(RNN) – Tropical Storm Jose, which formed in the Atlantic on Tuesday, has already strengthened. Jose is the 10th named storm of the season. Jose has 45 mph winds and moving 12 mph west-northwest. The storm isn’t near land, so no warnings are in effect. However, Jose is coming behind Hurricane Irma, a dangerous Category […]
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – An area of thunderstorms near the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa has become better organized and the National Hurricane Center has upgraded it to Tropical Storm Irma. The latest forecast track has Irma continuing generally off towards the west over the next five days. Irma is expected […]
AKRON – It’s no surprise that the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is preparing to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, but there is a specific process to how and when the foodbank lends a helping hand. There is no shortage of food and supplies here inside the warehouse of the foodbank. It would be easy to […]
New Orleans will be affected by Harvey as its drainage system will be beyond capacity, while Texas residents are doing what they can to survive the hurricane. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The time for dire warnings, how Hurricane Harvey, is life-threatening and could cause catastrophic damage, is over. The National Hurricane Center says the eye […]
Kidnapped Boy Sings Gospel Song To Save His Life A young boy’s love of gospel music may have saved his life. Earlier this month, police…
Boxer Rubin Carter, who inspired Denzel Washignton’s 1999 film The Hurricane, has died. The athlete passed away in his sleep in Toronto Sunday morning. According…
Rubin Carter *Rubin Carter, the boxer portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 1999 film “The Hurricane,” is fighting prostate cancer. Carter was diagnosed in 2011 and was given three to six months to live, but the frail 76-year-old is still fighting the disease. “It’s hard to look at him like this,” a source tells the […]
A $9.7 billion bill to pay flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy sailed through the House on Friday with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, just two days after Republican officials in New York and New Jersey exploded in outrage after a much larger relief bill failed to come up for a vote before the end of […]
LORAIN, Ohio – A local pastor will make a second trip back to the East Coast next month to deliver supplies to victims of Superstorm Sandy. “What I had seen was chaos, I seen abandonment, I seen brokenness, and I just seen loneliness, and this city needs our help,” said Pastor Angel Arroyo, Jr. of […]
CLEVELAND – Fitworks Fitness Centers in and around the Cleveland area are offering free showers to those without power and stations to charge your cellphones. The following locations are open to anyone without electricity for showers and to charge your mobile device: 1. Downtown Colonial Marketplace – 530 Euclid Ave. 2. Mentor – 9170 Mentor […]
(WOIO) – Tens of thousands of people are still without power in Northeast Ohio Thursday afternoon. Cuyahoga County – 84,267 customers are without power Ashtabula County – 689 customers are without power Geauga County – 1,258 customers are without power Lorain County – 5,401 customers are without power Medina County – 8 customers are without […]
BAY VILLAGE, OH (WOIO) – A Bay Village family can deal with their house being crushed by a huge oak tree, they are just thankful their young son is alive. Tuesday morning, at the height of Super Storm Sandy, the huge tree crashed into the front of the East Oakland Street home of Kyle and Meg Frantz. […]