Extreme Weather UPDATE: Recent Episodes
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Ken Graham, from the National Hurricane Center, gives us the latest update on Hurricane Isaias
The Palm Beach Post's weather reporter, Kim Miller, talks with Michael Brennan at the National Hurricane Center in Miami at the start of the 2019 hurricane season. Brennan is the Branch Chief of the Hurricane Specialist Unit at the NHC and explains the new satellite imagery from the GOES-East satellite, which provides quicker observation when storms are forming.
The Palm Beach Post's weather reporter Kim Miller meets with National Weather Service Meteorologist Robert Molleda at the National Hurricane Center in Miami at the start of the 2019 hurricane season. Molleda explains the hurricane forecast cone and the newly added yellow portion of the cone graphic.
The Palm Beach Post weather reporter, Kim Miller, talks with National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham, at the start of the 2019 hurricane season, on storm surge and the danger of rising water during hurricanes. Graham explains the National Hurricane Center's updated maps and graphics which include an updated storm surge map and an improved forecast tracking map.
The Palm Beach Post's weather reporter Kim Miller shares best tips for your hurricane plan and survival kit. Learn how to be prepared for an emergency and an upcoming storm.
The system was upgraded to Tropical Storm Barry as of the 10 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
The dawdling tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2019 season within the next two days.
Hurricane Michael came ashore this afternoon with massive devastation to the Panama City and Mexico Beach area. Storm surge caused flooding in Apalachicola and was the most powerful ever recorded to hit the Panhandle.
Carlos Munoz of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune says there has been damage in that region, even if the effects aren't as severe as near Panama City.
Palm Beach Post weather reporter Kimberly Miller talks about the massive storm as it makes landfall.
Reporter Heather Osbourne reports from just outside Apalachicola, telling about her drive along the Panhandle. She also talked to a man on a remote island who built a home he thinks can withstand the storm's fury..
From the National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Michael strengthened overnight into a Category 4 storm
LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL IMMINENT
Hurricane Michael has gotten even stronger according to the 10 pm NHC update. The maximum sustained winds have increased from 120 mph to 125 mph. The minimum central pressure has dropped making the storm stronger to 947 millibars.
The National Hurricane Center has released the 7 p.m update on Hurricane Michael.
The storm remains with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and 953 millibars for the minimum central pressure.
Michael is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some additional strengthening is expected, and Michael is forecast to be a major hurricane at landfall in Florida. Weakening is expected after landfall as Michael moves through the southeastern United States.
Weather reporter Kimberly Miller of the Palm Beach Post explains why Hurricane Michael should turn right once it comes over the Panhanlde and Big Bend region.
According to the latest National Hurricane Advisory, the powerful storm is picking up steam as it moves toward the Florida Panhandle.
Experts warn it could become a Category 3 or even 4 by the time it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon.
7 a.m. NOAA advisory: Hurricane Michael at Category 2, expected to make landfall mid-day Wednesday somewhere between Panama City and Big Bend area of Florida panhandle.
7 a.m. Michael is now a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. The central pressure dropped slightly to 968 millibars.
The National Hurricane Center's 10 p.m. update reports a continued strengthening. It is about 485 miles south of Panama City. Maximum sustained winds have climbed to 90 mph and the central pressure remains at 970 millibars.
Michael is moving toward the north near 12 mph (19 km/h). A northward to north-northwestward motion at a slightly faster forward speed is expected through Tuesday night, followed by a northeastward motion on Wednesday and Thursday. On the forecast track, the center of Michael will move over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico tonight, then move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday and Tuesday night.
1 P.M.: Advisory 8A has Hurricane Michael about 20 miles southwest of the western tip of Cuba.
Highest winds remain 75 mph, but the barometric pressure has fallen to 978mb.
Michael has intensified into a hurricane and the National Weather Service has issued a hurricane watch for most of the Florida Panhandle and the Big Bend.
Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties are included in the hurricane watch.
