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5 living ex-presidents attend Texas hurricane relief concert
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — All five living former U.S. presidents will be attending a concert Saturday night in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from hurricane devastation in Texas,...
View ArticleSenate presses ahead on $36.5B disaster relief package
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing ahead Monday on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash. The measure also would replenish rapidly...
View ArticleFEMA: Cost of current disaster relief at $200 million per day
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is spending more than $200 million a day responding to recent hurricanes and wildfires, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Congress Tuesday in...
View ArticlePuerto Rico seeks $94 billion in federal aid after hurricane
WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday asked the federal government for $94.4 billion as the island struggles to recover from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria, with much of the U.S....
View ArticleNorth Carolina sending more help to Puerto Rico
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — A group of North Carolina emergency managers left to Puerto Rico Friday morning to assist with recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria. A six-person team gathered at the state...
View ArticleWhitefish Energy stops Puerto Rico power work in pay dispute
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (ABC News) — Whitefish Energy Holdings said late Monday it’s halting work to help restore power in Puerto Rico. That’s because it said the US territory’s government has not paid...
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Recap of the eventful 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
(CNN) — The catastrophic Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Thursday. Ten hurricanes ripped through the Atlantic this year, hurtling through parts of the US and the Caribbean and thrashing...
View ArticlePuerto Rico’s Maria death toll climbs to 64, as FEMA assistance tops $1B
Puerto Rico’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria — which slammed into the U.S. territory September 20 as a Category 4 storm — has risen to 64, the island’s Department of Public Safety (DPS)...
View ArticleOfficials: Nearly half of Puerto Rico clients without power
By DANICA COTO, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico authorities said Friday that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three...
View ArticleUS hits record for costly weather disasters: $306 billion
WASHINGTON (AP) — With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disasters: $306 billion. The U.S....
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World Meteorological Organization retires 4 hurricane names from 2017 season
MIAMI (WWAY) — After they wreaked havoc on the United States and Caribbean in 2017, the World Meteorological Organization has retired four hurricane names: Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate. The...
View ArticleExcavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair...
View ArticleSTUDY: Maria likely led to deaths of more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico
(CBS News) — Hurricane Maria, which pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2017, is likely responsible for the deaths of more than 4,600 people — some 70 times higher than official estimates, U.S....
View Article2018 WWAY StormTrack3 Hurricane Special
The WWAY StormTrack3 Weather Team gets you ready for another storm season with expert advice and a look back at what happened last year, including the lingering impacts. Get more info in the WWAY...
View ArticlePuerto Rico, USVI expect heavy rain from Beryl remnants
YABUCOA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands braced for heavy rains and strong winds Monday as remnants of the new season’s first hurricane provided an initial test of how far...
View ArticleHurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico put at nearly 3,000
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor raised the U.S. territory’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 on Tuesday after an independent study found that the number of...
View ArticleChef who fed hurricane victims in Wilmington up for Nobel Prize
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A chef who came to Wilmington after Florence to feed hurricane victims has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. According to the Washington Post, ever since José Andrés and...
View ArticleWatchdog: FEMA wrongly released personal data of victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially...
View ArticleCeleb chef José Andrés calls fired cafeteria worker a ‘hero’
CANAAN, NH (AP) — The plight of a fired school cafeteria worker in New Hampshire has caught the attention of award-winning chef José Andrés. Bonnie Kimball was fired by a food supply vendor for...
View ArticleTrump signs long-delayed $19.1B disaster aid bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a $19.1 billion disaster aid bill aimed at helping communities across the country bounce back from hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and fires. Trump...
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