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Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place

8:29am June 01, 2018

by Greg Allen

As the 2018 hurricane season begins, experts and emergency managers have been studying last year's evacuations before Hurricane Irma. Nearly 7 million people left Florida to escape the hurricane.

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Hurricane Maria, shown here as it neared Dominica on Sept. 18, is one of the storm names that has been retired.

After Deadly Storms, Agency Retires 4 Hurricane Names

5:12pm April 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate will no longer be on the U.N.'s official rotating list of storm names. The hurricanes killed hundreds of people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

Larry Dimas walks around his destroyed trailer in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Fla., on Sept. 11, 2017. The World Meteorological Organization will no longer use Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate to name hurricanes.

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Harvey, Irma, Maria And Nate Are Finished As Hurricane Names

2:55pm April 12, 2018

by Greg Allen

The World Meteorological Organization is retiring the names because the storms were so "deadly or costly" that using the names in the future would be inappropriate.

Coral Bay, on the eastern end of St. John, is home to an active sailing community. For months, the Coast Guard has been using a crane boat and barge to retrieve sunken vessels.

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Coast Guard Reels In Hundreds Of Sunken And Cast-Off Boats In Virgin Islands

5:01am February 16, 2018

by Greg Allen

Nearly six months after the hurricanes, the slow task of removing derelict boats goes on in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It doesn't help that many boat owners simply abandoned their vessels.

A man walks past debris from Hurricane Harvey in September in Port Arthur, Texas.

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Harvey The 'Most Significant Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Event In U.S. History'

8:19pm January 25, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.

A house tipped on its side, with several boys standing in front, after the Great Galveston Storm in Texas. The storm remains the worst natural disaster and the worst hurricane in U.S. history.

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The Tempest At Galveston: 'We Knew There Was A Storm Coming, But We Had No Idea'

6:48am November 30, 2017

by John Burnett

The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 destroyed two-thirds of the Texas city and heavily damaged surviving structures. It remains the most deadly natural disaster and worst hurricane in U.S. history.

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Maria, Again A Hurricane, Swirls Over North Carolina Beaches

12:30pm September 27, 2017

by Associated Press, Ben Finley

Maria regained strength and became a hurricane again Wednesday, pushing water over both sides of North Carolina's Outer Banks and taking its time to slowly turn away from the U.S.

Hurricane Irma approached Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday. The storm had been a Category 5 — with 185-mph winds.

Hurricane Irma Blasts Into The Record Books With Lasting Intensity

7:34am September 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Hurricane Irma was the longest-lasting powerful hurricane or typhoon ever recorded, worldwide. It kept 185-mph winds for 37 hours — longer than any storm on record.

A FEMA rescue team evacuates people from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28 in Houston, Texas.

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First Harvey And Now Irma; Relentless Storms Strain Rescue Workers

7:33am September 09, 2017

by Nathan Rott

Consecutive hurricanes and even wildfires have exhausted rescue workers brought in to help with conditions in Texas, Florida and Western states.

Planes are parked at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Tuesday. The airport, which had been closed since Hurricane Harvey made landfall, opened with limited service on Wednesday.

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With Rain Lessening In Houston, Airports And Ports Begin Opening

4:31pm August 30, 2017

by Greg Allen

As the heavy rains have let up in Houston, officials are assessing when they can reopen the city's port and airports. Both airports opened with limited service Wednesday. The port will take longer.