An announcement that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are possible. Because hurricane preparedness activities become ...

How to tell children about hurricanes Explain that hurricanes ... If possible, it is helpful to include games and other activities that are familiar to the children. “You wouldn't want to ...

It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

Tropical Storm Helene is rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to become a hurricane while moving north ...

Tropical Storm Helene was rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and expected to become a hurricane Wednesday while ...

Leon County Schools has decided to cut Wednesday operations short and cancel school Thursday and Friday ahead of Tropical Storm Helene.

In Boston, Aldrich’s children were tested for lead, a city requirement. Levels of the toxic metal in their blood had tripled while they were in New Orleans, where floodwater and post-hurricane ...

Hurricane season is already underway in Florida, so making sure your loved ones and your home are prepared can make all the difference when a storm hits. However, with differing advice circulating ...

Expect an above-average hurricane season, forecasters say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hurricane season in the Atlantic ...

Forecasters are calling for the last two weeks of September — typically one of the busiest phases of any given hurricane season — to reach normal levels of activity. In their two-week outlook ...

10 but all afterschool activities, sports and clubs have been canceled and will be rescheduled. Northshore Kids Academy in Slidell will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 11, and Thursday, Sept.