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By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Tropical Storm Delta formed Monday and could bring rain to North Carolina later this week. Tropical Depression 26 formed south of Jamaica on Sunday night. On Monday, it became a tropical storm. According to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, the storm is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane over the next three days. Delta is expected to become a Cat. 1 hurricane on Wednesday and is likely to…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A newly formed tropical system in the Caribbean Sea strengthened into Tropical Storm Delta on Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Storm Delta currently has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, but those are expected to increase as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico. The forecast shows Delta moving into the Gulf of Mexico around Tuesday night or Wednesday. Around that same time, it is…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A newly formed tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea could hit Louisiana as a hurricane later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Depression 26 formed Sunday night just south of Jamaica. It currently has sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. The system is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm later Monday. At that point, it would become Tropical Storm Delta. The forecast shows Delta moving into…

Tropical Depression 26 formed in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday night with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The system is expected to become Tropical Storm Delta on Monday and will likely approach the northern Gulf Coast later this week as a hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Depression 26 is currently 75 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica. The system itself moving west-northwest at 9 mph with maximum gusts of 45 mph. We…

MEXICO CITY — At least 6 people died and thousands were evacuated in southeastern Mexico after Tropical Storm Gamma lashed the Yucatan Peninsula’s resort-studded coast with near-hurricane force winds and drenched Tabasco and Chiapas states, authorities said Sunday. Mexico’s civil defense agency said in a statement that four of the deaths, including two children, were in Chiapas, where a landslide on a mountainous slope buried their home. The other two deaths were in Tabasco state,…

SAN FRANCISCO — Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres this year – more than double the previous record for the most land burned in a single year in the state. California fire officials said the state hit the astonishing milestone Sunday with about two months remaining in the fire season. The previous record was set two years ago when wildfires destroyed 1.67 million acres (2,609 square miles). Flames have scorched…

MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Gamma hit the resort-dotted coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula at near-hurricane force on Saturday, flooding streets, knocking down vulnerable buildings and stranding people trying to return from outlying islands. The storm came ashore near Tulum with maximum sustained winds of nearly 70 mph (110 kph) — 4 mph (9 kph short of hurricane force), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. By night, winds had dipped to 60…

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press PARIS — Italian firefighters rescued 25 people trapped on the French side of a high mountain pass by severe flooding that killed two people in Italy, while 15 were stuck in a train station for the night and eight more remained missing Saturday in France. A storm that moved overnight across southeastern France into northwestern Italy caused major flooding on both sides of the border, destroying bridges,…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Tropical Storm Gamma made its way through the Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday. It gained strength over Saturday but was not expected to impact the United States. It is also likely to fall apart after hitting the Gulf of Mexico waters again, meteorologist Zach Maloch said. Gamma strengthened from a Tropical Depression to a Tropical Storm on Friday. As of Saturday’s 8 p.m. report from the National Hurricane Center, the storm…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Tropical Storm Gamma made its way through the Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday. It could become a hurricane soon as it continues to gain strength. It strengthened from a Tropical Depression to a Tropical Storm on Friday. As of Saturday’s 5 p.m. report from the National Hurricane Center, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and was moving northwest at 9 mph. To become classified as a hurricane, a…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Tropical Storm Gamma made its way through the Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday morning. It strengthened from a Tropical Depression to a Tropical Storm on Friday. As of Saturday morning, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was moving at a speed of 9 mph. To become classified as a hurricane, a storm needs to have maximum sustained winds of 74 mph. The storm is bringing showers and…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center & the Associated Press The 25th tropical system of the season that formed in the western Caribbean became Tropical Storm Gamma on Friday night. As of the 8 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Gamma had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. It was heading northwest at 9 mph. It was about 135 miles south southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Officials said Friday night Gamma is heading for Mexico’s Yucatan…

Tropical Depression 25 formed in the northwest Caribbean Friday morning with sustained winds of 35 mph. The government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from Punta Herrero to Cabo Catoche and a Tropical Storm Watch south of Punta Herrero to Puerto Costa Maya and west of Cabo Catoche to Dzilam. The tropical depression could develop into a tropical storm as the system moves northwestward near the north…

A team of firefighters in Oregon has a new member with Jedi powers helping them battle the ongoing fires. The force is with them thanks to 5-year-old Carver, who has a heart of gold. Carver, a young Star Wars fan, sent the Baby Yoda doll to the crews as part of a donation drive. According to WMTW, the 5-year-old wanted to help once he learned about the wildfires in his state. Part of his donation…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO — Flames devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California on Wednesday amid unseasonably hot and dry weather. Officials said wind-whipped flames led two firefighters to deploy the emergency fire shelters they carry. The firefighters were assigned to the Glasser fire burning in wine country north of San Francisco Sunday when gusty off-shore winds fanned the fire, prompting them to deploy their fire shelters after flames overwhelmed them….