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A storm brewing off the southeastern U.S. coast is likely to strengthen over the next day or two as it hits North Carolina, forecasters said, posing flooding and other threats.

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Tropical storm warning puts mid-Atlantic coast under threat of winds and flooding

8:42pm September 21, 2023

by Emma Bowman

A disturbance is likely to strengthen into a tropical storm when it's expected to hit North Carolina late Friday, forecasters said, posing flooding and other threats as far north as New Jersey.

Carbon Monoxide alarms are displayed in a Home Depot store in Illinois. Although there were no deaths from Hurricane Laura, 28 people died in Louisiana and almost all of them once the hurricane passed. The storm left communities without power for weeks. F

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A New Hurricane Season Brings A New Threat: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

7:26am June 01, 2021

by Greg Allen

More people have died from unsafe use of generators after hurricanes than storm surge since 2017. The National Hurricane Center wants to focus attention on generator safety.

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Parnell McKay, the civil defense director of Pass Christian, Miss., looks over the town's main business district on Aug. 23, 1969 after Hurricane Camille passed through.

Historic Gulf Coast Hurricanes: How Does Laura Compare?

6:49pm August 27, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Hurricane Laura has been described as one of the most powerful storms to hit the Gulf Coast in decades. We take a look at other infamous storms to strike the region.

The National Hurricane Center predicts that Hurricane Laura will make landfall as a Category 4 storm.

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Hurricane Laura Forecast To Bring 'Unsurvivable' Storm Surge As Category 4 Storm

3:48pm August 26, 2020

by Samantha Raphelson

Coastal areas near the Texas-Louisiana border could see life-threatening storm surge when the hurricane hits Wednesday night. Areas up to 30 miles inland could be affected.

The destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen from the air in Marsh Harbour on the Bahamas' Great Abaco Island. The death toll from the hurricane, officially at 20, is expected to climb.

In Bahamas, Officials Assess 'Generational Devastation' From Hurricane Dorian

5:50pm September 05, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Some areas of the Bahamas are still only reachable by helicopter or small watercraft, like jet skis. The official death toll is 20, but it's expected to rise as search efforts continue.

Strong winds seen from the balcony of a hotel in Freeport, Grand Bahama, where Hurricane Dorian hovered most of Monday, pummeling the islands with a fearsome Category 4 assault.

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5 Dead As Slow-Moving Dorian Batters The Bahamas, Tracks Toward U.S.

2:22am September 03, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

The prime minister said five people were killed on Abaco Island. The Category 3 storm sustains 125 mph winds with "life-threatening" storm surge levels expected on Florida's east coast by late Monday.

Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 5 storm, tracks toward the Florida coast on Sept. 1.

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Historic Hurricane Dorian Bears Down On Northern Bahamas As A Category 5 Storm

11:39pm September 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

With sustained winds of 185 mph, Dorian is hitting the Bahamas as "the strongest hurricane in modern records" to hit the archipelago, according to the National Hurricane Center.

This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hurricane Dorian Reaches Category 5 Status As It Approaches The Bahamas

8:19am September 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Forecasters warned the storm will bring "life-threatening storm surge" and "devastating winds" when it reaches the archipelago before continuing toward the southeastern U.S.

Aimee Cutter, the owner of Beach House restaurant, walks through water surge from Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La. Hurricane Barry made landfall Saturday morning.

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Barry Makes Landfall In Louisiana, Weakening To Tropical Storm

4:33pm July 13, 2019

The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Abbie Hohl watches Hurricane Florence outside a window at Hotel Ballast in Wilmington, N.C., on Friday. The Hohl family lives a half-mile from the hotel but was concerned about flooding from the Cape Fear River.

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Tropical Storm Florence, 'An Uninvited Brute,' Brings Floods, And At Least 5 Deaths

8:16am September 15, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Hundreds of thousands of customers in North Carolina and South Carolina are without power. One N.C. official warned that part of the state will see "between a 500-year and 1,000-year flood event."

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