Megastorm Sandy hits US, at least 13 dead
Megastorm Sandy battered the USEast Coast today with fierce winds and heavy rains, killing at least 13 people and causing a power plant explosion, besides uprooting trees, power lines and plunging muc
Evacuations begin as US braces for huge storm
The US East Coast braced itself to weather one of the worst storms in decades as Hurricane Sandy churned towards the densely populated areas of New York, Washington and Boston and threatened to dump i
Obama cancels campaign events to monitor storm
The White House says President Barack Obama is canceling campaign appearances in Northern Virginia on Monday and Colorado on Tuesday so he can monitor Hurricane Sandy. The storm is currently forecast
Hurricane Sandy grounds thousands of flights
Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast on Monday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe. The massive storm threatens to b
Jet cancels flights, AI flights delayed due to Hurricane Sandy
Jet Airways on Monday cancelled its flights to Newark and Air India ‘indefinitely delayed’ those to New York and Newark due to Hurricane Sandy which is set to hit the East Coast of the United States.
Superstorm Sandy shuts down northeastern US
Millions of Americans in the country's heavily populated East Coast barricaded themselves in to brace up for Hurricane Sandy that will bring 11 feet waves that forecasters say will slam cities like Ne
Issac makes landfall in Louisiana; Gulf Coast braces
Hurricane Isaac made landfall in southeast Louisiana in the US late on Tuesday as Gulf Coast residents hunkered down behind boarded-up windows with stockpiles of food and water, and wind-driven rain l
Hurricane Isaac batters US coast near New Orleans
Hurricane Isaac bore down on New Orleans early on Wednesday after making landfall, seven years to the day after Katrina devastated the 'Big Easy' and killed hundreds along the US Gulf Coast.
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Isaac reaches hurricane strength: Hurricane center
Isaac reached hurricane strength on Tuesday with maximum wind speeds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) as it bore down on the northern US Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricane Carlotta strengthens on path to Mexico
Hurricane Carlotta strengthened to a category two storm on Friday as it barreled toward Mexico's Pacific Coast, US monitors warned.
The storm was packing winds of 105 miles (170 kilometers) per hour