Tag: Hurricanes

This June 18, 2018, file photo shows an aerial view of the Amelia neighborhood in the municipality of Catano, east of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Washington Secrets

HUD seeks financial probe of Puerto Rico agency set to get $8.2 billion

Paul Bedard · September 10, 2019 7:03 pm

In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, a home that was abandoned after Hurricane Maria hit in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico.

Former senior FEMA officials arrested on bribery and fraud charges over Hurricane Maria relief effort in Puerto Rico

Daniel Chaitin · September 10, 2019 6:11 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as they begin US-China Trade Talks in the Diplomatic Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top NOAA brass over Alabama forecast blowup

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2019 9:48 pm

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at Resch Center Complex in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Trump: ‘Very bad people’ may try to flee hurricane-ravaged Bahamas to US

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2019 9:40 pm

National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini addresses a meeting of the National Weather Association in Huntsville, Ala., Monday, Sept. 9, 2019.

Energy and Environment

National Weather Service director praises Birmingham staff who contradicted Trump

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2019 7:12 pm

This photo provided by NASA shows Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station as it threatens the East Coast.

Silver linings: Hurricane Dorian was bad, but super-accurate forecasts saved lives and prevented false alarms

Patrick Michaels · September 9, 2019 3:54 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington.

Trump claims media is ‘fixated’ on Hurricane Dorian map trajectory, demands ‘an apology’

Mike Brest · September 6, 2019 3:41 pm

Bahamas's Prime Minister Hubert Minnis.

Bahamian prime minister says free flights available for residents to escape devastation

Hunter Lovell · September 6, 2019 4:20 am

President Donald Trump holds a chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington.

White House official says Trump drew Sharpie bubble on Dorian map

Daniel Chaitin · September 6, 2019 3:30 am

Beltway Confidential

Living to give in the wake of Dorian

Kaylee McGhee White · September 6, 2019 3:00 am

Blind man carries disabled son to safety after Hurricane Dorian tore roof off Bahamas home

Daniel Chaitin · September 6, 2019 2:16 am

Florida man drives car into kitchen to save it from hurricane

Jon Brown · September 6, 2019 12:28 am