Hurricane Michael: In The Record Books
Hurricane Michael is the 4th strongest to make landfall in the United States - it came ashore with winds of 155 mph. Hurricane records go all the way back to 1851. Michael is the only Category 4 storm to make…
Hurricane Michael is the 4th strongest to make landfall in the United States - it came ashore with winds of 155 mph. Hurricane records go all the way back to 1851. Michael is the only Category 4 storm to make…
Hurricane Michael has picked up speed and will be in here by around 2:00-3:00 AM on Thursday. Look for 2-5 inches of rain - which will cause some localized street flooding, and wind gusts to 60 mph - which will…
Michael is now a Category 3 Hurricane and will make landfall near Panama City Florida around noon on Wednesday. From there it’ll move very quickly to the northeast and weakening as it travels. The storm will plow through South Carolina…
Hurricane Michael is in the Gulf of Mexico and will pick up strength over the next few days. Michael is expected to make landfall near Panama City Florida around noon on Wednesday. From there it'll move very quickly to the…
Today the South Carolina State Climatology Office released their preliminary report on Florence. The report goes over all the details of the storm itself as well as all of its impacts - and they are catastrophic in some places. Here's…
The full moon that happens closest to the first day of fall is called the Harvest Moon. Here's a full description of why it's called that. http://earthsky.org/tonight/full-harvest-moon-september-24-25?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=09be3824db-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-09be3824db-395281113 This picture is courtesy of Jan Null.
Check out these clouds in Sumter. They are called mammatus clouds. They develop near strong thunderstorms. Here's why. In thunderstorms, air rises very quickly - sometimes as fast as 100 mph. And since the atmosphere is a closed system, there…
With all the flooding from Hurricane Florence, you might have wondered where that storm stacks up against other heavy flooding storms like Harvey. The Weather Channel did an analysis on this and it turns out that it's not even close.…
Although the rain from Florence ended on Sunday, the flooding is still getting worse for many folks near the coast. That's because it takes a long time for all the water to flow from the smaller streams into the large…
Here's a look at some of the records set by Florence. Most notable here is that Florence broke the record in both North and South Carolina for the amount of rainfall from a tropical system (storm or hurricane). And look…
Florence is moving north and I'm happy to say that we'll get the chance to dry out.
Tropical Storm Florence is slowly making its way across South Carolina. The worst of the storm is going to miss us here in the Midlands. We'll see 2-5 inches of rain with the highest totals in the northern and eastern…
Hurricane Florence is headed toward the Carolina Coast and then it's expected to move very slowly inland. Strong winds and rain will arrive late Friday and continue overnight. Look for on and off steady, at times heavy, rain Saturday and…
Hurricane Florence continues to barrel towards the Carolina Coast. The best estimate is that it'll make landfall along the coast as far south as Myrtle Beach and as far north as Cape Hatteras. At landfall (and soon after) the storm…

Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.