CBS Evening News, September 15, 2020
Hurricane Sally threatens millions along the Gulf Coast; Connecticut teen saves mother, three children from burning car.
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Hurricane Sally threatens millions along the Gulf Coast; Connecticut teen saves mother, three children from burning car.
Mike Esmond, a great-grandfather and business owner from Gulf Breeze, Florida, knew this year was difficult for many. Hurricane Sally and the pandemic hit his community hard, and Esmond wanted to pay it forward this holiday season. So he went to the town's utility authority and asked to pay the bills of 114 families in need.
Forecasters are forced to use the Greek alphabet for subtropical storm Alpha, which is bearing down on Portugal.
The supercharged Atlantic hurricane season has produced so many named storms that scientists ran out of traditional names as Tropical Storm Wilfred developed in the eastern Atlantic.
Hurricane Sally battered the Gulf Coast of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with 100 mph winds, two and a half feet of rain and a surge of seawater.
Local authorities and the National Guard brought stranded people to safety. The risk of flooding from swollen rivers remains in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama.
Images of a massive gator, an eel and fire ants were seen in Hurricane Sally's wake.
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Hurricane Sally weakened to a tropical depression but it is still threatening to bring potentially devastating rainfall and flooding to several states. CBS News' Nancy Chen reports on the damage so far, and CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joined CBSN with more on what to expect.
The storm slammed into the Alabama coast Wednesday morning and is moving north, bringing torrential rains and possible tornadoes with her.
River flooding feared from waterways swollen by storm's torrential rains, and flash floods possible as Sally moves through Alabama, Georgia and Carolinas.
Hurricane Sally slammed the Gulf Coast with catastrophic flooding and a surge of sea water nearly six feet high. David Begnaud has the latest.
Sally is the eighth named storm to make landfall in the South this year, the most in recorded history. It’s bringing severe flooding to the area and gusts of wind of up to 70 mph as it moves slowly north. Lonnie Quinn has the forecast.
The storm has intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds. "Historic, life-threatening" flooding is "likely," the National Hurricane Center says.
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Hurricane Sally is threatening to bring "historic" floods along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The massive storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday with a storm surge of up to 6 feet. David Begnaud, Skyler Henry and David Parkinson join CBSN with the latest on the hurricane.
About nine million people across the Gulf Coast are in the path of Hurricane Sally. The storm is expected to hit with winds of more than 80 mph. Lonnie Quinn has the forecast.
Hurricane Sally is expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain and storm surge. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN with the latest on the forecast.
It could also bring "extreme life threatening flash flooding" and storm surges as high as 9 feet — not to mention tornadoes, forecasters say.
Hurricane Sally is expected to make landfall Tuesday night or Wednesday in the southern states of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Manuel Bojorquez reports from Biloxi, Mississippi.
FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the agency's efforts ahead of Hurricane Sally's landfall along the Gulf.
This year's hurricane season is unprecedented, "just like everything else in 2020" said CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli. He joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the climate change connection to Hurricane Sally's rapid intensification on Monday.
National Hurricane Center says Sally could bring a "life-threatening storm surge," strong winds and flash flooding from torrential rains.
Hurricane Sally could bring storm surge of up to 11 feet for parts of the Gulf Coast and rainfall of up to 16 inches. Meteorologist Lonnie Quinn joins "CBS Evening News" with more on the latest track and forecast.
Parts of Louisiana and Mississippi are being warned to expect huge storm surges as Hurricane Sally closes in on the Gulf Coast. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN with a closer look at where and when the storm is expected to hit.
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