Tag: Hurricanes

Waves from Hurricane Florence pound the Bogue Inlet Pier in Emerald Isle, N.C., Sept. 13, 2018.

European model insists Hurricane Florence scrapes the coast for days over warm waters

Daniel Chaitin · September 13, 2018 11:08 pm

The Brunswick Nuclear Plant in North Carolina is shown.

Energy and Environment

Nuclear power plants begin shutting down ahead of hurricane

John Siciliano · September 13, 2018 10:28 pm

CNN’s Ana Navarro rants about Trump’s Puerto Rico death toll tweets, calls on Floridians to revolt

Daniel Chaitin · September 13, 2018 9:27 pm

Afternoon Links: The Frying Pan Cam, the NRA Loses It, and Making Congress Great Again

Jim Swift · September 13, 2018 9:00 pm

New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez participates in a a town hall held in support of Kerri Evelyn Harris, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacks Trump’s charge of inflated Puerto Rico death toll with tweet about grandfather

Daniel Chaitin · September 13, 2018 8:57 pm

GOP campaign: Dem decision to halt campaign for Florence is a ‘gimmick’

Katelyn Caralle · September 13, 2018 7:03 pm

President Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump stirs up needless controversy over Hurricane Maria death toll

Philip Wegmann · September 13, 2018 6:33 pm

In this May 16, 2018 photo, deteriorated U.S. and Puerto Rico flags fly on a roof eight months after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the Barrio Jacana Piedra Blanca area of Yabucoa, a town where many continue without power in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican officials said 98.86 percent of PREPA's customers had electricity on May 17, but many remain without power as the longest blackout in U.S. history continues.

Here’s why nobody knows how many people died in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria

Pete Kasperowicz · September 13, 2018 6:32 pm

An Isle of Palms police car drives down the beach early morning on the Isle of Palms, S.C., as Hurricane Florence spins out in the Atlantic ocean Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

South Carolina might be right not to evacuate some prisoners from Hurricane Florence’s path

Tom Rogan · September 13, 2018 6:19 pm

On several occasions, West Wing aides and officials were tricked into conversing with pranksters impersonating their colleagues or world leaders. Tom Bossert (pictured above), for example, accepted a fake dinner party invitation from Jared Kushner, which turned out to be an email from a British web designer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ex-White House official says Trump’s Puerto Rico remarks lacked ’empathy’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 13, 2018 5:08 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks to President Trump as they meet with law enforcement officers at Broward County Sheriff's Office in Pompano Beach, Fla. following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.

Rick Scott breaks with Trump on Puerto Rico after tweets

Al Weaver · September 13, 2018 4:41 pm

The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Beltway Confidential

Politicized haggling over storms is gross and counterproductive

Erin Dunne · September 13, 2018 3:45 pm