue effort

In Florida, rescue crews piloted boats and waded through riverine streets Thursday to save thousands of people trapped amid flooded homes and buildings shattered by Hurricane Ian.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said rescue crews have gone door-to-door to over 3,000 homes in the hardest-hit areas.

"There's really been a Herculean effort," he said Friday during a news conference in Tallahassee.

Video: Florida governor gives update on Ian's damage

Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, according to a study prepared immediately after the storm, said its co-author, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab climate scientist Michael Wehner.

Those killed in Florida included a 67-year-old man who was waiting to be rescued and fell into rising water inside his New Smyrna Beach home late Thursday, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Patrol vehicles had been unable to reach him because roads were flooded.

Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescue

At least three people were reported killed in Cuba after the hurricane struck there on Tuesday.

In the Fort Myers area, businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats. Fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood.

"I don't know how anyone could have survived in there," William Goodison said amid the wreckage of a mobile home park in Fort Myers Beach where he'd lived for 11 years. Goodison said he was alive only because he rode out the storm at his son's house inland.

The hurricane tore through the park of about 60 homes, leaving many destroyed or mangled beyond repair, including Goodison’s single-wide home. Wading through waist-deep water, Goodison and his son wheeled two trash cans containing what little he could salvage — a portable air conditioner, some tools and a baseball bat.

Video: Couple will not put off wedding for Hurricane Ian

The road into Fort Myers was littered with broken trees, boat trailers and other debris. Cars were abandoned in the road, having stalled when the storm surge flooded their engines.

Emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach stranded people. Many in the hardest-hit areas were unable to call for help because of electrical and cellular outages.

A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people live.

Ian's path

Hours after weakening to a tropical storm while crossing the Florida peninsula, Ian regained strength Thursday evening over the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center predicted it would hit South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane Friday, still much weaker than the Category 4 hurricane it was on Wednesday.

National Guard troops were being positioned in South Carolina to help with the aftermath, including any water rescues. And in Washington, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for the state, a needed step to speed federal assistance for recovery once Ian passes.

The storm was on track to later hit North Carolina, forecasters said. Gov. Roy Cooper urged residents to prepare for torrents of rain, high winds and potential power outages.


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As hundreds of people are being rescued across Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, pets are not being forgotten.

The U.S. Coast Guard documented a rescue of two people and three cats. They were stranded around Sanibel, Florida, on Thursday.

Sanibel is one of the hardest-hit areas. It's connected to the mainland by a causeway, which was destroyed.

Pets are among the top priority in other parts of the state. In Orange County, officials guided people and their pets through floodwaters.

Prior to the storm, Florida Urgent Rescue said it evacuated 49 cats and dogs from rural Florida shelters. The goal was to make room for stray animals as a result of the storm.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/pets-being-rescued-in-hurricane-ians-aftermath/feed/ 0 Flamingos in Florida rode out Ian by taking shelter inside park bathroom https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/flamingos-in-florida-rode-out-ian-by-taking-shelter-inside-park-bathroom/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/flamingos-in-florida-rode-out-ian-by-taking-shelter-inside-park-bathroom/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 04:17:05 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=174358

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida, flamingos at a botanical park in St. Petersburg took shelter in a bathroom.

Sunken Gardens took to its Twitter account Wednesday to give let animal lovers know that the pink feathered birds were doing fine as they rode out the storm.

“We're hunkered down! Our animals are safe w/staff on site to see them through the storm," the park said. "The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, & dancing. Stay safe out there!”

This isn't the first time Floridians have seen flamingos huddled together for safety in a bathroom during a hurricane.

Wildlife photographer Ron Magill took a picture of flamingos inside a bathroom 30 years ago as they sought shelter from Hurricane Andrew, The Washington Post reported.

Hurricane Ian slammed into the state's southwest coast on Wednesday as a Category 4, with it bringing 150 mph winds, storm surges, and mass destruction.

Rescue and recovery efforts are underway as the state deals with the storm's aftermath, as officials conduct searches of residences.

On Friday, officials said 21 people have died, but they caution that the death toll is preliminary.

Areas that saw significant damage included Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island.

The storm has since been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/flamingos-in-florida-rode-out-ian-by-taking-shelter-inside-park-bathroom/feed/ 0 Starlink satellite units deployed to emergency command units across Florida https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/starlink-satellite-units-deployed-to-emergency-command-units-across-florida/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/starlink-satellite-units-deployed-to-emergency-command-units-across-florida/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 04:07:51 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=174567

SpaceX founder Elon Musk is helping Florida get cell service and connect to the internet.

More than 370 Starlink satellite units have been deployed across Florida, officials said Monday.

The units can support up to 120 devices at a time. They are being centered at mobile command units to assist with rescue and recovery efforts.

Speaking about the equipment on Monday, Florida emergency management officials thanked Musk for the donations, which they said were easy to use. They said it took people about 20 minutes to unbox the equipment and have it working in about 20 minutes.

Parts of Florida have struggled to get cell service following the devastation from Hurricane Ian.

As more people gain internet access, the state is requesting that they document when missing people have been found safe. They can fill out a form at https://safe.fl.gov. To report a missing person, information can be submitted to https://missing.fl.gov/es.

Drone videos from Fort Myers to Arcadia show the devastation. Some communities are still underwater.

Florida has reported 58 storm-related deaths. However, that number is expected to rise as officials gain more access to areas that were vulnerable to the hurricane.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/starlink-satellite-units-deployed-to-emergency-command-units-across-florida/feed/ 0 You will be ‘carried out’ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/you-will-be-carried-out/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/02/you-will-be-carried-out/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 04:07:42 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=174595

As Florida begins to recover from Hurricane Ian, people are being warned about looting.

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno appeared to threaten to use force on suspected looters.

"They might be able to walk into someone's home, they might, but they will, they will be carried out," he said. "I ain't playing games."

It's unclear whether looting has become a pervasive problem in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

However, it's clear officials want to discourage the criminal act as many homes and businesses remain vulnerable.

"Florida will not tolerate looters taking advantage of #HurricaneIan to prey on vulnerable Floridians," said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.

In the days immediately following Hurricane Ian, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also warned looters that they could be shot.

"I would not want want to chance that if I were you, given that we are a Second Amendment state," DeSantis said.




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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  — After three decades on the job, Chief Meteorologist at Scripps-owned WPTV-TV Steve Weagle is still extremely passionate about his work to keep the community informed and safe when covering hurricanes.

"This really is the most incredible force of nature," Weagle said. "It's the Super Bowl of weather. It really is."

Weagle is known for his urgent, imperative, and yet, calm forecasting, especially during lengthy hurricane coverage.

"My very first hurricane was Floyd in 1999, and that was a big storm," he said.

Weagle has seen a dramatic shift over the years in tracking hurricanes.

"We've come a long, long way," he said. "We now have the technology where we can handle more data and we can do it faster. The model guidance is really our most important tool to use."

He said of the hundreds of computer models that forecast hurricane tracks, about ten have risen to the level of reliable over the years, and two of them are famous at this point.

"Now, there's a little competition going on between the Americans and the Europeans over who has the better computer model," Weagle said. "Last year, the GFS, which is the American model, did a better job overall than the Euro. This year, we'll have to wait and see. In Ian, it seems the Euro did the best job."

To demonstrate another advancement, Weagle described the narrowing of forecasting the area where a storm might make landfall, commonly referred to as the "cone of uncertainty."

"In the last 20 years, these cones have shrunk quite a bit, especially in the fourth and fifth day. Twenty years ago, it was a spread of 600 to 700 miles across, and now, we have a much smaller cone," Weagle said.

He also explained this advancement has made a big difference when authorities determine evacuation zones during a storm.

"Where as in the past, we might have evacuated the whole state of Florida, now we have an evacuation area that might be just south Florida or just the coastline of south Florida," he said.

Satellite images are another game-changer.

"Now, we have these amazing satellites that give us in real time these photos of what's going on. It's astounding to think how far we've come," Weagle said.

Weagle added the science behind forecasting the intensity of storms has not improved much in the last 20 years.

"The issue is what does on in the eye wall, the little dynamics that are difficult for computer models to handle and predict how strong storms are going to be," he said.

He looks forward to seeing progress on that front throughout the rest of his career.




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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  — Coral reefs are beautiful, colorful and critical in terms of biodiversity, but their longevity is also in question.

"We're at the point now where most reefs around the world have seen up to 50% declines in the amounts of living coral," Lauren Toth, a U.S. Geological Survey Research Physical Scientist, said.

Toth said after thousands of years of growth or stability, 85% of reefs in the Florida Keys are now shrinking because of disease, temperature swings and storms, according to new findings by the U.S. Geological Survey.

"The changes we've seen over the last 50 years in the Florida Keys really are reflective of what we've seen happen on reefs globally," Toth said. "They're currently eroding at a rate that some parts of the reef could disappear in several hundred years, which seems like a lot of time, but that's a lot of structure that's being lost."

The loss Toth described puts coastal residents and property at greater risk during storms.

Curt Storlazz with the U.S. Geological Survey's Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center explained how reefs lessen the impact of a hurricane.

"It causes waves to break, and when waves break, they dissipate energy, so wave height goes down," he said. "What we showed is coral reefs across the U.S. protect $1.8 billion in infrastructure and economic activity annually and over 18,000 people."

Storlazzi said reefs can break up 97% of wave energy and cited Hurricane Fiona that slammed Puerto Rico in September. He said without the natural protection of reefs, the storm that reportedly killed as many as 25 people could have been much worse.

"We have no time to waste," Andrew Baker, a professor with the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, said. "We need this coastal protection now."

Baker's team is engineering hybrid reefs using forms of concrete. They use wave tanks to test the reefs in simulated storm forces.

Baker said the goal is to create tougher structures that thrive in concert with natural reefs. The project is backed by grant money from an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense.

"I think it's a real seal of approval that this approach is worth exploring," Baker said. "It allows us to think big and try a whole bunch of different methods to try to build more resilient reefs as quickly as possible.

Toth said if some of the coral reef restoration efforts that are now underway reach their goals, reef growth can be restored to levels we have not seen in 7,000 years.




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Hurricane Roslyn grew to Category 4 force on Saturday as it headed for a collision with Mexico’s Pacific coast, likely north of the resort of Puerto Vallarta.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn’s maximum sustained winds remained at 130 mph late Saturday.The storm was centered about 65 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes — the point of land jutting into the Pacific south of Puerto Vallarta — and moving north at 12 mph.The forecast put Roslyn on a path that could take it close to Cabo Corrientes and the Puerto Vallarta region during the night before making landfall in Nayarit state on Sunday.Hurricane Orlene made landfall Oct. 3 a little farther north in roughly the same region, about 45 miles southeast of the resort of Mazatlan.Hurricane-force winds extended out 30 miles from Roslyn’s core, while tropical storm-force winds extended out to 80 miles, the U.S. hurricane center said.Mexico issued a hurricane warning covering a stretch of coast from Playa Perula south of Cabo Corrientes north to El Roblito and for the Islas Marias.Seemingly oblivious to the danger just hours away, tourists ate at beachside eateries around Puerto Vallarta and smaller resorts farther north on the Nayarit coast, where Roslyn was expected to hit.“We're fine. Everything is calm, it's all normal,” said Jaime Cantón, a receptionist at the Casa Maria hotel in Puerto Vallarta. He said that if winds picked up, the hotel would gather up outside furniture “so nothing will go flying.”While skies began to cloud up, waves remained normal, and few people appeared to be rushing to take precautions; swimmers were still in the sea at Puerto Vallarta“The place is full of tourists,” said Patricia Morales, a receptionist at the Punta Guayabitas hotel in the laid-back beach town of the same name, farther up the coast.Asked what precautions were being taken, Morales said, “They (authorities) haven't told us anything.”The Nayarit state government said the hurricane was expected to make landfall Sunday around the fishing village of San Blas, about 90 miles north of Puerto Vallarta.The head of the state civil defense office, Pedro Núñez, said, “Right now we are carrying out patrols through the towns, to alert people so that they can keep their possession safe and keep themselves safe in safer areas.”In the neighboring state of Jalisco, Gov. Enrique Alfaro wrote that 270 people had been evacuated in a town near the hurricane's expected path and that five emergency shelters had been set up in Puerto Vallarta.Alfaro said on Twitter that any school activities in the region would be canceled Saturday and he urged people to avoid touristic activities at beaches and in mountainous areas over the weekend.The National Water Commission said rains from Roslyn could cause mudslides and flooding. and the U.S. hurricane center warned of dangerous storm surge along the coast, as well as 4 to 6 inches of rain.

