How funerals became New Orleans’ most joyful street parties

New Orleans brass bands have come to shape the city’s heartbeat, weaving culture, resilience, and music into every street and celebration.
CNN

What happens if a hurricane makes landfall while the government is shut down

The two massive tropical systems swirling off the Southeast coast are a stark reminder that the potential government shutdown looms during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season. Weather ...
KEYT

Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a rare Cat 5, but there’s another storm the US needs to watch

(CNN) — Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday and Saturday over the warm, energy-filled water of the open Atlantic Ocean. But there’s a quiet threat creeping toward the ...
The Raw Story

'Wild to see': CNN anchor astonished by hurricane forecast

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...
CNN

Hurricane Imelda strengthens, churning up powerful waves along the US East Coast as it closes in on Bermuda

Hurricane Imelda is churning up dangerous surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and beach erosion along the United States’ East Coast as it races toward Bermuda Wednesday. Bermuda is under a hurricane ...
AOL

Hurricane Forecasts: What You Should Know

Hurricane forecasts contain a wealth of information, such as their forecast path. But there are other caveats crucial to the storm's potential impacts that may not appear on more widely used forecast ...
CNN

Clock ticking for the Southeast as next tropical threat looms, with US impacts likely by Monday

More tropical trouble is brewing in the Atlantic Ocean, with a new storm that could take aim at the US Southeast early next week poised to join Hurricane Humberto by Saturday. But unlike Humberto, ...
CNN

Tropical Storm Imelda has formed, and there’s been a big change in the forecasted path — here’s what to know

Tropical Storm Imelda formed over the Bahamas Sunday afternoon and is expected to intensify into a hurricane, and while its forecast is less ominous for the Southeast coast, the storm will still be ...