Hurricane Florence is picking up steam and is expected to make landfall Thursday night as a powerful storm. Then it's expected move slowly inland while it weakens. On this track, Western North Carolina will take a tremendous blow, while we…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster days he has submitted to President Donald Trump a request for a federal emergency declaration in anticipation of the possible impact from Hurricane Florence. In an update Sunday, The governor says he…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Hurricane season is well underway and now that 'Florence' and other storms are active, state officials want you to be prepared. The South Carolina Emergency Management Division has released a guide to keep you and your family…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Saturday declared a State of Emergency to Prepare for the potential from Florence. The governor, along with the S.C. Emergency Management Division, has urged South Carolinians to prepare for the possibility…
Florence is now a Tropical Storm, roughly 1700 miles from the Carolina coast. It's expected to get a lot stronger over the next several days as it travels west. By Wednesday, it's expected to be roughly 500 miles off the…
Hurricane Florence is waaaay out to sea. It's roughly 1900 miles from the Carolina coast. So it's too early to know where the storm will go. The latest projection has the storm somewhere near or south of Bermuda next Tuesday.…
Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall tonight on Dauphin Island, Alabama with sustained winds of nearly 50 mph and gusts to around 60 mph. Fortunately Gordon did not strengthen before landfall. Nonetheless, it'll produce flooding rain as it pushes inland over…
Tropical Storm Gordon is moving away from south Florida and out into the Gulf of Mexico. The water in the Gulf is plenty warm and the atmosphere is generally favorable for strengthening. So Gordon is expected to intensify over the…
As the planet warms, the United States is seeing more downpours. Here's part of an article written by Climate Central. "A warmer world supercharges the water cycle, leading to heavier precipitation. To start, a warmer atmosphere creates more evaporation —…
This hurricane season has been pretty quiet so far. But two of the factors that have a significant influence on hurricanes are becoming more favorable. 1) Sea surface temperatures have been running cooler than average, but are now heating back…
Brian McNoldy from the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, recently published the list of the costliest hurricanes. The dollar amounts are adjusted for inflation to reflect what the cost would be in 2017. Katrina still…
A rain gauge in Mountain View, Hawaii measured 51.53 inches of rain from Hurricane Lane. That's more than 4 feet of rain from a single storm. This puts Lane in 3rd place for most rain from a tropical system in…
The picture below shows the average date where the hottest temperature is reached in many cities across the US. It probably doesn't surprise you that most of those dates are late-July into early August. But check out San Francisco. The…
The Category 4 storm will weaken slowly as the eye of the storm stays off the west of Hawaii. Although the storm will likely not make a direct hit, that will have little impact on the flooding rain that will…
Here's a look at Hurricane Lane from the International Space Station. It's now a Category 4 Hurricane with winds of 155 mph. It's not clear if Lane will make make a direct hit on the Hawaiian Islands. Nonetheless it will…
Hurricane Lane has sustained winds of 155 mph and is headed in the direction of Hawaii. Fortunately, it looks less likely that it'll make a direct hit. Nonetheless, it is a very powerful storm and has the potential to cause…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