MEXICO CITY, CDMX —

Hurricane Roslyn grew to Category 4 force on Saturday as it headed for a collision with Mexico’s Pacific coast, likely north of the resort of Puerto Vallarta.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn’s maximum sustained winds remained at 130 mph late Saturday.

The storm was centered about 65 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes — the point of land jutting into the Pacific south of Puerto Vallarta — and moving north at 12 mph.

The forecast put Roslyn on a path that could take it close to Cabo Corrientes and the Puerto Vallarta region during the night before making landfall in Nayarit state on Sunday.

Hurricane Orlene made landfall Oct. 3 a little farther north in roughly the same region, about 45 miles southeast of the resort of Mazatlan.

Hurricane-force winds extended out 30 miles from Roslyn’s core, while tropical storm-force winds extended out to 80 miles, the U.S. hurricane center said.

Mexico issued a hurricane warning covering a stretch of coast from Playa Perula south of Cabo Corrientes north to El Roblito and for the Islas Marias.

Seemingly oblivious to the danger just hours away, tourists ate at beachside eateries around Puerto Vallarta and smaller resorts farther north on the Nayarit coast, where Roslyn was expected to hit.

“We're fine. Everything is calm, it's all normal,” said Jaime Cantón, a receptionist at the Casa Maria hotel in Puerto Vallarta. He said that if winds picked up, the hotel would gather up outside furniture “so nothing will go flying.”

While skies began to cloud up, waves remained normal, and few people appeared to be rushing to take precautions; swimmers were still in the sea at Puerto Vallarta

“The place is full of tourists,” said Patricia Morales, a receptionist at the Punta Guayabitas hotel in the laid-back beach town of the same name, farther up the coast.

Asked what precautions were being taken, Morales said, “They (authorities) haven't told us anything.”

The Nayarit state government said the hurricane was expected to make landfall Sunday around the fishing village of San Blas, about 90 miles north of Puerto Vallarta.

The head of the state civil defense office, Pedro Núñez, said, “Right now we are carrying out patrols through the towns, to alert people so that they can keep their possession safe and keep themselves safe in safer areas.”

In the neighboring state of Jalisco, Gov. Enrique Alfaro wrote that 270 people had been evacuated in a town near the hurricane's expected path and that five emergency shelters had been set up in Puerto Vallarta.

Alfaro said on Twitter that any school activities in the region would be canceled Saturday and he urged people to avoid touristic activities at beaches and in mountainous areas over the weekend.

The National Water Commission said rains from Roslyn could cause mudslides and flooding. and the U.S. hurricane center warned of dangerous storm surge along the coast, as well as 4 to 6 inches of rain.


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Food safety is a major concern after a power outage. According to FoodSafety.gov, your refrigerator will keep food safe for up to four hours during a power outage.A full freezer will keep food safe for roughly 48 hours. People should not taste the food after a power outage to determine its safety. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, refrigerators should be set to maintain a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below. Some refrigerators have built-in thermometers to measure their internal temperature. If your fridge does not, keep an appliance thermometer in the refrigerator to monitor the temperature. The USDA says this can be critical in the event of a power outage. When the power goes back on, if the refrigerator is still 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the food is safe. Foods held at temperatures above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for more than two hours should not be consumed, according to the USDA. For tips on when to throw out certain refrigerated and frozen foods, click here.

Food safety is a major concern after a power outage.

According to FoodSafety.gov, your refrigerator will keep food safe for up to four hours during a power outage.

A full freezer will keep food safe for roughly 48 hours.

People should not taste the food after a power outage to determine its safety.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, refrigerators should be set to maintain a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below.

Some refrigerators have built-in thermometers to measure their internal temperature. If your fridge does not, keep an appliance thermometer in the refrigerator to monitor the temperature.

The USDA says this can be critical in the event of a power outage. When the power goes back on, if the refrigerator is still 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the food is safe.

Foods held at temperatures above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for more than two hours should not be consumed, according to the USDA.

For tips on when to throw out certain refrigerated and frozen foods, click here.


