Tag: Hurricanes

An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood on the east side of New Orleans, La., on Sept. 1, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina passed through the area. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Beltway Confidential

A message for Hurricane Florence victims, from Hurricane Katrina

Quin Hillyer · September 12, 2018 3:59 pm

Map shows probable path of Hurricane Florence.

Hurricane Florence to unleash ‘Mike Tyson punch’ to Carolinas, FEMA says

Anna Giaritelli · September 12, 2018 3:09 pm

This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane Florence is coming closer and getting stronger on a path to squat over North and South Carolina for days, surging over the coast, dumping feet of water deep inland and causing floods from the sea to the Appalachian Mountains and back again.

Astronaut on space station offers dire assessment of ‘enormous’ Hurricane Florence

Daniel Chaitin · September 12, 2018 2:55 pm

Trump says feds succeeded in Puerto Rico despite ‘totally incompetent’ San Juan mayor

Katelyn Caralle · September 12, 2018 11:31 am

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry and EPA’s Andrew Wheeler waive regulations as Carolinas face ‘extreme and unusual’ storm

John Siciliano · September 12, 2018 2:38 am

Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Katy, Texas. Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

$10M redirected from FEMA funds to ICE less than a year after Hurricane Maria

Katelyn Caralle · September 12, 2018 2:34 am

Hurricane Florence ‘nightmare’ scenario shows it stalling, swinging southwest to Georgia

Daniel Chaitin · September 11, 2018 10:43 pm

Employees of Murphy Family Farms along with friends and neighbors, float a group of dead pigs down a flooded road on Rabon Maready's farm near Beulaville, N.C.

Hurricane Florence could flood many waste sites, creating toxic brew

Associated Press · September 11, 2018 10:38 pm

President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President Mike Pence, left, listen during a briefing on Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

National Security

Katrina commander: ‘I would not bet any money’ that the feds are prepared for Hurricane Florence

Naomi Lim · September 11, 2018 10:09 pm

Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, speaks in Hartford, Conn.

San Juan mayor: ‘God help us all’ if Trump thinks response to Hurricane Maria was a success

Diana Stancy Correll · September 11, 2018 9:36 pm

A man walks from a gasoline tanker truck at a North Little Rock, Ark., fuel distribution terminal, Friday, June 29, 2012. Oil soared the most in more than three years, on Friday, after European leaders took surprisingly aggressive steps meant to halt a debt crisis that has undermined the regional economy.

Energy and Environment

Trump administration relaxes trucking rules to prevent fuel and electricity shortages in hurricane

John Siciliano · September 11, 2018 8:56 pm

President Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd as he hands out supplies at Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Trump on federal response to Puerto Rico: ‘An incredible, unsung success’

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2018 8:15 pm