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Panic, hoarding in Hawaii as Hurricane Lane bears down

Jolyn Rosa, Reuters
Posted at Aug 23 08:46 AM

Fearful Hawaii residents stocked up on water and gasoline on Wednesday as Hurricane Lane bore down on the US islands with high winds, lashing rains and the potential to trigger "life threatening" flooding and landslides. Read more »

Hurricane Lane strengthens to Category 5 as it heads for Hawaii

Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 09:16 PM

HONOLULU - Hurricane Lane strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday as it charged toward Hawaii where residents braced for "life threatening" winds and flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.   Read more »

Puerto Rico says hurricane-linked deaths may top 1,400

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 12:50 AM

Puerto Rico for the first time has told Congress that its 1,427 additional deaths last year compared to 2016 may have resulted from Hurricane Maria, a dramatic spike from the official toll of 64. Read more »

Hurricane Hector barrels towards Hawaii

Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 11:50 PM

Hurricane Hector regained strength in the eastern Pacific late on Sunday and swelled into a Category 4 storm again with sustained 140 mph winds as it stayed on target to possibly hit Hawaii by midweek, officials said. Read more »

First Atlantic hurricane puts Dominica on alert

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 11:05 AM

The Caribbean island of Dominica, ravaged by the deadly passage of Hurricane Maria last year, was again under a hurricane watch Friday as the first such storm of the 2018 Atlantic season moved toward the Lesser Antilles. Read more »

Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico, 70 times official toll: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 30 04:10 AM

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, US researchers said Tuesday. Read more »

Pinay hurricane hero needs kidney donor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 11:26 AM

A Filipina nurse, who is considered one of the heroes of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy disaster in the US, is in need of a kidney donor to save her life.  Read more »

Movie review: 'Hurricane Heist' is a wacky disaster hybrid

Fred Hawson
Posted at Mar 18 06:44 PM

The newer disaster movies try to inject elements of other film genres to somehow make them more distinctive, which may or may not succeed. Read more »