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December 11, 08:56 AM EST UNK 1 WSW EAST GRAND RAPIDS Kent County, MI REPORT FROM MPING: TREES DOWN ROOF DAMAGE. (GRR) December 11, 08:43 AM EST 63 2 S HOLLAND Allegan County, MI ASOS STATION KBIV W MICH REGIONAL ARPT. (GRR) December 11, 07:39 AM CST UNK 1 NE COALMONT Grundy County, TN TREES DOWN NEAR COALMONT IN GRUNDY COUNTY. (OHX) December 11, 06:55 AM CST UNK 5 ESE HARVEST Madison County, AL TREE DOWN ALONG BOB WADE LANE IN HARVEST. (HUN) December 11, 07:54 AM EST UNK 1 W FURNACE Powell County, KY TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AND BLOCKING FURNACE JUNCTION ROAD. (JKL) December 11, 07:19 AM EST UNK 3 S BIG SOUTH FORK NATI Scott County, TN A FEW TREES DOWN. (MRX) December 11, 06:15 AM CST UNK 4 NW ELKMONT Limestone County, AL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN ELKMONT NEAR THE STATE LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 127. (HUN) December 11, 06:02 AM CST UNK TOWN CREEK Lawrence County, AL TREE DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN CREEK. (HUN) December 11, 05:50 AM CST UNK 4 NW ROGERSVILLE Lauderdale County, AL BATTING CAGE IN FRONT YARD HAD BEEN LOFTED AND CAUSED 200-300 YARD DEBRIS PATH. (HUN) December 11, 05:45 AM CST UNK 5 SSW KILLEN Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN ON LAKEWOOD DR. (HUN) December 11, 05:44 AM CST UNK 3 SW TUSCUMBIA Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN. (HUN) December 11, 05:40 AM CST UNK 1 N TUSCUMBIA Colbert County, AL POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN OUTSIDE OF EMA OFFICE. (HUN) December 11, 05:40 AM CST UNK 2 S FLORENCE Lauderdale County, AL ROOF PARTIALLY LIFTED ON STRUCTURE IN DOWNTOWN FLORENCE. (HUN) December 11, 05:37 AM CST UNK 7 ESE CHEROKEE Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN. (HUN) December 11, 05:37 AM CST UNK 1 SE SHEFFIELD Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AVALON AVE. AND COX BLVD. (HUN) December 11, 05:37 AM CST UNK 1 NNW TUSCUMBIA Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF S BLACKWELL RD AND E WHEELER AV. (HUN) December 11, 05:36 AM CST UNK 1 SW TUSCUMBIA Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN. (HUN) December 11, 06:36 AM EST UNK 5 ENE LIMAVILLE Portage County, OH TREE DOWN ON ROAD. (CLE) December 11, 06:35 AM EST UNK BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL Scott County, TN FEW TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF THE PARK. (MRX) December 11, 05:34 AM CST UNK 1 SSW TUSCUMBIA Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN ON FRANKFURT RD. (HUN) December 11, 05:34 AM CST UNK SHEFFIELD Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN. (HUN) December 11, 05:33 AM CST 59 2 SSW FLORENCE Lauderdale County, AL EMERGENCY MANAGER MEASURED A 59 MPH WIND GUST IN DOWNTOWN FLORENCE... AL. (HUN) December 11, 06:31 AM EST UNK 2 NW KENT Portage County, OH TREE DOWN NEAR ROAD. (CLE) December 11, 05:30 AM CST UNK TUSCUMBIA Colbert County, AL POWERLINES DOWN IN TUSCUMBIA. (HUN) December 11, 05:30 AM CST UNK 1 NNE SHEFFIELD Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF N NASHVILLE AV AND E 8TH ST IN SHEFFIELD. (HUN) December 11, 05:30 AM CST UNK FLORENCE Lauderdale County, AL TREE DOWN ON HOME ON WOODLAND HILLS DR. (HUN) December 11, 05:30 AM CST UNK 2 SSW UNDERWOOD-PETERSV Lauderdale County, AL HOMES DAMAGED ON AUGUSTA STREET. (HUN) December 11, 05:27 AM CST UNK 1 WSW SHEFFIELD Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GUNTERSVILLE ST AND WILSON DAM AVE. (HUN) December 11, 05:27 AM CST UNK 2 SSW FLORENCE Lauderdale County, AL TREE DOWN NEAR SAVANNAH HIGHWAY AND BEVERLY RD IN FLORENCE. (HUN) December 11, 05:27 AM CST UNK 1 SSE UNDERWOOD-PETERSV Lauderdale County, AL TREE ON VEHICLE. (HUN) December 11, 05:15 AM CST UNK 2 ESE CHEROKEE Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN ON BARNES LANE. (HUN) December 11, 05:15 AM CST UNK 4 ENE CHEROKEE Colbert County, AL TREE DOWN ON MULBERRY LANE IN CHEROKEE... AL. (HUN) December 11, 05:12 AM CST 75 2 NW PLANO Warren County, KY THE BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY MESONET MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 75MPH. (LMK) December 11, 05:00 AM CST UNK 2 E MANTACHIE Itawamba County, MS LARGE TREE DOWN ON RIVER RD. NEAR MANTACHIE. (MEG) December 11, 05:00 AM CST UNK LAWRENCEBURG Lawrence County, TN SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. (OHX) December 11, 04:45 AM CST UNK LIVINGSTON Overton County, TN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN AND AROUND LIVINGSTON AND RICKMAN. (OHX) December 11, 04:31 AM CST UNK 4 NNE MARIETTA Prentiss County, MS TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE NORTHEAST OF MARIETTA. (MEG) December 11, 04:22 AM CST UNK 8 NE RED BOILING SPRING Clay County, TN TREES DOWN NEAR OLD CLEMENTSVILLE ROAD... DAMAGE TO CHICKEN HOUSES. (OHX) December 11, 05:17 AM EST UNK 3 NE RICHMOND Madison County, KY TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY. (LMK) December 11, 03:48 AM CST 59 SMYRNA AIRPORT Rutherford County, TN SMYRNA AIRPORT AWOS MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 51 KNOTS / 59 MPH. (OHX) December 11, 03:36 AM CST UNK 2 NNW LA VERGNE Rutherford County, TN TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN INCLUDING A TREE ON A HOUSE ON PEARCY STREET. (OHX) December 11, 03:35 AM CST UNK HENDERSONVILLE Sumner County, TN DUE TO HIGH WINDS... MULTIPLE STREETS WERE BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. (OHX) December 11, 03:30 AM CST UNK NASHVILLE Davidson County, TN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS NASHVILLE AREA. AROUND 80...000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. (OHX) December 11, 03:30 AM CST UNK MOUNT JULIET Wilson County, TN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SOME STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED. (OHX) December 11, 04:30 AM EST UNK 1 NW RICHMOND Madison County, KY TREE DAMAGE... TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK) December 11, 04:30 AM EST UNK 4 W REDHOUSE Madison County, KY DOWNED POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK) December 11, 04:30 AM EST UNK 3 W REDHOUSE Madison County, KY DOWNED TREE BLOCKING ROADWAY NEAR EXIT 95 ON I-75. (LMK) December 11, 03:28 AM CST 78 NASHVILLE INTL AIRPORT Davidson County, TN NASHVILLE INTL AIRPORT ASOS MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 78 MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD HIGHEST WIND GUST EVER MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. (OHX) December 11, 04:23 AM EST UNK 1 N PEYTONA Shelby County, KY TREES/WIRES DOWN IN THE BAGDAD/WADDY AREA. (LMK) December 11, 03:20 AM CST UNK 3 NNW BRENTWOOD Williamson County, TN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. (OHX) December 11, 03:20 AM CST UNK 4 NW NASHVILLE Davidson County, TN TREES... POWER LINES... AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG CLARKSVILLE PIKE. (OHX) December 11, 03:15 AM CST UNK 7 NW BELLE MEADE Davidson County, TN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ALONG OLD HICKORY BLVD AND TIDWELL HOLLOW RD. (OHX) December 11, 03:05 AM CST UNK 5 NNE PEGRAM Cheatham County, TN MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON CARS ON INDIAN SPRINGS RD AND POND CREEK ROAD. (OHX) December 11, 03:00 AM CST UNK KINGSTON SPRINGS Cheatham County, TN SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN... BLOCKING ROADS THROUGHOUT KINGSTON SPRINGS. (OHX) December 11, 02:45 AM CST UNK 3 S DICKSON Dickson County, TN AT LEAST 12 STRUCTURES ON MURRELL RAD AND CROSSROAD COWARN ROAD HAD HEAVY DAMAGE. SOME PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THE STRUCTURES. (OHX) December 11, 03:35 AM EST UNK 2 SSE FLAHERTY Hardin County, KY A FEW TREES AND POLES DOWN ON SALT RIVER RD. (LMK) December 11, 03:34 AM EST 59 3 ESE FAIRLAND Shelby County, IN ASOS STATION KGEZ SHELBYVILLE. (IND) December 11, 02:32 AM CST UNK 2 SW CAVE CITY Barren County, KY DOWNED TREES AND LINES BLOCKING ROAD ON HERBERT TURNER ROAD JUST OFF 31W. (LMK) December 11, 03:22 AM EST UNK 2 NNW HOBSON Taylor County, KY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORT OF COLLAPSED STRUCTURE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED ON FEATHER CREEK RD NORTH OF CAMPBELLSVILLE IN NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. (LMK) December 11, 02:20 AM CST UNK LOBELVILLE Perry County, TN TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED THROUGHOUT PERRY COUNTY. (OHX) December 11, 02:15 AM CST UNK 6 N LOBELVILLE Humphreys County, TN NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN... BLOCKING THE ROAD. (OHX) December 11, 02:10 AM CST 60 PARSONS Decatur County, TN (MEG) December 11, 03:06 AM EST UNK 2 S ADA Hardin County, OH ROOF BLOWN OFF AND HALF A BUILDING COLLAPSED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (ILN) December 11, 02:05 AM CST 74 CANMER Hart County, KY THE MUNFORDVILLE KENTUCKY MESONET STATION REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 74MPH. (LMK) December 11, 02:57 AM EST UNK 1 N BALL STATE UNIVERSI Delaware County, IN REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. (IND) December 11, 02:53 AM EST 59 3 WSW WHITEHALL Monroe County, IN ASOS STATION KBMG BLOOMINGTON. (IND) December 11, 02:53 AM EST 59 3 NNE BALL STATE UNIVER Delaware County, IN ASOS STATION KMIE MUNCIE. (IND) December 11, 01:45 AM CST UNK 3 W LEXINGTON Henderson County, TN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES ALONG HIGHWAY 412 JUST WEST OF LEXINGTON. (MEG) December 11, 01:45 AM CST UNK 4 N LEXINGTON Henderson County, TN SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES NEAR THE TIMBERLAKE INDUSTRIAL PARK. TREES WERE UPROOTED. (MEG) December 11, 02:36 AM EST 61 6 NW FORTVILLE Hamilton County, IN NOBLESVILLE NEAR THE MUSIC CENTER RELAYED VIA TWITTER. (IND) December 11, 02:34 AM EST 76 GALLUP Henry County, OH (IWX) December 11, 02:22 AM EST 65 4 SSE ZIONSVILLE Marion County, IN AT 79TH AND GEORGETOWN. (IND) December 11, 01:20 AM CST 75 2 NW PLANO Warren County, KY CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 NW PLANO. THE BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY MESONET MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 75MPH. (LMK) December 11, 01:15 AM CST UNK BOWLING GREEN Warren County, KY MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGED OR COLLAPSED STRUCTURES DUE TO TORNADO. PEOPLE TRAPPED. DAMAGE TO THE CORVETTE PLANT WITH FIRE ON ITS ROOF. (LMK) December 11, 01:15 AM CST UNK 3 SE SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS Shelby County, TN UTILITY POLE DOWN ON CASTLE HEIGHTS DR. (MEG) December 11, 01:01 AM CST UNK 9 NE RUSSELLVILLE Logan County, KY TREES DOWN... POWER OUTAGES... STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND MOBILE HOMES. REPORT NUMBER 2 FROM THE AREA WITH SAME DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK) December 11, 01:01 AM CST UNK 10 NE RUSSELLVILLE Logan County, KY TREES DOWN... POWER OUTAGES... STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND MOBILE HOMES. (LMK) December 11, 01:00 AM CST UNK 2 SE MIDTOWN MEMPHIS Shelby County, TN TREE DOWN ON CAR ON GREER ST IN ORANGE MOUND. (MEG) December 11, 01:50 AM EST UNK 2 NNW HIGHGROVE Spencer County, KY SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES SHOWS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS... TREES BLOWN ACROSS OLD LOUISVILLE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LMK) December 11, 01:50 AM EST UNK 2 WNW NEW WHITELAND Johnson County, IN ELECTRIC POLES AND SOME TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY. TRANSFORMER FIRE IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. (IND) December 11, 01:36 AM EST 60 HARTFORD CITY Blackford County, IN TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (IWX) December 11, 01:30 AM EST UNK 4 WSW MOUNT WASHINGTON Bullitt County, KY MANY TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN FROM SHEPHERDSVILLE TO MT. WASHINGTON. (LMK) December 11, 01:30 AM EST UNK 1 SSE SUMMITVILLE Madison County, IN SEVERAL TREES AND SOME POWER POLES DOWN ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) December 11, 12:24 AM CST 61 6 NW CLARKSVILLE Montgomery County, TN CLARKSVILLE OUTLAW FIELD ASOS MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 53 KNOTS / 61 MPH. (OHX) December 11, 12:15 AM CST UNK 1 WSW LAFAYETTE Christian County, KY POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. (PAH) December 11, 01:15 AM EST UNK 1 E FRANKFORT Clinton County, IN REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN POWER POLES BROKEN. (IND) December 11, 01:15 AM EST UNK 5 N ELWOOD Madison County, IN SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND NORTHERN PARTS OF COUNTY... POWER POLES DOWN AS WELL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) December 11, 12:14 AM CST UNK 5 N DOVER Stewart County, TN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND INJURIES ON LINK ROAD AND WALKER RIDGE. 