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Hurricane Idalia storms across Cuba as DeSantis expands state of emergency for Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a state of emergency to cover more counties as the Sunshine State prepares for the storm to make landfall Wednesday

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Tropical Storm Franklin brings 'life-threatening flooding' to Dominican Republic and Haiti

“The population of the Dominican Republic must all be right now, without exception, in their homes, the homes of friends and family, or in shelters,” said Juan Manuel Méndez, emergency operations director

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Golden State survives Tropical Storm Hilary and 5.1 magnitude earthquake with no death toll

No deaths or major storm damage have since been reported in the Los Angeles area although other area municipalities are still assessing the damage

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Vanished: 850 people missing as Maui wildfire search and rescue continues

A minimum of 114 people have been confirmed dead and 850 people remain missing after Hawaiian wildfires ravaged western part of Maui

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California expected to be hit by Hurricane Hilary this weekend

If the Hilary makes landfall as a tropical storm in California, it would be the first storm to do so in almost 84 years

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Maui officials defend not activating sirens during wildfire, say some could not have been saved

Hawaiians are trained to seek higher ground when tsunami warnings go off. If the alarms had gone off, residents would have fled towards the fast-moving fire, instead of away from it, they said

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Maui fires now deadliest in modern U.S. history with 96 casualties

The death toll of the fire surpassed the 85 casualties from the 2019 Camp Fire in Northern California, making the Maui wildfires the deadliest in the past century

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NOAA predicts 'above normal' hurricane season due to rising ocean temperatures and El Niño

The agency predicted that there is a 60% chance that the hurricane season for this summer and fall will be above normal

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Hawaii Fire: Death toll rises to 55 with 1,000 missing and a thousand structures damaged or destroyed

As of Wednesday evening, at least 36 had died from the fire, making it the deadliest U.S. fire since 2018, when at least 85 people were killed in a fire in California

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Severe East Coast storms leave 1 million without power, kill at least 2

Multiple tornado watches were also issued on Monday, covering a large area from western Tennessee and Kentucky, into Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, affecting over 30 million people