Cars were buried in feet of sand after Hurricane John struck Acapulco, Mexico. The death toll from Hurricane John, which made landfall twice on Mexico’s Pacific coast, has risen to at least 16, authorities said Sunday. Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in a message on X, updated the toll in Guerrero state to 15
A lifeguard is seen ahead of the potential arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Cancun, Mexico on July 3, 2024. Hurricane Beryl powered towards Mexico and the Cayman Islands early Thursday, threatening strong winds and a storm surge after battering Jamaica’s southern coast. Beryl weakened to a Category 3 storm overnight, sustaining winds of 125 miles
Credit: NASA/Matthew Dominick NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X. The Category 4 hurricane had winds of about 130 mph (215 kph). Hurricanes—tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific
Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it moves through the Caribbean over the coming days. Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert Sunday as Beryl strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with forecasters warning it will swiftly become a major storm. The US National
Hurricane Norma is approaching Mexico’s Pacific coast. Hurricane Norma weakened Friday to a Category 2 storm ahead of landfall near a tourist hotspot on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The hurricane—which on Thursday had registered as a powerful Category 4 out of maximum five on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale—featured sustained winds of 109 miles an hour