700 POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY. (OHX) December 11, 01:12 AM EST UNK EKRON Meade County, KY REPORTS OF MANY POWER LINES DOWN... TREES DOWN... AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO CENTRAL - SOUTHEAST MEADE COUNTY. (LMK) December 11, 12:05 AM CST UNK 9 NNE DOVER Stewart County, TN *** 1 INJ *** MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED CONCENTRATED IN THE 2300 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 120 IN BIG ROCK. 1 MINOR INJURY REPORTED. (OHX) December 11, 12:05 AM CST UNK 2 SE MIDTOWN MEMPHIS Shelby County, TN TREE DOWN ON HOME ON SPOTTSWOOD AVE (MEG) December 11, 01:01 AM EST UNK 1 E LADOGA Montgomery County, IN LARGE BRACHES AND TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) December 11, 12:00 AM CST UNK 9 NE DOVER Stewart County, TN *** 1 INJ *** MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. LOCAL RESPONDERS REPORTED MULTIPLE STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED MAINLY IN THE 2300 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 120 IN BIG R (OHX) December 10, 11:49 PM CST UNK 2 SE BEDA Ohio County, KY DISPATCH REPORTS LOTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AREAS NORTH OF HARTFORD... KY. (LMK) December 10, 11:48 PM CST UNK 3 WNW JEFFERSON Marion County, TX POWERLINE DOWN ON A TREE CAUSING THE TREE TO CATCH ON FIRE. (SHV) December 10, 11:48 PM CST 64 3 SSW DE SOTO Jackson County, IL MEASURED BY CARBONDALE AIRPORT ASOS. (PAH) December 10, 11:45 PM CST UNK 1 W HARDINSBURG Breckinridge County, KY REPORTS OF TREE DOWN ON 992. (LMK) December 10, 11:38 PM CST UNK 2 E ROSSTON Nevada County, AR SMALL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 278 TOWARD THE OUACHITA COUNTY BORDER. (SHV) December 10, 11:35 PM CST 62 EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT Edgar County, IL AWOS STATION KPRG EDGAR COUNTY AP. (ILX) December 10, 11:32 PM CST UNK CLOVERPORT Breckinridge County, KY REPORT OF LARGE TREE DOWN IN CLOVERPORT ON 105. (LMK) December 10, 11:31 PM CST UNK COFFEEN Montgomery County, IL REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND A DAMAGED MACHINE SHED. (LSX) December 10, 11:31 PM CST UNK 2 WNW TREMONT Tazewell County, IL THE DOME WAS BLOWN OFF THE SALT STORAGE BUILDING AT THE TAZEWELL COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. (ILX) December 11, 12:25 AM EST UNK 4 ENE NEW MARKET Montgomery County, IN POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) December 11, 12:18 AM EST 68 GOLDEN HILL White County, IN (IWX) December 10, 11:08 PM CST UNK DRESDEN Weakley County, TN *** 1 INJ *** TORNADO WITH AT LEAST 1 PERSON INJURED IN DRESDEN WITH 6 BUILDINGS DAMAGED. (MEG) December 10, 11:06 PM CST UNK BEECHER CITY Effingham County, IL POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. (ILX) December 11, 12:06 AM EST UNK 4 SW SPENCER Owen County, IN AT LEAST 4 TREES DOWN PROMPTED IN67 CLOSED BETWEEN CARP AND FREEDOM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) December 11, 12:06 AM EST UNK 1 ENE GRAND JUNCTION Van Buren County, MI DELAYED REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN POWER POLES BROKEN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GRR) December 11, 12:05 AM EST UNK 1 ENE ARLINGTON Rush County, IN REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. REPORTS BEGAN TO COME IN TO DISPATCH AFTER MORRISTOWN LOST POWER AROUND MIDNIGHT. (IND) December 10, 10:57 PM CST UNK 3 NNE MORTONS GAP Hopkins County, KY SEMI AND CARS FLIPPED OFF INTERSTATE 69 NEAR EARLINGTON. (PAH) December 10, 10:56 PM CST 60 2 ENE REMINGTON Jasper County, IN MESONET STATION IN048 1.7 E REMINGTON (INDOT). (LOT) December 10, 10:55 PM CST 100 4 N DYER Gibson County, TN QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR DYER... TENNESSEE... WITH ABOUT 30-40 MPH WINDS. (MEG) December 10, 11:55 PM EST UNK KINGMAN Fountain County, IN GRAIN BINS BLOW OVER TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (IND) December 10, 10:53 PM CST 59 LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT Lawrence County, IL ASOS STATION KLWV LAWRENCEVILLE AP. (ILX) December 10, 10:52 PM CST UNK 1 NNW MORTONS GAP Hopkins County, KY POSSIBLE RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO BETWEEN MORTONS GAP AND EARLINGTON. (PAH) December 10, 10:52 PM CST UNK 2 NNW MORTONS GAP Hopkins County, KY TRAIN CARS KNOCKED OFF TRACK NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BARNSLEY. (PAH) December 10, 10:51 PM CST 59 1 SE COLES COUNTY AIRPO Coles County, IL ASOS STATION KMTO COLES COUNTY MEM AP. (ILX) December 10, 10:47 PM CST UNK KENTON Gibson County, TN REPORT OF MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN... TREES DOWN... AND IMPASSABLE ROADS. (MEG) December 10, 10:45 PM CST 100 3 NNE NASH Bowie County, TX CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 3 NNE NASH. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS REGARDING QUARTER+ SIZED HAIL ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF TEXARKANA. (SHV) December 10, 10:40 PM CST UNK DAWSON SPRINGS Hopkins County, KY MAJOR DAMAGE WITH BUILDINGS LEVELED... MULTIPLE INJURIES. (PAH) December 10, 10:38 PM CST UNK FILLMORE Montgomery County, IL REPORT OF POWERLINES DOWN. (LSX) December 10, 10:38 PM CST UNK NOKOMIS Montgomery County, IL REPORT OF A TREE DOWN. (LSX) December 10, 10:38 PM CST UNK WHEATFIELD Jasper County, IN COUPLE LARGE TREES DOWNED IN THE AREA... AS WELL AS SEVERAL DOWNED MEDIUM TO LARGE TREES SCATTERED ABOUT THE COUNTY. (LOT) December 10, 10:37 PM CST UNK 4 ENE NEWBERN Dyer County, TN TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE NOTED NORTHEAST OF NEWBERN. (MEG) December 10, 10:35 PM CST UNK 2 NW RENO Bond County, IL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. (LSX) December 10, 10:35 PM CST UNK TAYLOR SPRINGS Montgomery County, IL REPORTS OF DENSE STYROFOAM MATERIAL SCATTERED ACROSS TAYLOR SPRINGS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. (LSX) December 10, 10:35 PM CST 69 2 WNW RENSSELAER Jasper County, IN AWOS STATION KRZL RENSSELAER AIRPORT. (LOT) December 10, 10:29 PM CST 65 4 W RENSSELAER Jasper County, IN MESONET STATION IN005 2.7 W COLLEGEVILLE (INDOT). (LOT) December 10, 10:23 PM CST UNK 1 SSW OGDEN DUNES Porter County, IN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR STAGE COACH ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LOT) December 10, 10:22 PM CST 59 LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT Lawrence County, IL CORRECTS TIME ON PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT. ASOS STATION KLWV LAWRENCEVILLE AP. (ILX) December 10, 10:17 PM CST 72 DEMOTTE Jasper County, IN (LOT) December 10, 10:16 PM CST 65 SIDNEY Champaign County, IL (ILX) December 10, 10:05 PM CST UNK 5 SE REDFORD Reynolds County, MO REYNOLDS COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED AT LEAST 2 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED ON CR 428... A PERMANENT HOME WITH ITS ROOF LOST ON CR 442... POWER LINES DOWN ALONG CRS 440... 428. (LSX) December 10, 10:04 PM CST UNK 3 NW MATTOON Coles County, IL A HOUSE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE. (ILX) December 10, 10:02 PM CST UNK 3 SE COLES Coles County, IL A MACHINE SHED WAS DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR 800 NORTH AND 200 EAST. (ILX) December 10, 10:00 PM CST UNK 3 WNW MATTOON Coles County, IL A SEMI WAS BLOWN OVER NEAR THE RURAL KING DISTRIBUTION CENTER. (ILX) December 10, 10:00 PM CST UNK 2 W CROWN POINT Lake County, IN MULTIPLE POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN ALONG FATHKE ROAD IN CROWN POINT. POSSIBLE TORNADO BASED ON SUBTLE TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE ON RADAR. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LOT) December 10, 09:53 PM CST UNK 2 WSW GAYS Moultrie County, IL FS PLANT WAS DESTROYED ALONG RT 16 WEST OF GAYS. (ILX) December 10, 09:52 PM CST UNK 2 W GAYS Moultrie County, IL TREES DOWN AND POWER POLES BENT ALONG RT 16 JUST NORTHEAST OF WINDSOR. SILOS BLOWN DOWN AND HOUSES DAMAGED BETWEEN WINDSOR AND GAYS. (ILX) December 10, 09:50 PM CST UNK 1 ENE WINDSOR Shelby County, IL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND POWER POLES WERE BENT ALONG RT 16 JUST NORTHEAST OF WINDSOR. (ILX) December 10, 09:48 PM CST UNK DONOVAN Iroquois County, IL COUPLE LARGE TREES DOWNED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. (LOT) December 10, 09:45 PM CST 100 3 NNE NASH Bowie County, TX LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS REGARDING QUARTER+ SIZED HAIL ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF TEXARKANA. (SHV) December 10, 09:45 PM CST UNK 2 WNW BENTON Marshall County, KY A MOBILE HOME ON JACKSON SCHOOL ROAD WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A NEARBY GARAGE WAS SWEPT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (PAH) December 10, 09:35 PM CST 100 1 NE PRESCOTT Nevada County, AR CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT CORRECTION FROM 1 NE PRESCOTT. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MULTIPLE CALLS REGARDING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AROUND THE CITY OF PRESCOTT. (SHV) December 10, 09:34 PM CST UNK CHEBANSE Kankakee County, IL TWO SEMIS BLOWN ON TO THEIR SIDES ON I-57 NEAR MILE MARKER 302. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (LOT) December 10, 09:30 PM CST UNK 3 WNW ROBERTSVILLE Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE OVER THE ROADWAY AT STATE HWY O AND ROUTE MM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:30 PM CST UNK GIBSON CITY Ford County, IL ROOF PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND A COUPLE TREES DOWNED. (LOT) December 10, 09:28 PM CST UNK SAINT CLAIR Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNT DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT 75 SOUTH MAIN STREET IN ST. CLAIR. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:27 PM CST UNK MAYFIELD Graves County, KY MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED IN MAYFIELD. NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. (PAH) December 10, 09:27 PM CST UNK 1 S MINOOKA Grundy County, IL LARGE TREE DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED. (LOT) December 10, 09:24 PM CST 107 4 NNE WINGO Graves County, KY MESONET STATION PRYB MAYFIELD KY 6 SW. (PAH) December 10, 09:15 PM CST UNK TRUMANN Poinsett County, AR MULTIPLE BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN TRUMANN. (MEG) December 10, 09:15 PM CST 58 3 WNW SCOTT CITY Scott County, MO ASOS STATION KCGI CAPE GIRARDEAU MO. (PAH) December 10, 09:15 PM CST 58 3 NNE PONTIAC Livingston County, IL AWOS STATION KPNT PONTIAC AIRPORT. (LOT) December 10, 09:13 PM CST UNK 2 SSW UNION Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTH BEND LOOP SW OF UNION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:10 PM CST UNK PARIS Logan County, AR STORM SPOTTER ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS AND NOTED POWER OUTAGES IN THE CITY. (LZK) December 10, 09:09 PM CST UNK GERALD Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED PHONE LINES DOWN IN GERALD ACROSS WEST 6TH STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:09 PM CST UNK 5 SW UNION Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN ALONG CAMP MO-VAL ROAD WSW OF UNION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:08 PM CST UNK 1 ESE COFFEEN Montgomery County, IL MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREE LIMBS IMPEDING TRAFFIC ALONG ILLINOIS ROUTE 185 NEAR ROCKY FORD ROAD AND ALONG HAPPY LANE AND MERRY LANE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM R (LSX) December 10, 09:06 PM CST UNK 1 ESE COFFEEN Montgomery County, IL BOND COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREE ON HWY 185 JUST SOUTH OF COFFEEN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:05 PM CST UNK 3 SSW COFFEEN Montgomery County, IL TDS EVIDENT FROM KLSX. (LSX) December 10, 09:05 PM CST 60 CAULKSVILLE Logan County, AR (LZK) December 10, 09:05 PM CST UNK 4 S COFFEEN Montgomery County, IL BOND COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON MOUNT MORIAH AVENUE JUST WEST OF RED BALL TRAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 09:03 PM CST 58 2 NE OZARK Franklin County, AR FIRE CHIEF REPORTS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58MPH. (TSA) December 10, 09:01 PM CST UNK CAYCE Fulton County, KY DAMAGE REPORTED IN CAYCE TO A CAFE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. (PAH) December 10, 08:58 PM CST 150 WILLOW SPRINGS Howell County, MO (SGF) December 10, 08:55 PM CST 175 4 S HICKMAN Fulton County, KY (PAH) December 10, 08:52 PM CST 60 1 NNW CAPITAL AIRPORT Sangamon County, IL ASOS STATION KSPI SPRINGFIELD CAPITAL AP. (ILX) December 10, 08:50 PM CST UNK 3 NNE LATHAM Logan County, IL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG 600 STREET JUST WEST OF 2400 AVENUE. (ILX) December 10, 08:48 PM CST 100 ARKADELPHIA Clark County, AR (LZK) December 10, 08:45 PM CST UNK CENTRAL CITY Muhlenberg County, KY DAMAGE TO HARDWARE STORE ON WEST EVERLY BROS. BLVD. (PAH) December 10, 08:45 PM CST 125 BLEVINS Hempstead County, AR PUBLIC REPORT OF SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE IN BLEVINS. (SHV) December 10, 08:40 PM CST UNK 6 SW BONO Craighead County, AR NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN IN THE BONO AREA. UTILITY POLES SNAPPED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (MEG) December 10, 08:40 PM CST UNK 4 W STAUNTON Macoupin County, IL MACOUPIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN ON SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD EAST OF DORCHESTER ROAD WEST OF STAUNTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 08:39 PM CST UNK 1 SW CENTRAL CITY Muhlenberg County, KY DEBRIS FROM HOMES AND BILLBOARDS ALONG THE WEST KENTUCKY PARKWAY JUST WEST OF CENTRAL CITY. (PAH) December 10, 08:38 PM CST UNK SAMBURG Obion County, TN SAMBURG FIRE STATION TOOK DIRECT HIT WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN DAMAGE. (MEG) December 10, 08:38 PM CST UNK 2 WSW CENTRAL CITY Muhlenberg County, KY POWER FLASHES JUST NORTH OF THE WEST KENTUCKY PARKWAY JUST WEST OF CENTRAL CITY. POWER IS OUT. (PAH) December 10, 08:38 PM CST 65 GOODFIELD Woodford County, IL POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED. (ILX) December 10, 08:36 PM CST UNK 1 NW BUFFALO Sangamon County, IL SEVERAL POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN IN THE SAME DIRECTION. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (ILX) December 10, 08:35 PM CST 100 1 NE PRESCOTT Nevada County, AR LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MULTIPLE CALLS REGARDING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AROUND THE CITY OF PRESCOTT. (SHV) December 10, 08:33 PM CST UNK 1 S BUNKER HILL Macoupin County, IL MACOUPIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREE DOWN ON HWY 159. