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NYC beaches closed as Hurricane Ernesto sends huge waves, deadly riptides up coast
Swimming is banned at Brooklyn and Queens beaches Saturday and Sunday as Hurricane Ernesto sends deadly riptides and massive swells up the East Coast.
Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda with 85 mph winds
Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda early Saturday as residents hunkered down.
Wild video shows moment collapsed house is swept out to sea as Hurricane Ernesto nears North Carolina
Wooden planks and other sections of the destroyed abode spanned hundreds of feet across the sand following the collapse, but experts suspect most of the debris was swept out more...
Bermuda braces for Category 2 Hurricane Ernesto that's packing 100-mph winds
Hurricane Ernesto is gaining strength as it moves toward Bermuda with strong winds, a dangerous storm surge and life-threatening flooding.
Ernesto strengthens into hurricane as it wreaks havoc on Carribean
An island-wide blackout was reported in St. John and St. Croix, and at least six cell phone towers were knocked offline across the U.S. territory, said Daryl Jaschen, emergency management...
Millions prepare for landslides, flooding as Tropical Storm Ernesto surges in strength
The tropics have become more active over the past few weeks with the development of Hurricane Debby, which made its first U.S. landfall in Florida, and then a second U.S. landfall in South...
Ernesto on track to become hurricane while bringing life-threatening surf, flooding rain to Caribbean islands
The storm is forecast to cross the northern Leeward Islands overnight Monday and near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico sometime on Tuesday. Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions will...
Anti-Israel vandals strike again and more: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 11, 2024
NY Post readers discuss anti-Israel vandalism and more.
Mom finds WWII-era message in abottle that potentially traveled 800 miles as she cleaned up after Debby
Flament-Smith told WTSP she couldn’t bear all the trash along Bayshore Boulevard in the city of Safety Harbor following a storm surge from the hurricane when she decided to start...
Airport delays, tornado watches issued as Storm Debby closes in on NYC
A tornado watch issued for 17 New Jersey counties due to the threat of intense thunderstorms was from Debby.
Catfish spotted swimming on flooded streets in Florida during Hurricane Debby
Catfish were spotted swimming along residential Florida driveways and yards ahead of Debby's landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.
Debby's wrath leaves boat stranded, sparks dramatic rescue off Florida's coast: video
A video shared by the US Coast Guard Southeast showed the boaters adrift in the waters about 70 miles off the coast of Boca Grande.
Hurricane Debby blows $1M worth of cocaine onto Florida beach
Debby, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane early in the morning, carried more than two dozen 70-pound packages of cocaine ashore as winds topped 80 miles per hour,...
Florida boy, 13, crushed to death in Hurricane Debby after tree falls on family home
Hurricane Debby has claimed its first known victim, a 13-year-old boy who was killed when a tree fell on his family's mobile home as the powerful storm battered Florida's Gulf...
At least 4 dead as Debby weakens to tropical storm while flooding rain, storm surge continue to lash Florida
The now-tropical storm continues to blast the state as it moves inland with flooding rain, damaging winds and a life-threatening storm surge.
Debby makes landfall in Florida as storm batters state
The Category 1 storm hit near Steinhatchee about 7 a.m. ET with winds topping 80 mph.
Hurricane Debby to bring heavy rains and catastrophic flooding to Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Debby was located about 40 miles west of Cedar Key, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
Tropical Storm Debby will batter Fla. at hurricane strength as it continues to grow in power
Forecasters warned of a "danger of life-threatening storm surge" in parts of Florida.
Florida under hurricane watch as Tropical Depression 4 expected to strengthen into Debby
A Hurricane Watch has been issued for a portion of the Florida Gulf coast as Tropical Depression Four is set to bring several inches of rain, strong winds and a...
Extreme heat makes way for heavy rain in NYC as tropical storm aims for Florida
It felt like 100 degrees in the Big Apple on Saturday as a heat advisory in effect since mid-week came to an end, making way for heavy storms rolling in.