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Isaac becomes full-blown hurricane as it nears New Orleans on Katrina anniversary
Slowing-moving Tropical Storm Isaac gained full-blown Hurricane status as closed in on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Isaac’s winds, rain and storm surge could pose a major test of New Orleans’ new flood control systems and reinforced levees. Forecasts from the U.S. National Hurricane Center showed the storm coming ashore late on Tuesday. (Photos: AP; Getty Images)
Hurricane warning issued for eastern Newfoundland
A hurricane warning has been issued for Newfoundland’s east coast as Hurricane Maria has picked up speed and power as it churns its way north.
On Friday morning, Environment Canada issued a hurricane warning for the southern Avalon region and a tropical storm warning for the northern Avalon, Burin and Bona Vista peninsulas.
Hurricane force winds were expected to hit Newfoundland Friday afternoon, Environment Canada said. (Photo: NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
Over the weekend hurricane Irene wrecked havoc across the east coast of the United States and Canada. Below, a graphical look at the damage and death. Click the image for a larger version or click here for the PDF.
Powerful Hurricane Irene poised to hit southeast U.S.
A strengthening Hurricane Irene churned on a northwest track toward the Southeast United States on Tuesday, threatening the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous surf.
While the U.S. National Hurricane Center’s five-day forecast now sees a possible landfall in North Carolina this weekend, forecasters have been cautioning that such projections can have a margin of error of as much as 400 kilometres.