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 08:33 PM CST 60 1 NNW CAPITAL AIRPORT Sangamon County, IL CORRECTS TIME ON PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 1 NNW CAPITAL AIRPORT. ASOS STATION KSPI SPRINGFIELD CAPITAL AP. (ILX) December 10, 08:32 PM CST UNK 3 NNW PRESCOTT Nevada County, AR LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING TREES DOWN JUST OUTSIDE THE PRESCOTT CITY LIMITS ALONG HIGHWAY 19 NORTH. (SHV) December 10, 08:30 PM CST UNK 1 W CASH Craighead County, AR BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR CASH. (MEG) December 10, 08:30 PM CST 100 9 SE CABOT Lonoke County, AR (LZK) December 10, 08:30 PM CST 100 CABOT Lonoke County, AR (LZK) December 10, 08:29 PM CST UNK 2 ESE MITCHELL Madison County, IL TRACTOR-TRAILER OVERTURNED ON I-270 WB NEAR MILEPOST 7 WITH CABLES ACROSS THE ROADWAY. (LSX) December 10, 08:27 PM CST UNK 2 S POAG Madison County, IL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE AT AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE SOUTHWEST OF EDWARDSVILLE. MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED AT THIS TIME. (LSX) December 10, 08:25 PM CST UNK CHATHAM Sangamon County, IL POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR RT 4 AND COTTONWOOD DRIVE SOUTH OF THE WALGREENS. (ILX) December 10, 08:25 PM CST 72 2 NW TREMONT Tazewell County, IL MEASURED AT THE TAZEWELL COUNTY EOC. (ILX) December 10, 08:24 PM CST 64 1 ESE LITTLE ROCK AFB Pulaski County, AR LITTLE ROCK AFB MEASURED 64 MPH WIND GUST. (LZK) December 10, 08:20 PM CST UNK 3 SSW WELDON SPRING St. Louis County, MO FENCE BLOWN DOWN NEAR CHESTERFIELD MALL. (LSX) December 10, 08:19 PM CST UNK 2 N GREEN VALLEY Tazewell County, IL A FARM IRRIGATION UNIT WAS FLIPPED INTO A DITCH ON GOEKEN ROAD JUST EAST OF RT 29. (ILX) December 10, 08:16 PM CST UNK 4 NW GREEN VALLEY Tazewell County, IL SIDING WAS DAMAGED ON A HOUSE AND NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WEIR ROAD BETWEEN JACOB AND WAGONSELLER ROAD. (ILX) December 10, 08:10 PM CST 125 WARD Lonoke County, AR (LZK) December 10, 08:09 PM CST UNK JERSEYVILLE Jersey County, IL JERSEY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A METAL SIGN AND TREE LIMB DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD AT STATE HWY 16 IN JERSEYVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 08:06 PM CST UNK DIAZ Jackson County, AR DAMAGE TO SOME ROOFS AT WHITE RIVER APARTMENTS IN DIAZ. (LZK) December 10, 08:05 PM CST UNK 2 SE DEERING Pemiscot County, MO LARGE TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTHEAST OF DEERING. (MEG) December 10, 08:05 PM CST UNK 6 W ASHDOWN Little River County, AR TREES REPORTED DOWN BETWEEN FOREMAN AND ASHDOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 32. (SHV) December 10, 08:04 PM CST UNK 1 NW CREVE COEUR St. Louis County, MO LARGE TREE UPROOTED... FELL ON TO APARTMENT BUILDING. (LSX) December 10, 08:02 PM CST UNK 5 NE WELLSVILLE Montgomery County, MO TDS EVIDENT FROM KLSX. (LSX) December 10, 08:02 PM CST 68 3 E KAMPVILLE St. Charles County, MO ST. CHARLES...MO (SET) ASOS REPORTS GUST OF 59.0 KNOTS FROM W @ 0202Z KSET 110205Z AUTO 28026G59KT 3/4SM +TSRA BR BKN029 BKN070 OVC090 17/15 A2945 RMK AO2 PK WND 28059/ (LSX) December 10, 08:00 PM CST 100 1 NE GIBSON Pulaski County, AR (LZK) December 10, 08:00 PM CST 100 1 E BALLWIN St. Louis County, MO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN BALLWIN. (LSX) December 10, 08:00 PM CST UNK 1 W GREENFIELD Greene County, IL GREENE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN AT SHEFFIELD STREET AND BROOKLEY STREET IN GREENFIELD. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:56 PM CST 70 4 W CHESTERFIELD St. Louis County, MO ST. LOUIS/SPIRIT...MO (SUS) ASOS REPORTS GUST OF 61.0 KNOTS FROM SW @ 0156Z KSUS 110156Z 22028G61KT 1/2SM R08R/2800VP6000FT +RA FG SQ SCT026 BKN070 OVC100 17/16 A2947 R (LSX) December 10, 07:54 PM CST UNK 3 NW PHILADELPHIA Cass County, IL AT LEAST ONE HOME WAS DAMAGED...WITH MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BUILDINGS. (ILX) December 10, 07:53 PM CST UNK 1 ESE GRAY SUMMIT Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE OVER HOGAN ROAD IN PACIFIC. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:50 PM CST UNK 2 SSW WELDON SPRING St. Louis County, MO REPORT OF APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLES WITH DEBRIS DAMAGE ON EASTBOUND 64 EAST OF BOONE BRIDGE. (LSX) December 10, 07:50 PM CST UNK 3 NNW LITERBERRY Cass County, IL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. (ILX) December 10, 07:49 PM CST 58 HIGHLANDVILLE Christian County, MO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. (SGF) December 10, 07:47 PM CST UNK 2 NW PACIFIC Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON THORNTON ROAD AT SKYLINE DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:45 PM CST UNK 1 NNE DEFIANCE St. Charles County, MO *** 1 FATAL... 2 INJ *** SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DAMAGE IN DEFIANCE. ONE CONFIRMED FATALITY AND 2 INJURIES. (LSX) December 10, 07:45 PM CST UNK CARROLLTON Greene County, IL A COUCH WAS BLOWN ONTO HWY 67 AT CHURCH ST. IN CARROLLTON. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:44 PM CST UNK 3 NNW MOSELLE Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT DENMARK ROAD AT FAIRWAY DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:43 PM CST UNK 1 WNW BERDAN Greene County, IL GREEN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A HAY WAGON WAS BLOWN ONTO HWY 67 BETWEEN WHITE HALL AND CARROLLTON. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:42 PM CST UNK 2 SSW HORNERSVILLE Dunklin County, MO TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (MEG) December 10, 07:42 PM CST UNK 1 S HORNERSVILLE Dunklin County, MO NUMEROUS DAMAGE ON COUNTY ROAD 655. (MEG) December 10, 07:40 PM CST UNK 2 W DEFIANCE St. Charles County, MO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOME AT HIGHWAY F AND STUB ROAD. (LSX) December 10, 07:40 PM CST UNK 4 ENE PANOLA Latimer County, OK ROOF DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (TSA) December 10, 07:40 PM CST UNK 1 NNW WEST BRANSON Stone County, MO FOUR HOMES DAMAGED TO THE NORTHWEST OF WEST BRANSON. (SGF) December 10, 07:40 PM CST UNK 1 NW DEFIANCE St. Charles County, MO BUILDING COLLAPSE AS WELL AS REPORTS OF MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED AND DEBRIS IN THE AREA. (LSX) December 10, 07:40 PM CST UNK WINFIELD Lincoln County, MO LINCOLN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED STREET LIGHTS WERE BLOWN OVER AT 2 LOCATIONS IN WINFIELD. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:40 PM CST UNK WINFIELD Lincoln County, MO MULTIPLE STREET LIGHTS BLOWN OUT ACROSS THE CITY. (LSX) December 10, 07:38 PM CST UNK 3 N SAINT CLAIR Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON HWY 47 AT EASTVIEW DRIVE SOUTH OF UNION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:38 PM CST UNK 1 SW UNION Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT KOELLING AVENUE AND WEST SPRINGFIELD AVENUE IN SW UNION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:36 PM CST UNK 4 NNE STANTON Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A LARGE TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ALONG ST. LOUIS INN ROAD WSW OF ST. CLAIR. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:32 PM CST UNK 2 N LEACHVILLE Mississippi County, AR TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (MEG) December 10, 07:30 PM CST UNK MEREDOSIA Morgan County, IL SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 65-75 MPH. (ILX) December 10, 07:29 PM CST 100 1 W MARTHASVILLE Warren County, MO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARTHASVILLE. (LSX) December 10, 07:25 PM CST 100 MOUNTAIN PINE Garland County, AR (LZK) December 10, 07:24 PM CST UNK NW MONETTE Craighead County, AR TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (MEG) December 10, 07:22 PM CST UNK 4 SW NOSER MILL Franklin County, MO LARGE TREE DOWN AT EVERGREEN LOOP AND 3 OAKS ROAD... SOUTH OF LESLIE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:22 PM CST UNK 1 N GERALD Franklin County, MO FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE ACROSS HIGHWAY Y NORTH OF GERALD AT WHEELER ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 07:20 PM CST 100 WINTHROP Little River County, AR QUARTER SIZE AND SLIGHTLY LARGER REPORTED NEAR AND SOUTH OF WINTHROP. (SHV) December 10, 07:12 PM CST 100 5 W FOREMAN Little River County, AR QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST EAST OF THE OK LINE AND WEST OF FOREMAN. (SHV) December 10, 07:12 PM CST UNK GRIGGSVILLE Pike County, IL TRANSFORMER BLOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF GRIGGSVILLE. (LSX) December 10, 07:11 PM CST UNK 2 N PERRY Pike County, IL PIKE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED 3-4 TREES DOWN AT THIS INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 104 AND 107... KNOWN AS PERRY JUNCTION. ILLINOIS DOT WAS CALLED OUT FOR REMOVAL. TIME ESTI (LSX) December 10, 07:08 PM CST UNK 4 NNW BAY Craighead County, AR TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (MEG) December 10, 07:06 PM CST UNK 1 SW MIDDLETOWN Montgomery County, MO UNKNOWN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR MIDDLETOWN RELAYED TO OUR OFFICE WITH PUBLIC REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 161 AND ROUTE A. (LSX) December 10, 07:02 PM CST UNK 5 NE WELLSVILLE Montgomery County, MO CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 5 NE WELLSVILLE. TDS EVIDENT FROM KLSX. (LSX) December 10, 07:02 PM CST 58 2 NW VICHY Maries County, MO MEASURED AT THE KVIH ASOS. (SGF) December 10, 06:59 PM CST 175 EVERTON Dade County, MO (SGF) December 10, 06:58 PM CST UNK 6 W BLAND Osage County, MO STRONG WINDS HAVE BROUGHT DOWN TREE BRANCHES. (LSX) December 10, 06:57 PM CST UNK EL DARA Pike County, IL PIKE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY HIGHWAY 4 NEAR EL DARA. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:53 PM CST UNK 2 W GASCONADE Gasconade County, MO GASCONADE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 100 BETWEEN MORRISON AND GASCONADE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:42 PM CST UNK 1 W ASHBURN Pike County, MO PIKE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED 4 TREES BLOCKING MISSOURI HIGHWAY 79 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE TT. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:37 PM CST UNK 1 NE FULTON Callaway County, MO CALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN FULTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:37 PM CST UNK 1 WNW KINGDOM CITY Callaway County, MO CALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A DOWNED TREE BLOCKING THE ROAD AT OLD U.S. HWY 40 AND STATE HWY FF NEAR KINGDOM CITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:35 PM CST UNK 1 ESE LOOSE CREEK Osage County, MO OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HOME DAMAGE ALONG LOOSE CREEK HIGHWAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:35 PM CST UNK 5 N RUSH HILL Audrain County, MO AUDRAIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON HWY J NEAR THE HWY B INTERSECTION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:34 PM CST UNK 2 SSE LOOSE CREEK Osage County, MO OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TRAMPOLINE WAS BLOWN INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:32 PM CST UNK 1 S LAKE MYKEE Callaway County, MO CALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT STATE HWY AA AND PLATINUM ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:32 PM CST UNK 2 WNW KINGDOM CITY Callaway County, MO TREE DOWN ON ROADWAY ON ROUTE FF. (LSX) December 10, 06:32 PM CST UNK 5 N RUSH HILL Audrain County, MO TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF J AND B. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:31 PM CST UNK 3 N WESTPHALIA Osage County, MO TREE DOWN BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF HIGHWAY 63 APPROX 1 MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. (LSX) December 10, 06:30 PM CST UNK 2 N WESTPHALIA Osage County, MO OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A ROOF OFF A BUSINESS AT 674 HWY 63. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:28 PM CST UNK 2 W WESTPHALIA Osage County, MO OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 133 INTO WESTPHALIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:26 PM CST UNK 1 W WESTPHALIA Osage County, MO OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A ROOF OFF A BUILDING AT COUNTY ROAD 503 AND HIGHWAY 133. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LSX) December 10, 06:22 PM CST UNK 3 WSW GROVESPRING Wright County, MO MOBILE HOME MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY M AND DD. (SGF) December 10, 06:20 PM CST 200 BOGATA Red River County, TX WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 62 MPH AND HAIL FROM ONE TO UP TO TWO INCH ESTIMATED HAIL SIZE. (SHV) December 10, 06:19 PM CST 60 4 NE ASHLAND Boone County, MO COLUMBIA...MO (COU) ASOS REPORTS GUST OF 52.0 KNOTS FROM SW @ 0019Z KCOU 110032Z 20014G22KT 2SM VCTS +RA BR FEW024 BKN043 OVC080 14/13 A2943 RMK AO2 PK WND 22052/0019 R (LSX) December 10, 06:10 PM CST UNK 3 S RICHLAND Pulaski County, MO TREES DOWN FROM SOUTH OF RICHLAND TO SOUTH OF CROCKER. (SGF) December 10, 06:00 PM CST UNK LINN CREEK Camden County, MO CARPORT DAMAGED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES. (SGF) December 10, 05:59 PM CST UNK AUGUSTA Woodruff County, AR POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE WOODRUFF COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AUGUSTA. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED... WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOW (LZK) December 10, 05:59 PM CST UNK 4 S COLUMBIA Boone County, MO TREE DOWN OVER ROADWAY ON ROCK QUARRY AND GANS ROAD. (LSX) December 10, 05:52 PM CST 70 STRAFFORD Greene County, MO (SGF) December 10, 05:40 PM CST 60 2 W GALLOWAY Greene County, MO TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (SGF) December 10, 05:40 PM CST UNK 4 SE GLIDEWELL Greene County, MO 2 UTILITY POLES SNAPPED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (SGF) December 10, 05:25 PM CST UNK 2 NE NEMO Hickory County, MO UNCONFIRMED REPORT OR A ROOF REMOVED FROM A HOME AND BARN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (SGF) December 10, 04:56 PM CST 100 3 E FARMERSVILLE Collin County, TX SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF MEASURED 1 INCH HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD) December 10, 03:35 PM CST 100 1 NE PRESCOTT Nevada County, AR CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 1 NE PRESCOTT. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MULTIPLE CALLS REGARDING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AROUND THE CITY OF PRESCOTT. (SHV)




