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September 27, 2024 4:17 PM

Helene, one of largest storms to hit US, brings chaos to Florida and Georgia

Helene roared through Florida and Georgia states under darkness on Friday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, killing one person, swamping neighborhoods and leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power. The Category 4 storm hit land around midnight, leaving a chaotic landscape of overturned boats in harbors, felled trees, stranded cars and flooded streets, according to images from Tampa, Naples and St. Petersburg on Florida's coast. "When we wake up t...

Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti and Dominican Republic

Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least three people. At around 0600 GMT, the hurricane was about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of the Jamaican capital of Kingston, according the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC),packing maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (230 kph). "Beryl is expected to bring life-threatening winds and ...