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Tropical Storm Nicholas was expected to bring high winds and heavy rain to the middle and upper Texas coasts late Monday night and Tuesday, less than two weeks after Hurricane Ida whipped nearby Louisiana. Nicholas was located about 130 miles (205 km) northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, on Sunday, packing maximum …

Four oil refineries in Louisiana have initiated the restart process since Saturday after Hurricane Ida knocked out most of the state’s oil processing, while five have yet to resume operations. In the last 24 hours, all three oil refineries in the Baton Rouge area and one near New Orleans have …

Hurricane Ida’s death toll rose on Saturday, nearly a week after making landfall in Louisiana, with two more evacuated nursing home residents among the confirmed dead, authorities said. Northeastern states started the Labor Day holiday weekend digging through debris left by the deadly deluge that killed more than 44 people …

A stunned US East Coast woke to a rising death toll, surging rivers and destruction after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, filling low-lying apartments with water and turning roads into car-swallowing canals. At least 12 people died in New York City in flooding caused …

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, forcing those who did not flee to brace themselves for the toughest test yet of the billions of dollars spent on levee upgrades following Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago. Ida gathered strength overnight and made …

Ida could be worst direct hit in 170 years, governor says Storm surge, flooding rains to reach inland communities Hurricane Ida was on the verge of making landfall in the United States on Sunday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm that could plunge much of the Louisiana shoreline underwater …

Hospitals in the Southeast are running low on oxygen, with the worst-hit left only 12 to 24 hours’ worth, said Premier Inc., a hospital-supply purchasing group. This comes amid the region’s struggle over the summer with high numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Now Hurricane Ida is set to hit …

Hurricane Ida has been graded as a category four storm capable of “catastrophic” damage even more devastating than Katrina. Thousands on the south coast of the US are bracing themselves before Hurricane Ida is expected to slam ashore this weekend. It’s set to bring winds reaching 140mph (225kph) with torrential …

Tropical Storm Ida strengthened into a hurricane and made landfall over the Isle of Youth in Cuba on Friday as it heads toward the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. The storm is forecast to become increasingly dangerous throughout Saturday and is expected to make landfall over the coast of Louisiana …