Hurricane

A bomb cyclone is reportedly expected to descend upon the West Coast. Newsweek breaks down what this means and how it could affect you.

The 2021 hurricane season is on track to run out of names from a list of 21.

Category 4 Hurricane Sam is set to become one of the longest sustained storms in recent memory.

"You never know, particularly with the way the world is acting right now, when that flood is going to occur in your neighborhood," a FEMA spokesperson said.

The city has implemented "Operation Mardi Gras," a garbage cleanup strategy much like the one used after Mardi Gras celebrations.

A woman filmed the long line of cars at the eatery on the outskirts of Houston as the state was battered by tropical storm Nicholas.

"To the extent to which we notice this is an American issue, the extent to which America begins to deal with climate and with those related disparities, is the degree to which a place like New Orleans can survive appropriately," Steve Cochran of the Environmental Defense Fund told Newsweek.

Though Nicholas has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, it has caused massive damage along the Gulf Coast.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said that Tropical Storm Nicholas had strengthened into a hurricane which is heading towards the northeast.

Hurricane names beginning with the letter "I" are the most likely to have been retired.

Tropical Storm Nicholas is set to batter Texas with hurricane-speed winds and flash flooding.

"As we move into those harder-hit areas, the effort to restore customers becomes greater," said Phillip May, chief executive of Entergy Louisiana.

Residents that live in flooding-prone areas were evacuated by emergency workers to shelters, while tourists were forced to wait out the storm in their hotels.

"What is this going to look like a month from now? Are people going to start canceling contracts because people relocated?" one owner asked.

The three-minute-long clip shows just how much destruction can be caused in a short amount of time, as Hurricane Ida rolled through a New Jersey neighborhood.

The mobile diner had headed to disaster-struck Louisiana to feed residents, thousands of whom are still without power following Hurricane Ida.

"Groups from all over the Gulf South converged to help rescue the injured dolphin," according to a Facebook post from the Slidell Police Department.

Some have suggested the president may have confused a derecho (a wind storm) with a tornado during a press conference in New Jersey.

The Louisiana Department of Health said each of the nursing homes "clearly failed to execute their emergency preparedness plans to provide essential care and services."

At least 10 people residing in illegal basement apartments died last week when New York City was hit with record rains and flash flooding.

"This isn't just about hospitals and nursing homes," Graves, a Louisiana Republican, said. "Electricity is literally the difference between life and death."

"Larry is expected to remain a major hurricane through the middle of this week," said the National Hurricane Center on Sunday.

"Nobody needed to lose their life over freakin' gas," said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto.

"We only had five deaths within the six days," nursing home owner Bob Dean reportedly said. "Normally with 850 people you'll have a couple a day."

Biden said during a briefing that the administration was working to get millions of meals and water rations to affected areas, and pledged to deploy additional federal assistance to help power restorations.

Biden is expected to meet with local leaders during his Louisiana visit to survey the damage from Hurricane Ida.

Pop icon Britney Spears dedicated her Instagram post to her home state of Louisiana, where Hurricane Ida made landfall.

More than a million people were left without power in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida made landfall in the state on Sunday.

The president promised residents of Louisiana and Mississippi: "We're going to stand with you for as long as it takes to recover and allow you to rebuild."

New York residents took to social media to document the historic weather event.