Joe Mario Pedersen

CORTES, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 05: The debris of a home remain under the water after the flow of Chamelecon river increased due to the rain caused by tropical storm Eta on November 05, 2020 in Cortes, Honduras. Eta made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Nicaragua causing catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides across some areas of Central America. The hurricane downgraded to tropical storm while hitting Honduras. (Photo by Yoseph Amaya/Getty Images)

Tropical Storm Eta exits Florida for northern journey after leaving path of destruction

November 13, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

Tropical Storm Eta swept through Florida Thursday, ripping roofs apart while also causing flooding and power outages on the state's west coast. Eta made landfall in Cedar Key at 4:20...

Boats that were moved inland for protection are stacked up in the Violet Canal in Violet, La., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta is expected to make landfall in the afternoon as a category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Post Tropical Cyclone Zeta sprints to Northeast US, leaves 6 dead; 2nd system with high odds in Atlantic

October 30, 2020 at 9:56 p.m.

Zeta, now a post-tropical cyclone, blew through the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States at a swift pace as it left behind millions of customers without power and at least six...

Zeta, now a tropical storm, hammers Gulf Coast, bringing floods, knocking out power to 2.2 million in 8 states

October 29, 2020 at 12:38 p.m.

Zeta degenerated to tropical storm as it slammed through Louisiana and Gulf Coast states Wednesday night and into Thursday morning Forecasters predict Zeta will be absorbed into another system over...

Zeta, a hurricane once again, moves to center of Gulf, to strike US coast Wednesday night

October 28, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

Upon entering the warm Gulf of Mexico, Zeta surged into hurricane strength once again Wednesday morning as it took aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast, which it is forecast to...

Tropical Storm Epsilon forms, expected to become Category 1 hurricane this week

October 20, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

Tropical Storm Epsilon spiraled into formation Monday morning in the Atlantic and is forecast to grow into a Category 1 hurricane later this week. Epsilon was 750 miles southeast of...

Alligator climbs up Florida family’s door; cat unimpressed

October 13, 2020 at 5:12 p.m.

Most folks don't expect visitors at night, let alone visitors equipped with scales, claws and rows of sharp teeth like one alligator did disturbing a Sarasota family earlier in October....

A Dirt Cheap store employee spray paints the day's business hours onto a board of plywood in anticipation of Hurricane Sally making landfall, in Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Gulf coast residents are making last minute purchases as they prepare for the expected severe weather from the hurricane. (Lukas Flippo/The Sun Herald, via AP)

Hurricane Sally now a tropical depression, slammed Florida, Gulf Coast with ‘catastrophic flooding’

September 17, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

Hurricane Sally became Tropical Storm Sally by Wednesday afternoon and weakened to a tropical depression that evening after making early morning landfall as a Category 2 storm with 105 mph...

Hurricane Sally makes landfall as slow moving Category 2 bringing ‘historic life-threatening flooding’ to northern Gulf Coast

September 16, 2020 at 10:01 a.m.

As Hurricane Sally takes small steps toward the Alabama-Mississippi coastline, state leaders prepare for enormous and historical flood levels, endangering coastal communities as the storm is forecast to make landfall...

Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with 85 mph winds, 9-foot surge as tropics busy with 6 more systems

September 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

Hurricane Sally lost some steam overnight, but is still a strong Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds as it slogs its way closer to the Gulf Coast bringing with...

Remnants of a city sign lay on the beach damaged by Tropical Storm Laura in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Laura began flinging rain across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Saturday morning and was expected to drench the Dominican Republic, Haiti and parts of Cuba during the day on its westward course. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Laura weakens to tropical depression, leaves deadly path of destruction up Gulf Coast

August 28, 2020 at 9:42 a.m.

Hurricane Laura weakened to a tropical depression in Arkansas Thursday evening after paving a path of destruction throughout Louisiana, with at least four deaths blamed on the storm. Louisiana Gov....

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