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Hurricane Milton weakens to Category 4 but still poses ‘serious threat' to Florida
Hurricane Milton has been downgraded to Category 4 on its path to Florida with sustained winds of 155 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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Orlando and Tampa airports to shut down ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall
As a potentially devastating Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida’s Gulf coast, both the Tampa and Orlando airports have announced they will be shutting down commercial operations ahead of the storm’s landfall.
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What is the difference between a tropical storm and hurricane?
With Hurricane Milton strengthening on its path towards Florida, here’s how storms are classified from a tropical depression to a Category 5.
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How Hurricane Milton is affecting NFL, NHL and more sporting events
Milton strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and could affect major sporting events in the area.
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Milton strengthens into Category 5 hurricane, triggers storm surge warnings for Florida's Gulf Coast
The storm, forecast to make landfall Wednesday evening in Florida, is now a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 180 mph.
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‘Frankly ridiculous': FEMA administrator slams Trump for boosting false Helene recovery claims
Donald Trump and his allies like Elon Musk have been working to turn the Helene disaster into a campaign attack against Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Mexican immigrants plagued by questions after plant workers swept away by Helene
Hurricane Helene left a devastating mark on the small Latino community that makes up a disproportionate number of workers at a plastics factory in Erwin, Tennessee. Six of its workers were swept away, four of them Mexican Americans.
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Volunteer pilots are flying supplies to trapped Hurricane Helene victims
The relief organization Operation Airdrop said its members have logged nearly 600 “missions” in two days to North Carolina and Tennessee.
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The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200
Hurricane Helene’s death toll has reached 200 and could rise higher still.
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Death toll from Helene climbs, hundreds still missing
The destruction from Hurricane Helene makes it the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.
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A North Carolina mountain town is wrecked by Hurricane Helene
Residents returning to Swannanoa to salvage what they can said they were taken aback by the breadth of the damage.
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Grandparents found hugging one another after fallen tree killed them in South Carolina home
John Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside. Just minutes later, he says they were killed by a tree that fell and crushed their bedroom.
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Aftermath of Helene still being felt across Southeast
At least 134 people across six states in the southeast U.S. are dead as a result of Hurricane Helene, with hundreds still missing.
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Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 120
Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South.
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Storm survivors at a packed shelter in Asheville are still in shock
The shelter at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, known locally as A-B Tech, was at capacity with 149 people, including many families, facing an uncertain future together.
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How to help those affected by Hurricane Helene
The full impact of Hurricane Helene won’t be known for weeks, but groups from both the public and private sector are mobilizing efforts to help those affected by the Category 4 storm
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Biden pledges to aid relief from Hurricane Helene's devastation
President Joe Biden addressed widespread destruction across the southeast part of the United States in the wake of Hurricane Helene, as well as his plans to visit impacted areas. “I’ve beee told that it would be disruptive if I did it right now,” the president said Monday. “We will not do that at the risk of diverting any of the...
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Helene death toll tops 120 as isolated communities await help
Desperate residents isolated by washed-out roads and the lack of power and cellular service in western North Carolina lined up Monday for fresh water and a chance to message loved ones
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Biden hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week
President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations.
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‘Something like we've never seen': Helene destruction overwhelms southern Appalachia
Floodwaters pushed by remnants of Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service.