Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday morning after “rapidly intensifying” in strength in a matter of hours. Residents along the coast of Guerrero state, which includes the beach resort town of Acapulco, scrambled to prepare for the hurricane’s landfall. Meteorologists were expecting Otis to be a
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Argentina’s central Córdoba province on Tuesday as wildfires grew amid an intense heat wave. Harrowing footage and photos posted to social media showed a massive wall of fire quickly encroaching on populated areas as hundreds of firefighters worked
Thousands of Maritime residents are still without power Sunday morning as post-tropical storm Lee makes its way out of the region and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. As of 6 p.m., Nova Scotia Power was reporting more than 33,000 customers were still without power, and NB Power was reporting over 3,000 customers in the
The Canadian Hurricane Centre says Hurricane Lee is now on its anticipated northward course toward Canada’s Maritime provinces and the state of Maine. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the storm was about 675 kilometres south-southwest of Bermuda, moving north-northwest at around 25 km/h, with maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h.“This hurricane is quite large and
The latest track from the Canadian Hurricane Centre suggests Hurricane Lee could strike Nova Scotia early Sunday morning. The track shows Lee making landfall in southwestern Nova Scotia as a post-tropical storm around 3 a.m. that day, though the Atlantic provinces will likely feel its impacts through rain, wind and high waves in the days
Hurricane Franklin is forecast to become the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of the season on Monday and is on track to pass close to Bermuda on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. At around 11 p.m. Eastern time (0300 GMT), Franklin was about 530 miles (855 km) southwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds nearing 105 mph (165 kph)
Stargazers in the northern hemisphere can expect a treat this weekend as the peak of the Perseid meteor shower nearly coincides with the new moon, making the backdrop of the light show especially dark. Just going outside and looking up will be enough to see the show Saturday night and Sunday morning, but for the
The search continues for four missing people – two children, a youth and an adult – after two vehicles were submerged under water in the Hants County region on Saturday due to flooding from heavy rainfall that pounded Nova Scotia this weekend. In one instance, three of five people in a vehicle escaped flood waters
About 150 residents have been displaced from their homes as flash flooding caused by heavy rain has resulted in a significant amount of damage in the Halifax area. In a 1 p.m. update from the Halifax Regional Municipality on Saturday, residents were being told to avoid driving as several roads were washed out as cars
Halifax drivers were experiencing frightening conditions Friday as heavy rain from thunderstorms resulted in the flooding of busy roads and highways throughout the municipality. A torrential downpour, accompanied by persistent thunder and lightning, started around 3:30 p.m. Friday. By 8 p.m., the rain was still coming down in buckets, causing chaos for drivers and home