The storm is forecast to sweep into Maine on Thursday night and last through the day Friday.
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Mainers with Florida connections monitor Hurricane Ian, stay in touch with family
As the powerful storm makes landfall in Florida, those who live there are holed up at their homes, awaiting the onslaught of wind and water.
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Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
The hurricane’s center came ashore with 150 mph winds near Cayo Costa, a protected barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers.
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Interactive Map: Track Ian as it crosses Florida
One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. was barreling across the Florida peninsula overnight, threatening catastrophic flooding inland.
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Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for winds, floods
The storm is to get even stronger over the warm Gulf of Mexico, reaching top winds of 130 mph as it approaches the southwest coast of Florida.
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Fiona washes houses away, knocks out power in Canada
The post-tropical cyclone has the lowest pressure ever recorded for a storm making landfall in the nation.
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Fiona bears down on northeast Canada as big, powerful storm
Meteorologists are warning that Fiona has the potential to be one of the most severe storms in the country’s history.
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Alaska braces for historic storm as major flooding, power outages feared
Hurricane-force winds were forecast in parts of the Bering Sea, while small communities around 90 miles from the hub community of Nome expected water levels that could be up to 18 feet above the normal high tide line.
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Death Valley braces for 124-degree temperatures as heat wave broils California
While high temperatures are not unusual at this time of year, this week’s heat wave in the desert will linger for the next several days, with overnight lows dipping only into the low 90s.
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Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’
A senator and top climate official said Sunday that by the time the monsoon season is over ‘we could well have one-fourth or one-third of Pakistan under water.’