World & Nation
Bermuda was lashed Sunday by gusting winds and pelting rains from a weakening Hurricane Joaquin as its spinning center tracked just west of the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination after plowing through the Bahamas as a major storm.
Oct. 4, 2015
Powerful Hurricane Joaquin bore down Thursday on the lightly populated islands of the central and eastern Bahamas, and forecasters said it could grow more intense while following a path that would near the U.S.
Oct. 1, 2015
MIAMI _ When the cargo ship El Faro left Jacksonville, Fla., for its regular run to Puerto Rico, its owners considered a tropical storm named Joaquin drifting near the Bahamas nothing that the rugged 790-foot vessel and its experienced 33-member crew couldn’t handle.tmpplchld The forecast changed as soon as the massive ship set sail but its course _ the shortest, straightest shot across the Atlantic to offload containers _ never did.tmpplchld In the face of increasingly ominous warnings about Hurricane Joaquin from the National Hurricane Center, tracking data shows that the El Faro steered almost directly into the strengthening eye of a major hurricane, a decision that appears to have contributed to one of the worst cargo-ship accidents off the U.S. coast in decades.tmpplchld On Monday, the U.S Coast Guard confirmed the worst fears of families awaiting word in the ship’s homeport of Jacksonville: The massive ship, missing since a last communication Thursday, sank.
Oct. 5, 2015
MIAMI _ Hurricane Joaquin could strengthen to a major hurricane over the next three days, but National Hurricane Center forecasters say it is too soon to tell whether the slow-moving storm will head toward the U.S. coastline or back out to sea.tmpplchld At 11 a.m.
Sept. 30, 2015
Hurricane Joaquin began battering the Bahamas early Thursday with powerful winds topping 120 mph, National Hurricane Center forecaster said.tmpplchld At 8 a.m., the storm was located about 10 miles north of Samana Cays.
Sports
Hurricane Joaquin will not stop college football or NFL games from taking place this weekend.
Oct. 2, 2015
Hurricane Joaquin headed toward the Bahamas on a path that could bring it to the East Coast next week, forecasters said Wednesday.
The NFL is monitoring the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region and has been in contact with the Eagles and Washington Redskins about scheduling contingencies for their game Sunday in Landover, Md.tmpplchld Hurricane Joaquin has the potential to be a significant storm in the region.
An intensive, dawn-to-dark search Saturday turned up a life ring but no other sign of a cargo ship with 33 people on board that lost power and communications off the southeastern Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin.
SARASOTA, Fla. _ The southeastern U.S. coast was likely to be spared the wrath of Hurricane Joaquin, but rainfall from a low pressure system drenched several states Saturday.tmpplchld Flood warnings were posted in several coastal states.tmpplchld One of the worst hit was South Carolina, which the U.S.
Oct. 3, 2015