At 11 a.m. Michael was about 50 miles south of the western tip of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Movement was to the north at 7 mph and the central pressure was 982 millibars
From The Fayetteville Observer:
Florence is gone. It's effects in the Gatehouse Media circulation area will be felt for weeks and months and even years.
From The Fayetteville Observer
Florence is now a tropical storm, but it's still causing damage and bringing misery to folks in southeastern North Carolina. Flood watches and warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service throughout the Gatehouse Media circulation areas.
From The Fayetteville Observer
Hurricane Florence is no more. It's now Tropical Storm Florence. It's aftermath is expected to bring catastrophic flooding over North and South Carolina says the National Hurricane Center.
From The Fayetteville Observer
As of about 2 p.m. in Cumberland County, there's been about 2 inches of rain as a result of Hurricane Florence.
Before the storm has passed, Cumberland County could get 15 to 23 inches. Other places in the Gatehouse Media circulation area may see even more. Major flooding is expected along the Cape Fear, Little and Lumber Rivers.
HURRICANE FLORENCE UPDATE - Friday September 14 - 1PM - Hunter Ingram from Wilmington Star News gives an update on Hurricane Florence.
From The Fayetteville Observer
Hurricane Florence came ashore in Wrightsville Beach before 8 a.m. on Friday. It had become a Category 1 storm by that time with maximum sustained winds at 90 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
As expected, Florence is bringing lots of rain and massive power outages throughout Gatehouse Media coverage areas.
HURRICANE FLORENCE UPDATE - Friday September 14 - 9AM - Hunter Ingram from Wilmington Star News gives an update on Hurricane Florence.
From The Fayetteville Observer
The past week has been spent watching Hurricane Florence work its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, the unwelcome guest is knocking at the door, promising to bring high winds, lots and lots of rain, power outages and misery.
From The Fayetteville Observer
In Fayetteville, it's cloudy, leaves on trees are rustling. No rain yet. But folks around here are well aware that Hurricane Florence and its drenching rains are headed this way. The massive storm already is being felt along the coast of North Carolina.
Storm is still a category 2 storm about 130 miles east southeast of Wilmington moving even slower than this morning at 10 mph and winds have decreased to 105 mph
From The Fayetteville Observer
Hurricane Florence was downgraded to Category 2 overnight, but forecasters and government officials warn that the massive storm is still dangerous. It's still expected to bring 20 to 35 inches of rain and high winds to coastal areas of North and South Carolina over the next couple of days. Inland areas will be drenched as well.
The National Hurricane Center is reporting SQUALLY RAIN BANDS WITH TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS MOVING ONSHORE OF THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. It is still a category 2 storm and Florence's eye was located about 170 miles east-southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina, moving northwestward.
Hunter Ingram from the Wilmington Star News and Starnewsonline.com gives an update on Hurricane Florence.
Florence is currently a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Strengthening is forecast through tonight. An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft is currently investigating the hurricane.
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER - - HURRICANE FLORENCE UPDATE - Wednesday Sept. 12 - 7AM
From The Fayetteville Observer
Outside the Fayetteville Observer, it's a humid 75 degrees. Skies are partly cloud. Trucks carrying the latest edition of the paper are leaving the loading dock. A typical night at Gatehouse newspapers across the Carolinas.
That's about a change ... really change. Hurricane Florence is coming.
Florence is still a Category 4 storm as of 5 p.m EST Sept. 11, 2018 with maximum sustained winds that have increased to nearly 140 mph with higher gusts.
Hurricane Florence continues barreling toward the Carolinas with its sights set on Wilmington and Fayetteville.
From The Fayetteville Observer.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called Hurricane Florence a "monster" at a news conference in Raleigh on Tuesday afternoon.
In Fayetteville on Tuesday afternoon, the sun was shining and it was a typical mid-September day in the Cape Fear region. In Wilmington, near where the storm may hit, surfers were seen taking advantage of the the higher waves as Florence churned well out in the Atlantic Ocean.