2020 Hurricane Season News

Hurricane Epsilon, 10th of Season, Expected to Approach Bermuda Tonight

Hurricane Epsilon, the 10th of this very busy Atlantic season, was moving toward Bermuda on Wednesday. Epsilon is expected to make its closest approach to the island on Thursday night, and there is a risk of a direct impact, according …

Tropical Storm Epsilon Grows in Strength as It Heads Toward Bermuda

Tropical Storm Epsilon has formed in the central Atlantic and will move northwest, probably growing into a hurricane as it nears Bermuda late this week. Epsilon’s winds have reached 40 miles (64 kilometers) per hour southeast of Bermuda, the U.S. …

Returning After Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Evacuees Face Power Outages, Extreme Heat

10/11/2020 06:21 PM— Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter their state over the …

Update: Louisiana Residents Flee as Delta Bears Down on U.S. Gulf Coast

10/09/2020 10:41 AM LAKE CHARLES, La., Oct 9 — The streets in Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana were deserted as a powerful Hurricane Delta approached, threatening to add misery to people struggling to recover from the damage inflicted by a …

Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.

Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening. Delta came ashore along the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula near Puerto Morelos, the National Hurricane Center …

Alabama Coast Struggles to Recover from Hurricane Sally

Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast has hardly recovered fully from the effects of Hurricane Sally last month. Visitors still have limited options for getting to the sand because so many boardwalks and beach entry points were damaged, …

Tropical Storm Delta Expected to Threaten Gulf Coast as Major Hurricane This Week

10/06/2020 09:09 AM— Hurricane Delta, the 25th named Atlantic storm this year, is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and expected to take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast this week as a major hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said. …

Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast

Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens the U.S. …

House Votes to Extend Flood Insurance Program 1 Year; Senate Yet to Vote

The House of Representatives yesterday extended the National Flood Insurance Program until Sept. 30, 2021 as part of a measure to fund the federal government through December 11. The flood insurance program is currently set to expire in a week …

3 Alabama Counties Receive Federal Disaster Declaration for Sally Damage

President Donald Trump on Sunday declared a major disaster in three Alabama counties battered by Hurricane Sally. Storm surge and torrential rains swamped Mobile and Baldwin counties on either side of Mobile Bay when slow-moving Sally made landfall Wednesday on …