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/12/11/rolling-storm-damage-reports-tornado-large-hail-high-wind-in-the-past-24-hours/feed/ 0 Atlantic hurricane season ends up as more costly than the record-breaking one in 2020 https://cincylink.com/2021/11/30/atlantic-hurricane-season-ends-up-as-more-costly-than-the-record-breaking-one-in-2020/ https://cincylink.com/2021/11/30/atlantic-hurricane-season-ends-up-as-more-costly-than-the-record-breaking-one-in-2020/#respond Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:27:15 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=122181

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, just like the 2020 season, was one for the record books — but for different reasons.The biggest similarity was the high number of named storms. The 2021 season became only the third in history to use all of the names on the rotating seasonal list (the previous years were 2020 and 2005).We ended the season with 21 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher). During an average year there would be 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. This year met or exceeded each of those categories, and it was forecast to be that way. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.There were four major hurricanes this season: Grace, Ida, Larry, and Sam. The strongest two were Ida and Sam, which both reached Category 4 strength. Grace and Larry peaked as Category 3 storms.The first half of the season was off to the races — as the U.S. was impacted by eight named storms: Claudette, Danny, Elsa, Fred, Henri, Ida, Mindy, and Nicholas.Then, suddenly, the world's oceans became eerily quiet. After Sept. 25 the Atlantic and the rest of the world would struggle to produce a named storm.That was not what meteorologists expected."The globe has had no major (Category 3+, max winds >=111 mph) hurricane/typhoon/cyclone formations since September 25. All other hurricane seasons in the satellite era (since 1966) have had at least two global major hurricane formations between September 26 - November 19," Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University, said in a tweet.Both last year and this year La Niña conditions were observed during the last several weeks of the season, which typically favors late season tropical activity. 2020 saw three named storms in November (Eta, Theta, and Iota) and 2021 saw just one (Wanda) during the first few days.How this hurricane season ended marks one of the biggest differences between this year and last.Klotzbach explained that usually La Niña weakens or limits vertical wind shear, but surprisingly there was quite elevated wind shear in the Caribbean in October and November — the focal region for storms late in the season — and that led to a quiet latter part of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.While an active season was predicted, it's impossible to know in advance exactly where each storm will go and what kind of damage it may cause.A "bad" season is all about perspective. Central American countries may consider this to have been a "good" year since not a single named storm hit any part of the region. In 2020, Central America was hit by three named storms, two of which were major hurricanes.In the U.S., the state of Louisiana can't seem to catch a break. In 2020, the Pelican State was impacted by five named storms: Cristobal, Laura, Marco, Delta and Zeta. This year the state was impacted by three named storms: Claudette, Ida and Nicholas.In 2020 more hurricanes made landfall in the U.S., but this year the storms cost over $20 billion more.Billions in damageWhile only one major hurricane made landfall across the U.S. (Ida), a total of four named storms left behind over $1 billion in damage each: Tropical Storm Elsa, Tropical Storm Fred, Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas.Ida alone exceeded the cost in damage of all seven billion-dollar tropical cyclones that made landfall across the U.S. in 2020, including hurricanes like Laura, Delta, and Zeta."To date, Hurricane Ida is the costliest disaster this year — exceeding $60 billion," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Ida already ranks among the top-five most costly hurricanes on record for the U.S. since 1980."Ida was the strongest Atlantic hurricane of the year to make landfall with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph when it struck near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Aug. 29. It was one of only three hurricanes to ever make landfall in the state of Louisiana with winds of 150 mph, the most recent being Laura from 2020."Grand Isle, Louisiana took a direct hit with 100% of its homes damaged and nearly 40% were nearly-to-completely destroyed," according to NOAA. "There was heavy damage to the energy infrastructure across southern Louisiana causing widespread, long duration power outages to millions of people."In the following days the remnants of Ida moved to the Northeast and combined with a frontal system, delivering extreme rainfall rates and flash flooding, inundating streets, homes and neighborhoods.Flash flood emergencies were declared in New Jersey and New York. At least 55 people died across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.This season's quirksThe strongest storm of the season didn't hit land but video was captured from inside it.Hurricane Sam, like Ida, also reached Category 4 strength with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Sam remained a Category 4 hurricane for 4.5 days and generated the fifth-highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) recorded in the satellite era."ACE is integrated metric accounting for storm intensity and duration," Klotzbach tweeted. "Sam was a long-lived, intense hurricane."Fortunately, unlike Ida, Sam remained out over the open waters of the Atlantic and never made landfall.Sam's long life, of over 11 days as a hurricane, allowed a research drone to be sailed into it, and, for the first time, to transmit video from inside a major hurricane at ocean level. A couple of other storms made some meteorological records.Tropical Storm Ana formed in a unique area of the Atlantic Ocean. In the last 100 years, no named storm had ever developed east of Bermuda in the month of May. Tropical Storm Ana broke that record. Typically, storms during this month form over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea and near the southeastern U.S. coast.Another unique storm was Subtropical Storm Teresa. Reports of subtropical storms are not uncommon, especially in the 21st century, thanks to advanced technology. What is uncommon is for a storm to remain subtropical for its entire life, never transitioning to "tropical" status.Teresa was also extremely short-lived, at only 24 hours. Subtropical Storm Teresa formed on Friday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time. Exactly 24 hours later, the NHC issued its final advisory as Teresa became a remnant, low-pressure system.Ida will likely be the only name on the retired list this year, despite there being three other major hurricanes, simply because of the amount of damage and fatalities caused. The letter "I" already has more retired names than any other letter in the alphabet.There are already 12 retired storm names that start with the letter "I", and Ida will likely become the 13th.

