Scott Dance

In an update, the National Tsunami Warning Center said: “BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW PASSED.”

The West has for years been adapting to more extreme fires and investing in firefighting resources. In a place like Connecticut, there hasn’t been a reason to consider such steps — until now.

The storm killed in harrowing ways — and left a trail of heartbreak

“You don’t realize how important water is until you don’t have it,” said one of thousands of North Carolinians still without a water supply after Hurricane Helene.

Local leaders had made a contingency plan for a countywide communication outage after Tropical Storm Fred inundated Haywood County in 2021, and this was it: using WPTL’s airwaves to reach residents stranded at home.

Before this scenic, rustic Great Smoky Mountains refuge turned into a trap few residents saw coming, there were signs of Hurricane Helene’s unthinkable potential.

At this time of year, that flood potential amped up by global warming can become especially evident.

New research found hurricanes are stalling more often along vulnerable coastlines, increasing the danger from prolonged rainfall and winds.

Despite early hints of success, an endeavor aptly named Project Stormfury was discontinued in the 1980s.

Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm this week. Cities along the coast, including New Orleans, faced floods, strong winds and storms.