hurricanes and tropical storms
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The levees that saved New Orleans from Hurricane Isaac weren't built by private investors - Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to reach the mid-Atlantic by early next week, but only drop a sprinkling of rain on Maryland.
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- Forecasters are watching two systems aside from Hurricane Isaac, though one, Tropical Storm Kirk, isn't expected to reach land.
- Hurricane Andrew was the first named storm of 1992, showing that storm frequency and intensity don't always correlate.
- Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to track through the Gulf of Mexico and reach the Florida panhandle Wednesday.
- Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico early next week, but some disagree with the forecast.
- I had a moment looking around my living room this morning where I thought it looked like a tornado had hit. Maybe it was actually Tropical Storm Isaac.
- A tropical system moving across the Atlantic has 80 percent odds of becoming Tropical Storm Isaac and could reach the U.S. coast.
- The emergency scenario that played out Tuesday morning in Maryland's capital city was a drill aimed at testing the city's response to a mock disaster — a response that Kevin Simmons, emergency operations chief, said went "really well."
- Tropical Storm Gordon formed early Thursday but is expected to remain at sea, not affecting the U.S.
- NOAA raised predictions for a busy Atlantic hurricane season despite an El Nino pattern expected to set in by September.
- Ernesto is expected to hit Mexico as a hurricane as forecasters eye two other tropical systems that could develop into tropical storms.
- Tropical Storm Ernesto could form Friday, stirring what has been a quiet start to the Atlantic hurricane season.
- About 250 people gathered at a public hearing on BGE accountability Tuesday night in Ellicott City. About 30 complained of chronic, prolonged power outages that have been ignored by the electrical company
- Severe hurricanes are rare in July, and one has never struck the mid-Atlantic this month.
- Four heat-related deaths were reported Wednesday in Maryland, bringing the heat wave and storms' death toll to 11.
- Seven deaths have been linked to a heat wave and related derecho storm that tore through Maryland, and politicians are urging utilities to speed their work.
- State officials need to closely scrutinize BGE's and Pepco's performance following last week's storm — and their follow-up communications with customers.
- Deadly storm leaves 257,000 still powerless in 100-degree heat
- More than 308,000 BGE customers remained without power Sunday, and some should be prepared to wait days for it to be restored, following deadly storms that ripped through Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic, weather and emergency management officials said.
- The violence of Friday night's storm blindsided everyone from meteorologists to utility crews.
- The flooding in Harford and Cecil counties caused by Tropical Storm Agnes 40 years ago this week is considered among the worst of all time in both Harford and Cecil counties.
- The Hampden Hurricane at the The Food Market: a subtle twist on a New Orleans favorite
