LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead and a minimum of 2,800 injured. The updated figures from Haiti’s Office of Civil Protection follow a previous count of 304 dead. The office’s director, Jerry Chandler, said rescuers are…

Fred downgraded into a tropical depression overnight Wednesday into Thursday but could return to tropical storm strength as it approaches Florida. The video above shows Fred, then a tropical storm, dumping rain in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Wednesday. The storm weakened back to depression as it was moving over Haiti and the Dominican Republic. However,…

Tropical Storm Fred became the sixth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season Tuesday night and moved through the Dominican Republic and Haiti Wednesday. The picture above shows the National Hurricane Center’s prediction for the patch of the storm. As of 11:00 a.m. EST, a tropical storm warning was in effect for the Dominican Republic…

New York City continued to see heavy rain and winds into Friday morning, as Tropical Storm Elsa moved through America’s largest city. The video above shows some of the rainfall and flash flooding that hit the city and surrounding areas. Heavy rain had ended in New York City by mid-morning. A tropical storm warning Friday…

Experts from Colorado State University adjusted the number of tropical storms they predict will hit during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season Thursday. They now say 20 named storms will hit. That’s up from 17 predicted in April and 18 last month. It’s also up almost 39 percent compared to the 30-year average. Those 20 include…

Tropical Storm Elsa continued dumping rain and bringing heavy winds in Florida Wednesday morning. However, it appears the sunshine state was spared the worst of what the storm could have brought. At a Wednesday morning news conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis said no major structural damage or deaths from the storm had been reported. Elsa briefly…

Haiti’s interim prime minister announced Wednesday Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was killed in an attack at his home overnight. According to Premier Claude Joseph, First Lady Martine Moïse was sent to the hospital following the attack. Joseph called it a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.” The streets were largely empty in Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, but some…

Tropical Storm Elsa began hitting the Florida Keys with heavy rain and winds Tuesday morning, prompting a hurricane watch from Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay to the Steinhatchee River in Florida’s Big Bend area. A westward shift spared the lower Florida Keys a direct hit from Elsa, but the islands were still getting…

Gwen’s picks for Friday, July 2 include: The first hurricane of the season is here Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are feuding over a rally scheduled for this weekend A new jobs report brings good news An American track and field star tests positive for THC, knocking her out of a…

Search and rescue efforts continued Friday at the site of the Surfside, Florida building collapse. Officials say 20 people are confirmed dead and 128 remain unaccounted for. The next few days are crucial as the state braces for the potential impact of Hurricane Elsa. Gov. Ron DeSantis said state and local leaders are prepared to undertake…