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, just like the 2020 season, was one for the record books — but for different reasons.

The biggest similarity was the high number of named storms. The 2021 season became only the third in history to use all of the names on the rotating seasonal list (the previous years were 2020 and 2005).

We ended the season with 21 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher). During an average year there would be 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. This year met or exceeded each of those categories, and it was forecast to be that way. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

There were four major hurricanes this season: Grace, Ida, Larry, and Sam. The strongest two were Ida and Sam, which both reached Category 4 strength. Grace and Larry peaked as Category 3 storms.

The first half of the season was off to the races — as the U.S. was impacted by eight named storms: Claudette, Danny, Elsa, Fred, Henri, Ida, Mindy, and Nicholas.

Then, suddenly, the world's oceans became eerily quiet. After Sept. 25 the Atlantic and the rest of the world would struggle to produce a named storm.

That was not what meteorologists expected.

"The globe has had no major (Category 3+, max winds >=111 mph) hurricane/typhoon/cyclone formations since September 25. All other hurricane seasons in the satellite era (since 1966) have had at least two global major hurricane formations between September 26 - November 19," Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University, said in a tweet.

Both last year and this year La Niña conditions were observed during the last several weeks of the season, which typically favors late season tropical activity. 2020 saw three named storms in November (Eta, Theta, and Iota) and 2021 saw just one (Wanda) during the first few days.

How this hurricane season ended marks one of the biggest differences between this year and last.

Klotzbach explained that usually La Niña weakens or limits vertical wind shear, but surprisingly there was quite elevated wind shear in the Caribbean in October and November — the focal region for storms late in the season — and that led to a quiet latter part of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.

While an active season was predicted, it's impossible to know in advance exactly where each storm will go and what kind of damage it may cause.

A "bad" season is all about perspective. Central American countries may consider this to have been a "good" year since not a single named storm hit any part of the region. In 2020, Central America was hit by three named storms, two of which were major hurricanes.

In the U.S., the state of Louisiana can't seem to catch a break. In 2020, the Pelican State was impacted by five named storms: Cristobal, Laura, Marco, Delta and Zeta. This year the state was impacted by three named storms: Claudette, Ida and Nicholas.

In 2020 more hurricanes made landfall in the U.S., but this year the storms cost over $20 billion more.

The US was impacted by eight named storms: Claudette, Danny, Elsa, Fred, Henri, Ida, Mindy, and Nicholas.

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The U.S. was impacted by eight named storms: Claudette, Danny, Elsa, Fred, Henri, Ida, Mindy, and Nicholas.

Billions in damage

While only one major hurricane made landfall across the U.S. (Ida), a total of four named storms left behind over $1 billion in damage each: Tropical Storm Elsa, Tropical Storm Fred, Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas.

Ida alone exceeded the cost in damage of all seven billion-dollar tropical cyclones that made landfall across the U.S. in 2020, including hurricanes like Laura, Delta, and Zeta.

"To date, Hurricane Ida is the costliest disaster this year — exceeding $60 billion," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Ida already ranks among the top-five most costly hurricanes on record for the U.S. since 1980."

Ida was the strongest Atlantic hurricane of the year to make landfall with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph when it struck near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Aug. 29. It was one of only three hurricanes to ever make landfall in the state of Louisiana with winds of 150 mph, the most recent being Laura from 2020.

"Grand Isle, Louisiana took a direct hit with 100% of its homes damaged and nearly 40% were nearly-to-completely destroyed," according to NOAA. "There was heavy damage to the energy infrastructure across southern Louisiana causing widespread, long duration power outages to millions of people."

In the following days the remnants of Ida moved to the Northeast and combined with a frontal system, delivering extreme rainfall rates and flash flooding, inundating streets, homes and neighborhoods.

Flash flood emergencies were declared in New Jersey and New York. At least 55 people died across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

This season's quirks

The strongest storm of the season didn't hit land but video was captured from inside it.

Hurricane Sam, like Ida, also reached Category 4 strength with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Sam remained a Category 4 hurricane for 4.5 days and generated the fifth-highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) recorded in the satellite era.

"ACE is integrated metric accounting for storm intensity and duration," Klotzbach tweeted. "Sam was a long-lived, intense hurricane."

Fortunately, unlike Ida, Sam remained out over the open waters of the Atlantic and never made landfall.

Sam's long life, of over 11 days as a hurricane, allowed a research drone to be sailed into it, and, for the first time, to transmit video from inside a major hurricane at ocean level.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.

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The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.

A couple of other storms made some meteorological records.

Tropical Storm Ana formed in a unique area of the Atlantic Ocean. In the last 100 years, no named storm had ever developed east of Bermuda in the month of May. Tropical Storm Ana broke that record. Typically, storms during this month form over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea and near the southeastern U.S. coast.

Another unique storm was Subtropical Storm Teresa. Reports of subtropical storms are not uncommon, especially in the 21st century, thanks to advanced technology. What is uncommon is for a storm to remain subtropical for its entire life, never transitioning to "tropical" status.

Teresa was also extremely short-lived, at only 24 hours. Subtropical Storm Teresa formed on Friday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time. Exactly 24 hours later, the NHC issued its final advisory as Teresa became a remnant, low-pressure system.

Ida will likely be the only name on the retired list this year, despite there being three other major hurricanes, simply because of the amount of damage and fatalities caused. The letter "I" already has more retired names than any other letter in the alphabet.

There are already 12 retired storm names that start with the letter "I", and Ida will likely become the 13th.




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START THE FIRE. WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYEN O HURRICANE SAM. HERE’S SAM OUT HERE IN THE ATLANTIC. SO IT’S FAR AWAY FROM US. IT IS NOT A HURRICANE THAT IS BEARING DOWN ON US. IN FACT. HERE’S A LOOK AT HOWAR F AWAY IT ACTUALLY IS. SO THERE’S NEW ORLEANS AND THERE IS SAM. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE CONE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 MILESN A HOUR. IT DID OFFICIALLY BECOME A HURRICANE AS OF THE FOUR CLOCK ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. IT IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MILES AN URHO AND IT’S UNDERGOING RAPID INTENSIFICATION. SO IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A CA TEGORY 3 HURRICANE A MAJOR HURRICANE BY THE WEEKEND AND EVEN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING A MAJOR CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. THIS IS HEADING OUT TO THE WEST THESE ARE WHERE MODELS SWHO IT GOING AND THE GOOD NEWS IS RIGHT NOW IT SHOWS IT TURNING NTHOR ETH LESSER ANTILLES AND PERHAPS CONTINUING TO GO NORTH. SO THAT’S THE GDOO NEWS. THERE. IITS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL SAME STORY HERE MOVING WEST BUT THEN STARTING TO TURN NORTH AND PERHAPS MOVING UP TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AND TOWARDS NOVA SCOTIA. SO RIGHT NOW NOT AN ISSUE FOR US. WE’RE GONNA KEEP THE CLOSE EYE ON IT. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON IN THE TROPSIC THOUGH. WE ALSO HAVE THIS YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE 40% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT SAME FOR THAT ONE UP THERE IN THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC, SO THE NEXT TWO NAMES TTHA WE COULD GET TO TERESA AND VICTOR NOTICE THAT WE’VE ALMOST ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST THE NAMES AND THEN WE’D HAVE TO MOVE ON TO OUR ADDITIONAL LISTS OUR EXTRA LIST. MEANWHILE HEREN I SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BEAUTIFUL MORNING 50S AND 60S ACROSS THE BOARD. SOT I IS NICE AND COOL OUTSIDE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S AS WELL. WHICH MEANS IT’S NOT HUMID. IT IS COMFORTABLE. WE WILL STAY IN THE 50S AND IT WILL SAY NICE AND PLEASANT THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. SO A FORECAST INTO SRE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY OUT THERE FOR SOME OF YOU PARTICULARLY BY LAKE BUT TODAY HIGHS UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. SIMIRLA TO WHAT? WE SAW YESTERDAY SUNNY SKIES LOW HUMIDITY AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON COMFORTABLY WARM WITH THAT LOWER HUMIDITY. THEN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BACK DOWN INTO THE 50S AND0S 6 ANOTHER VERYIM SILAR NIGHT TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND THEN FOR THE WEEKEND WE DO START TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE 80S HUMIDITY WILL STILL STAY LOW. SO IT WILL BE NICE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT’S BY THE TUESDAY TIME FRAME WHERE I START STOEE HUMIDITY RETURNED TO THE FORECAST SO I’VE ADDED SOME LOWER-END RAIN CHANCES TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND MAYBE A BIT MORE HUMIDND A MUGGY OUT THERE, BUT THAT’S A FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT WE CAN AT LEA ESTNJOY THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.

Hurricane Sam has formed and is intensifying over the Atlantic


Earlier a tropical storm, Sam has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to continue intensifying, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.The storm is the seventh hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season, with winds of 75 mph and even higher gusts, according to an NHC update Friday morning. Sam is forecast to become a major hurricane — Category 3 or higher — by Saturday afternoon.Sam started the day Thursday with winds of 35 mph and ended the day at 70 mph, signifying a rapid intensification, which occurs when a tropical cyclone strengthens by at least 35 mph in 24 hours.Moving to the west at 15 mph, Sam is approximately 1,470 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands, churning in open seas. Impacts from the storm, however, may be felt next week.Over the next five days, Sam will move toward the Leeward Islands and turn slightly northward as it approaches the islands."What is not clear at this point is what impacts it will have on land," CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. "Right now, it looks like it may pass north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico early next week, but that could change."Noting what long-range computer models are showing, Hennen said, "Places like Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda and even the East Coast of the U.S. need to watch the storm closely over the next week. The models don't currently agree where the storm is headed, but do agree that it's likely to be a powerful hurricane."

Earlier a tropical storm, Sam has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to continue intensifying, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.

The storm is the seventh hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season, with winds of 75 mph and even higher gusts, according to an NHC update Friday morning. Sam is forecast to become a major hurricane — Category 3 or higher — by Saturday afternoon.

Sam started the day Thursday with winds of 35 mph and ended the day at 70 mph, signifying a rapid intensification, which occurs when a tropical cyclone strengthens by at least 35 mph in 24 hours.

Moving to the west at 15 mph, Sam is approximately 1,470 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands, churning in open seas. Impacts from the storm, however, may be felt next week.

Over the next five days, Sam will move toward the Leeward Islands and turn slightly northward as it approaches the islands.

"What is not clear at this point is what impacts it will have on land," CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. "Right now, it looks like it may pass north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico early next week, but that could change."

Noting what long-range computer models are showing, Hennen said, "Places like Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda and even the East Coast of the U.S. need to watch the storm closely over the next week. The models don't currently agree where the storm is headed, but do agree that it's likely to be a powerful hurricane."


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Community members in Louisiana are coming together to take care of one another following the devastation left behind by Hurricane Ida.Pennington Hebert, 5, lost all of his toys in the storm."I was crying that I didn't have my toys," Pennington told sister station WDSU. So many people donated new toys, gift cards, and even a refrigerator to the family following WDSU's story."If it hadn't been for y'all, none of this would have been possible or would have happened. It's because of y'all that we have any of this. It's so wonderful," Kathryn Hebert, Pennington's mother, said. The need for supplies is still massive in the communities hit hardest by Ida.Leaders have set up a resource center for people in need. "To see the heartbreak in their eyes and the tears running down the side their face, really tugs at my heart," said Ricky Templet, a councilman for Louisiana's Jefferson Parish."I must have had about 5 feet of water and a foot of mud — that's the hardest part, the mud," said Shirley Nagel, who has lived in Lafitte, Louisiana, her entire life. Nagel lost everything. She has no flood insurance but said she is fortunate because she has her family. "Have faith and courage. Ask God to help them to have the strength and courage to go through this. It takes a lot, but they can do it. Have faith. It will come back. It will all come back. I know we can do it," Nagel said. As for Pennington, he said he knows his community can rebuild too. He plans on sharing all of his new toys. "The world is the best," Pennington said. " I'm going to give them toys, too. They will say 'thank you' because I'm going to give them toys."

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Community members in Louisiana are coming together to take care of one another following the devastation left behind by Hurricane Ida.

Pennington Hebert, 5, lost all of his toys in the storm.

"I was crying that I didn't have my toys," Pennington told sister station WDSU.

So many people donated new toys, gift cards, and even a refrigerator to the family following WDSU's story.

"If it hadn't been for y'all, none of this would have been possible or would have happened. It's because of y'all that we have any of this. It's so wonderful," Kathryn Hebert, Pennington's mother, said.

