Royal Navy provides support for Honduras hurricane aid relief

Royal Navy Merlin and Wildcat helicopters fly crucial recon missions alongside US forces in Honduras as part of relief operation after devastating hurricanes Eta and Iota left millions homeless RFA Argus is providing support for the US Army’s aid efforts in Honduras  Four helicopters from the vessel are flying reconnaissance missions in the area US … Read more

Hurricane Eta crashes through Nicaragua as  Category 4 storm heads towards the Gulf states

Hurricane Eta churned inland through northeast Nicaragua last night with devastating winds and rains that destroyed rooftops, caused rivers to overflow and left at least three people dead in the region. The hurricane had sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph), according to the US National Hurricane Center, down from an overnight peak of 150 … Read more

UK weather: Tail end of Hurricane Zeta will dump up to a foot of rain on Britain

Britain will be drenched in nearly a FOOT of rain in the next three days as remnants of tropical Hurricane Zeta hit after ‘danger to life’ flood warning is issued for Halloween Met Office warnings have been issued from today until Sunday, covering Wales and North West England, Worst-affected areas getting up to 250mm (10in) … Read more

WWII pilot’s daughter takes to the skies in Hurricane he flew to defend Britain

WWII pilot’s daughter takes to the skies in Hurricane he flew to defend Britain in WWII to honour his memory and his ‘mates who didn’t come back’ Eugenie Brooks, 55, flew her father John’s Hawker Hurricane over RAF Manston  John flew the plane with the 174 (Mauritius) squadron during Second World War Fighter pilot also … Read more

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall on Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, made landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico late on Monday while lashing the resorts around Tulum with rain and wind. The US National Hurricane Centre said Zeta came ashore just north of Tulum with maximum sustained winds … Read more

Drone footage shows homes destroyed by Hurricane Laura now flooded by Delta that left two dead

Drone footage has captured the devastation of homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Laura now flooded by Hurricane Delta that left two people dead and nearly 370,000 without power.  Gov John Bel Edwards said Sunday an 86-year-old man from St Martin Parish died in a fire that started after he refueled a power generator in … Read more

Hurricane Delta smashes into Cancun as 40,000 tourists are placed in evacuation shelters

Hurricane Delta has ruined dream vacations for thousands of tourists who were forced to pack into crowded emergency shelters rife with risk of spreading coronavirus as fierce winds and torrential rains battered Mexico’s top resort destination in Cancun.     Delta made landfall at about 5.30am as an extremely dangerous Category 2 storm with winds of up … Read more

Thousands of starfish washed ashore on Florida beach after Hurricane Sally hit last week

Thousands of starfish washed ashore on Florida beach after Hurricane Sally ripped through the area last week Hurricane Sally made landfall last week in the Gulf Shore regions of the US It brought intense rain, flooding and a water surge that left marine animals stranded on Navarre Beach that sits in the northwest panhandle of … Read more

JANE FRYER: Bravery in the eye of a hurricane

As we roar down the runway at Biggin Hill Airport in an 80-year-old Hawker Hurricane, propellers a blur, sun burning through the canopy, parachutes firmly strapped to our backs and the noise so deafening that it judders through bones, brains and bowels, those pitifully young pilots of the Battle of Britain couldn’t feel closer. I … Read more

Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in Louisiana and says he knows the state will ‘rebuild it fast’

President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura as he traveled to Louisiana and then Texas to inspect the cleanup response.  The president had words of encouragement for Louisiana as he said he knew the state would ‘rebuild it fast’ and praised the work of first responders and law … Read more