Hurricane Damage
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Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction in Jamaica, heads toward Cuba as category 4 storm
World | Oct 29, 2025, 11:34 AM ISTHurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest in the island’s history, killing at least seven people across the Caribbean and causing widespread destruction.
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US Air Force plane flies into eye of record-breaking Hurricane Melissa, captures stunning video
World | Oct 28, 2025, 02:44 PM ISTThe daring mission by the US Air Force crew has provided rare footage of the hurricane’s “stadium effect” while data collection continues to support forecasts and safety measures.
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Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc in US; 44 killed amid widespread destruction in several states | VIDEO
World | Sep 28, 2024, 11:34 AM ISTHelene had intensified into a Category 4 storm as it moved towards Florida's northwest coast and made landfall on Thursday. It left millions of homes without power, triggered mudslides, snapped trees and inundated entire households during its trail of destruction on Friday.
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'Extremely dangerous' hurricane Beryl intensifies on way to Jamaica in eastern Caribbean | WATCH
World | Jul 02, 2024, 10:40 AM ISTThe hurricane strengthened into a "potentially catastrophic" category 5 storm on its way to Jamaica and has flooded streets and cut power in several islands. The storm struck the Caribbean region on Monday as the earliest Category 4 storm on record and Jamaica has issued a warning.
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Barbados PM expects airport to open in a few hours, Team India likely to arrive in Delhi on July 3
Cricket | Jul 02, 2024, 10:22 AM ISTBarbados's category four hurricane has witnessed a lockdown-like situation on the Caribbean island since Sunday, June 30 evening. The lockdown has meant that the travel and flights have been cancelled and the Indian team is still stranded more than 48 hours after its T20 World Cup win.
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Florida's residents return to find homes gone, towns devastated in path of powerful hurricane Idalia
World | Sep 01, 2023, 04:54 PM ISTPresident Joe Biden spoke to DeSantis and promised whatever federal aid is available. Biden also announced that he will go to Florida on Saturday to see the damage himself.
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Florida braces to face powerful 155 kmph Hurricane Idalia, NASA releases horrific view from space
World | Aug 30, 2023, 08:10 AM ISTThe National Weather Service in Tallahassee called Idalia "an unprecedented event" since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend region.
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Hurricane Hilary: California declares emergency as first devastating storm to hit region in 84 years
World | Aug 20, 2023, 08:27 AM ISTForecasters said the storm is still expected to enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years and bring along flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes, high winds and widespread power outages.
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Death toll tops 40 after Hurricane Ida's remnants blindside northeast US
World | Sep 03, 2021, 04:03 PM ISTHurricane Ida killed people from Maryland to Connecticut on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
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Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
World | Aug 30, 2021, 07:16 AM ISTThe Category 4 Hurricane Ida hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.
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Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4
World | Aug 29, 2021, 01:04 PM ISTHurricane Ida is set to hit the area tomorrow as a Category 4 storm.
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Hurricane Ida: US deploys 500 FEMA emergency personnel to deal with projected landfall
World | Aug 29, 2021, 08:18 AM ISTForecasters warned residents to rush preparations Saturday ahead of an intensifying Hurricane Ida.
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Hurricane Grace hits Mexico’s Gulf coast, dissipates; 8 dead
World | Aug 22, 2021, 07:36 AM ISTGrace hit Mexico’s Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm before weakening on Saturday, drenching coastal and inland areas in its second landfall in the country in two days.
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New England preps for 1st hurricane in 30 years with Henri
World | Aug 21, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTNew Englanders, bracing for their first direct hit by a hurricane in 30 years, are taking precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the southern New England coast.
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New technology could stop hurricane damage
Nov 05, 2012, 10:54 AM ISTLondon, Nov 5: Devastating tropical storms like Superstorm Sandy, which battered the US last week, could be weakened and rendered less lethal by using a simple and cheap technology based on old car tyres, scientists