The tropics are active once again with Tammy and a newly highlighted area of interest. Tammy is forecast to reach hurricane strength this weekend as it tracks towards the northern Leeward Islands.If Tammy reaches hurricane strength, it would be the seventh hurricane so far during the 2023 season.After passing by the Leeward Islands, Tammy is … Read more
Update: Read our latest coverage here. Hurricane Lee, which became the season’s first Category 5 storm last week, weakened to a Category 1 on Thursday as it continued churning northward on a path that could reach New England this weekend. The National Hurricane Center has issued its first hurricane and tropical storm watches for portions of the … Read more
Hurricane Lee strengthened rapidly Thursday and developed into a major Category 5 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Lee intensified quickly over the Atlantic Ocean’s very warm waters, growing from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday and all the way to a Category 5 hurricane Thursday night, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. Lee … Read more
The five deaths in Florida occurred in the southeastern state’s Tampa Bay area. In all, there have been 26 reported cases of vibrio vulnificus infections in the state since January. Last year, Florida reported 74 cases and 17 deaths. The high death toll in 2022 was attributed to bacteria levels increasing after Hurricane Ian spilled … Read more
An American Airlines flight takeoff from San Francisco International Airport in November 2022. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In this week’s travel news, an American Airlines pilot goes viral with his warning to customers about in-flight behavior; Alaska Airlines’ upcoming winter schedule cutbacks in the Bay Area are detailed; major fires in the western part of Maui are forcing … Read more
A study out this week raised a dire warning about the future of the planet and humanity, suggesting a system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean could totally collapse as early as 2025 — a frightening scenario that was the premise for the 2004 film “The Day After Tomorrow.” But some scientists say that while a collapse … Read more