In one day, Hurricane Sandy jumped from Category 1 to Category 2 and has killed at least one as she rages through the Caribbean.
The storm made landfall in Cuba early Thursday morning just south of Santiago De Cuba. Sandy has maximum sustained winds of 110 MPH with higher gusts. Continue reading
Hurricane Sandy, predicted by the National Hurricane Center to hit Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas, is on a path to potentially cause problems for the U.S. East Coast.
The Florida Keys and eastern coast of Florida have already been placed under a Tropical Storm Watch. Continue reading
On the seventh anniversary of the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina, the less powerful Hurricane Isaac is hitting New Orleans. However, Isaac has already breached one levee in the city causing flooding of hundreds of homes.
The storm currently is maintaining sustained winds of 80 miles per hour.
Plaquemines Parish spokeswoman Caitlin Campbell said water is currently running over an 18-mile stretch of levee. The storm made landfall in their Parish and then went back out to sea before touching down further west to hit the city a second time. Continue reading
