Month: June 2020

RALEIGH (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Cristobal has formed in the Gulf of Meixco, setting a record for the earliest C-name storm ever. Cristobal formed three days earlier than Colin formed in 2016. According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Cristobal has maximum sustained winds at 40 miles per hour. The storm is located in the south of the Gulf of Mexico, in the Bay of Campeche. It continues to move very slowly but is…

By the time the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, two named storms had already developed in the tropics. Here is a look at all the names for this year, which were recycled from the 2014 hurricane season. The names are numbered in the order of which they will be used. Arthur Bertha Cristobal Dolly Edouard Fay Gonzalo Hanna Isaias Josephine Kyle Laura Marco Nana Omar Paulette Rene Sally Teddy Vicky Wilfred What’s…

Those black boxes you’re seeing across social media Tuesday may be doing more harm than good, some activists and celebrities have said. The campaign was initially started by two music … Click to Continue »

RALEIGH (WTVD) — A tropical system developing in the Gulf of Mexico could be a record setting storm. According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Depression Three could soon develop into Tropical Storm Cristobal. If that happens before Friday, June 5, it will be the earliest C-named storm to develop since records started being kept in 1851. As of Tuesday morning, the storm is located in the south of the Gulf of Mexico, in the…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Rains from Tropical Storm Amanda left at least 17 dead and seven missing while causing extensive damage across El Salvador and Guatemala that pushed thousands of people into shelters amid the coronavirus pandemic. EL Salvador Interior Minister Mario Durán said Monday some 7,000 people were scattered across 154 shelters. He said a quarter of the rain that the country normally receives in a year fell in 70 hours. That set…