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‘Worse than Harvey’: State of disaster is declared in Texas where a young man has died after being struck by lightning while trying to rescue people from ‘catastrophic’ floodwaters, and where gators are seen lurking in front yards
A total of 28 inches of rain has fallen on parts of Texas and forecasters predict up to 35 inches through Friday Authorities describe it as ‘worse than Hurricane Harvey’ – the most extreme flooding event in US history Dozens of people have needed to be rescued, and parts of the state are completely... »
Bahamas braces to be battered by Humberto: Tropical storm eyes already devastated Caribbean islands threatening to dump up to six inches of rain and sparking fears it will devastate relief efforts as residents recover from Hurricane Dorian
The Bahamas is facing a fresh tropical storm on Saturday, complicating relief efforts after Hurricane Dorian The storm, dubbed Humberto, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, moving near the northwestern Bahamas on Saturday before shifting to offshore Florida after the weekend Humberto was about 30 miles northeast of Great Abaco Island moving northwest... »
Bahamas, Florida (And Alabama) Face More Devastation As Tropical Cyclone Looms
Via Wunderground.com, ZeroHedge.com Fri, 09/13/2019 Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is likely to become a tropical depression or tropical storm by Friday night and will pose a threat to the Bahamas, Florida and possibly other parts of the southern United States, including areas devastated by Hurricane Dorian. A “potential tropical cyclone” allows the National Hurricane... »
Hundreds of terrified North Carolina residents are trapped, some in their attics, as floodwaters from Hurricane Dorian rise and the Category 1 storm heads north for Nova Scotia
Hurricane Dorian’s fury felt by people in North Carolina after floodwaters forced many to climb into their attics and hundreds were feared to be trapped by the high water Neighbors rescued one another from homes in Ocracoke Island, as medics and other rescuers raced to try to help those who made the mistake of... »
‘Only animals can live here’: Desperate Bahamians try to flee after Dorian’s devastation leaves 70,000 homeless and armed militias roaming the fetid streets with hundreds of people still missing
Bahamian government says official death toll has risen from 30 to 43, though officials expect the number to significantly jump Severe flooding in aftermath of Hurricane Dorian has slowed rescue and recovery efforts throughout the archipelago Hundreds of residents who had their houses obliterated waited at the port in Grand Abaco on Friday in... »
Dorian makes landfall in the Carolinas: Hurricane that has killed at least four in the US reaches the Outer Banks with 90mph winds while 415,000 homes and businesses are STILL without power
Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a Category 1 storm over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina at 8.35am EDT At least four people have died in the US after the hurricane struck both North and South Carolina It has spurned tornadoes, with one in North Carolina damaging scores of trailers at a campground in Emerald Isle,... »
Bahamas father puts his boy on a roof top to save him from a shark circling in Dorian flood water – only for the child to be swept away by howling winds as he screamed ‘daddy’
Floods had risen to roof level in Murphy Town on Abaco island in the Bahamas He put his five-year-old boy, Adrian Farrington Jr., on roof to avoid sharks Had to leave his son and swam to a church where he saw 12 people crushed By RYAN FAHEY DAILYMAIL.COM 6 September 2019 A father has... »
‘People are shooting each other for food and water’: Bahamas Hurricane Dorian death toll will be ‘staggering’ with THOUSANDS still missing as bodies pile up and militias are formed to stop looting
Government has deployed extra security to Bahamas northern islands amid reports of looting and violence Corpses have piled up and officials have ordered in hundreds of body bags as death toll expected to climb Officials are now evacuating people to capital in Nassau but efforts are hampered by flooded airport runways Up to 70,000... »
Dorian’s destruction: Bahamas faces a humanitarian crisis with 70,000 needing ‘life-saving assistance’ and at least 20 dead as the extent of damage wrought by the Category 5 hurricane is surveyed by locals who say ‘everything is gone’
A massive international relief effort ramped up on Thursday in the Abaco islands and Grand Bahama Dorian struck the Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm on Sunday unleashed 185mph winds and torrential rains on the island over the following two days An unknown number of people were trapped in their homes for days... »
Dorian blasts the Carolinas as a Category 3 storm with 120mph winds, ‘life threatening’ floods, tornadoes and leaves 200,000 without power and could become the first hurricane to make landfall there since 1996
Hurricane Dorian strengthened to Category 3 on Wednesday night as it headed up the coast of Carolinas Forecasters said Thursday Hurricane Dorian may bring ‘potentially life threatening storm surge’ of up to 8ft There could also be up to a foot of rainfall across Eastern North Carolina, raising concerns of flash flooding SC Emergency... »
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