Erin remains a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, a slight downtick from late Wednesday, but the reach of its powerful winds expanded overnight. Tropical-storm-force winds now extend up to 320 miles from the hurricane’s center, up from 265 miles as of late Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical...
Hurricane Erin remains a Category 2 storm, roving northeast parallel to the East Coast. While it’s not expected to make landfall, the storm is bringing high seawater levels that could significantly flood coastal areas at high tide — which is forecast between 6-7 a.m. Thursday, just after the National Hurricane Center reported Erin was starting...
Beaches up and down the East Coast are closing or restricting swimming as Hurricane Erin churns up large waves and threatens rip currents. Evacuation orders are in place in the Outer Banks area of North Carolina, where Erin is whipping up the worst of its destructive waves and storm surge. Here is a look at...
‘There is zero life’ Nathan Eatts hasn’t caught a single squid since April. On a good day, Eatts could catch 100 in the waters where he’s fished commercially for 15 years off South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula. Since the harmful algal bloom began, his business, Cape Calamari, has gone “pretty much down to zero,” Eatts said....