Hurricane Joaquin News

Flooding Washes out Roads, Causes Collisions in South Carolina

A dangerous rainstorm drenching the East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina – cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing “too many roads to name” because of floodwaters. Early Sunday, emergency management officials sent …

Senator Calls for Upgraded Weather Satellites

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is warning that a lack of funding to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget could lead to big problems with the nation’s weather satellites when the next big storm hits. The New York Democrat said …

Researchers Say Hurricane Joaquin Could Cause up to 14M People to Lose Power

Hurricane Joaquin could result in power failure for as many as 14 million people, according to power outage forecasts by researchers at Texas A&M University and University of Michigan. The forecasts take into account several different measures of wind speed, …

Joaquin Jumps to Category 3 Hurricane, Could Hit East Coast

Joaquin became a major hurricane as it tears toward the Bahamas and government forecasters said they can’t rule out a strike on the U.S. East Coast as early as Sunday. The 10th storm of the Atlantic season had top wind …

Hurricane Joaquin Takes Aim at Bahamas

Storm Joaquin grew into a Category 1 hurricane as it bore down on the Bahamas, where warnings and watches are posted for the central and northwestern islands in the chain. The storm’s top winds now reach 75 miles (120 kilometers) …