[ad_1] A major Category 5 hurricane made landfall near Mexico’s Pacific beach resort of Acapulco early on Wednesday, threatening to wreak “catastrophic” damage, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said. Hurricane Otis was packing maximum sustained winds of 265 kilometres per hour when it came ashore, the NHC said. The storm had rapidly strengthened to…
[ad_1] Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds in a far western part of Canada’s Nova Scotia province on Saturday, flooding roads, downing trees and cutting out power for tens of thousands of people along the North Atlantic coast. At least one storm-related fatality was recorded on Saturday. A motorist in the…
[ad_1] Idalia has weakened to a tropical storm after roaring into Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful hurricane. According to international media reports, Idalia split trees in half, ripped roofs off hotels and turned small cars into boats on Wednesday before sweeping into Georgia as a still-powerful storm that flooded roadways and sent residents…
[ad_1] The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Hilary’s winds had significantly weakened but were still sustained at a hazardous 90 miles per hour (145 kilometers per hour) with higher gusts. According to international media reports, Mexico’s Civil Protection agency said in a statement that river and stream levels had risen significantly in Loreto and…