The need for supplies is still massive in the communities hit hardest by Ida.

Leaders have set up a resource center for people in need.

"To see the heartbreak in their eyes and the tears running down the side their face, really tugs at my heart," said Ricky Templet, a councilman for Louisiana's Jefferson Parish.

"I must have had about 5 feet of water and a foot of mud — that's the hardest part, the mud," said Shirley Nagel, who has lived in Lafitte, Louisiana, her entire life.

Nagel lost everything. She has no flood insurance but said she is fortunate because she has her family.

"Have faith and courage. Ask God to help them to have the strength and courage to go through this. It takes a lot, but they can do it. Have faith. It will come back. It will all come back. I know we can do it," Nagel said.

As for Pennington, he said he knows his community can rebuild too. He plans on sharing all of his new toys.

"The world is the best," Pennington said. " I'm going to give them toys, too. They will say 'thank you' because I'm going to give them toys."


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Woman stranded at airport for her birthday given refuge as Hurricane Ida approaches

Jules Marshall, a woman traveling alone from Chicago for her birthday, was stranded in the airport after her flight home got canceled. New Orleanians swooped in to help.



SWEET HOME FOR A BIRTHDAY. HEY GUYS, SOOU Y MIGHT HAVE BEEN WATCHING WHEN WE FIRST INTERVIEWED JEWELS AND KAREN YOU WSA OUR NEWSCAST KIND OF THIS IS INCREDIBLE TO BE IN THIS MOMENT WALK US THUGHRO WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? OKAY. WELL WE WERE WATCHING THE NEWS ACTUALLYRY TING TO DECIDE WHETHER WE’RE GONNA LIKE TRY TO GET ON THE CAR AND LEAVE TO GO TO FLORIDA TONIGHT OR NOT AND MY DAUGERHT SHARES THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS JEWELS, AND SO IT’S JUST REALLY STRUCK A CHORD, YOU KNOW, AND AS THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE KIDS AND I JUST SAID THIS COULBED DAUGHTER SITTING STRANDED AT THE AIRPORT AND WE HAD TO HELP SO I CALLED THE NEWS STATION AND FIGURED OUT HOW WE COULD COME HELP. JEWELS WEET M AT THE AIRPORT AND HEREE W ARE AND IT’S LIKE A MIRACLE HPENEAPD AND RIGHT NOW WHAT’S GOING THROUGH YOUR HEART. I MEAN THE EMOTIONS. YEAH, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD. I MISSED MY MOM. SO I’M HAPPY THAT I HAVE SOMEONE WHO’S GONNA KIND OF TAKE CARE OF ME TAKE CARE OF THE FRIENDS THAT I’VE MEAD MAKE ME FEEL SAFE BECAUSE FIRST TIME IN NEW ORLEANS GETNGTI HIT WITH A HURRICANE, NOT REALLY THE WAY I WANTED TO SPEND MY BIRTHDAY. SO I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER KNOWING THAT I’M TAKING CARE OF. AND HAVE YOU GOTTEN CHOKED UP OVER THIS I ANME SO MUCH ON THE WAY HERE. I MEAN, I WAS JUST YOU KNOW, SHE’S LIKE MOMS YOU THIS IS LIKE IT JTUS FEELS SO GOOD RIGHT I SAID, WELL, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. SO HELPING THAT, YOU KNOW HELP IN THE NEXT PERSON. SO FOR SURE AND YOU’RE FIGHTING BACK TEARS RIGHT NOW, YES, LITERALLY, I’M VERY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW JUST FEEL SO GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY. WHO’S SCARED RIGHT NOW AND NEEDS? SHELRTE THE DEFINITION OF LOUISIANA I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? 100% AND YOUR BIRTHDAYS I AUGUST 30TH. YES. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A DIFFICULT TIMEOR F SO MANY PEOPLE BUT IT’S A TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND WE’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MHUC IN THIS PAST YEAR YEAR TWO AND THINKING CKBA TO 2005 AS WELL TOUCH ON THE SPIRIT OF LOUISIANA IN THE SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS. WELL,OU Y KNOW THEY SAY NEW ORLEANS. I MEAN EVERYBODY COMES HERE AND THERE WE SO FRIENDLY AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, THISS I JUST SOMETHING FOR ME BORN AND RAISED IN LOUISIANA AND NEW ORLEANS. IT JUST FELT LIKE THE THING, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO QUESTIONO N QUESTION AT ALL. I MEAN IF WE COULD HELP THEN WE’RE HERE TO HELP SO DEFINITELY THE SPIRIT OF LOUISIANA, SO WE’RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. I’M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT SOMEBODY WITH I HAD SO NYMA PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE WERE STALKING ME ON FACEBOOK REACHING OUT TO ME. LIKE DO YOU HAVE PLACE TO GO YOU NCA HAVE MY APARTMENT. I WAS LIKE, WHOA, SO I FEEL SO GOOD KNOWING THAT I’M HERE AND I’M TAKING CARE OF BECAUSE I ANME IN CHICAGO I COULD ONLY WISH THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THIS SPIRIT TO LIKE TAKE CARE OF EREVYONE ELSE, BUT I’M HAPPY I GET TO ESCAPE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME ABSOLUTELY, AND IT’S JUSTOR F PEOPLE WHO AREN’T AWARE. SHE YOU HAVE A GUEST HSEOU THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO HELP HER OUT WITH. YETH. S. MY SISTER HAS AN APARTMENT IN LAKEEWVI. SO IT’S CLOSE TO WHERE WE’LL BE. AND SO WE’LL BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, CHECK ON HER. I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GR OCERIES ARE OPEN AND GO GET SOME PROVISIONS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE WE WE’VE GOT ENOHUG FOOD AT HOME. SO WE’LL BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW. COOKND A YEAH, LIKE WE DO IN NEW ORLEANS FOR A HURRICANE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE’LL JUST MAKE THE BEST OF IT. GUYS, I KNOW IT’S LATE. I’LL LET YOU ALL ALL KIND OF GET YOUR THE SITUATED SO GUYS YOU CAN SEE IT LIVE RIGHT THERE. IT’S JUST LIKE I SAID THE SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS THE SPIRIT OF LOUISIANA HOW THIS ALLIN KD OF WORKS OUT JULES BEHIND ME. SHE WAS STRANDED ANDT I LOOKS LIKE SOME OTHER LADIES THAT ALSO WERE FROM NEWOR YK CITY OR ALSO KIND OF BNGEI HELPED OUT AS WELL. THEY’RE ALL KIND OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY DURING THIS RRHUICANE. SO MANY THINGS ARE KINDF O UP IN THE AIR, BUT THEY WEER ABLE TO KIND OF ALL WORK IT OUT. UYO CAN SEE RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE LOADING UP THEIR LUGGAGE AS WE SPEAK AND LOANGDI INTO THEIR CAR AND THEY’RE GONNA HAVE A PLACE TO STAY BECAUSE RHTIG NOW ALL THE FLIGHTS YOU’RE IN. NEW ORLNSEA TOMORROW THEY ARE CANCELED. SO IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON TRYING TO GET IN OUT OF TOWN BY THE AIRPORT, YOU COULD NOT DO THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THEHE T FLIGHTS THAT WERE SETO T THE AIRPORT DAN ESSENTIALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST HAD NO WAY TNOO IDEA HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS. YEAH WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO HOW THEY WERE GOINGO T GET OUT OF TOW BUTN, THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. SOMEONE SAW THE STORY LIVE AND EYTH’RE ALL KIND OF PACKING IN SUV AND THEY WERE GNGOI TO BE HEADINGUT O RIGHT HERE LIVE AND INSTEAD OF SLEEPING IN THE AIRPORT. I DON’T EVEN KNOW I’D REACHED OUT TO AIRPORT OFFICIALS IF THEY WERE EVEN GOING TO ALLOW THEM. TO DO THAT, BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT AND THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY FOR THE NIGHT FOLLOWING THIS STORY RIGHT HERE ON W. ISSUE AND LOOKS KELI THEY’RE GOING TO BE PULLINGUT O ANY ANY MOMENT NOW AND GINA SAW IT’S PRETTY POWERFUL AND PRETTY EMOTIONAL TO SEE. HAS HAPPEDNE THEY’RE PRETTY INCREDIBLE. REMARKABLE AUBREY YOU ARE RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY A MIRACLE. I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND KIND OF LET THIS MOMENT SINK IN I KWNO RIGHT FEEL THE SPIRIT AND THE LOVE TAKE A LOOK AND IF YOU ARE SEE THE SHOTIG RHT THERE AND I LOVE KAREN COMING TO THE RESCUE. THKAN YOU KAREN. I MEAN SAW THE STORY. HAD SOME AVAILABLE SPACE AND NOT ONLY JUST FOR JEWELS BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO WEER STUCK AS WELL. THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH, LOUISIANA JUST LOUISIANA AND GENERAL PARTICULARLY WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH, YOU KNOW, DAUNTING CHALLENGES. WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FIND IT IN OUR HEARTS OR MAKE A WAY TO HELP WHERE WE CAN PEOPLE GETTING UNIFIED AND COMING TOGETHER. WE OFTEN SEE STORIES LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW AFTER THE STORM GINA WHEN NEIGHRSBO ARE HELPING NEIGHBORS STRANGERS HELNGPI STRANGERS AND BECOMING FRIENDS AND FALIMIES AND EVERYONE’S AFFECTED IN SOME STOR

Woman stranded at airport for her birthday given refuge as Hurricane Ida approaches

Jules Marshall, a woman traveling alone from Chicago for her birthday, was stranded in the airport after her flight home got canceled. New Orleanians swooped in to help.


A woman was given refuge by a family in Louisiana after her flight back to Chicago was canceled as Hurricane Ida approaches the Louisiana coast.Jules Marshall, a woman traveling from Chicago for her birthday, found herself stranded in New Orleans International Airport (MSY) with no resources in the area.Sister station WDSU worked with Marshall to find her a safe place to stay as Hurricane Ida looms ahead.A person watching the report on Marshall reached out and offered her and a few others stranded at the airport refuge.Karen Sulzer, whose daughter shares the same birthday as Marshall, felt connected to Marshall and decided to lend a hand."There was no question. If we can help, we're gonna help," said Sulzer.Sulzer's sister reportedly has an apartment nearby her home that is open, so Marshall and a few others will be staying there to wait out the storm.Hurricane Ida is expected to make landfall Sunday afternoon as a category 4 on the coast of Louisiana.

A woman was given refuge by a family in Louisiana after her flight back to Chicago was canceled as Hurricane Ida approaches the Louisiana coast.

Jules Marshall, a woman traveling from Chicago for her birthday, found herself stranded in New Orleans International Airport (MSY) with no resources in the area.

Sister station WDSU worked with Marshall to find her a safe place to stay as Hurricane Ida looms ahead.

A person watching the report on Marshall reached out and offered her and a few others stranded at the airport refuge.

Karen Sulzer, whose daughter shares the same birthday as Marshall, felt connected to Marshall and decided to lend a hand.

"There was no question. If we can help, we're gonna help," said Sulzer.

Sulzer's sister reportedly has an apartment nearby her home that is open, so Marshall and a few others will be staying there to wait out the storm.

Hurricane Ida is expected to make landfall Sunday afternoon as a category 4 on the coast of Louisiana.


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