Tag: Hurricanes

Avery Singleton takes a boat to Pine Grove Baptist Church, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Brittons Neck, S.C.

Damage estimate for Florence puts hurricane as one of the costliest to hit US

Anna Giaritelli · October 8, 2018 10:08 pm

Fla. Gov. Rick Scott, center, candidate for the U.S. Senate speaks to supporters at a campaign rally Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in Orlando, Fla.

Rick Scott suspends Senate campaign as Florida prepares for Hurricane Michael

Katelyn Caralle · October 8, 2018 1:09 pm

Energy and Environment

Another hurricane could hit US in the coming days, this one targeting the Gulf Coast

Josh Siegel · October 7, 2018 9:51 pm

A Coast Guard rescue team evacuates people from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas.

Energy and Environment

Despite post-Hurricane Harvey promise, Trump has not replaced flood building standards

Josh Siegel · October 5, 2018 4:00 am

Workers of the electric repair brigade remove old cables in San German, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Federal and Puerto Rican officials are preparing for another catastrophe that cuts power for weeks or months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is leaving some 600 generators installed in key sites such as hospitals and water pumping stations, more than six times the number before Maria.

Beltway Confidential

Local Puerto Rican governments are extorting American taxpayers

Paul Blair · October 4, 2018 7:30 pm

Workers build washing machines on the assembly line at the Samsung washing machine facility in Newberry, S.C.

Trump tariffs, Hurricane Florence hammered September hiring: Economists

James Langford · October 4, 2018 5:58 pm

This photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, seen from the International Space Station. (Randy Bresnik/NASA via AP)

A bird’s-eye view of a hurricane from space

Daniel Chaitin · October 1, 2018 4:00 am

Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J.

Energy and Environment

Gasoline prices proved resilient to Hurricane Florence, new federal data shows

John Siciliano · September 27, 2018 11:46 pm

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Rescue People Stranded in Floodwater?

Holmes Lybrand · September 24, 2018 9:58 pm

Fact Check: When Pigs Float

Holmes Lybrand · September 24, 2018 7:29 pm

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello speaks during a press conference regarding the number of estimated deaths in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug. 28, 2018.

Puerto Rico’s governor slams Trump’s ‘insensitive, disrespectful’ remarks on statehood

Anna Giaritelli · September 24, 2018 7:27 pm

Rows of mailbox protrude through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Nichols, S.C., on Sept. 21, 2018.

South Carolina bracing for 10-foot flood waters starting Tuesday

Anna Giaritelli · September 24, 2018 6:48 pm