Month: August 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW ORLEANS) -- The city that was ravaged by the deadliest hurricane in the past half-century is now bracing for the foul weather that they will face as a result of another hurricane.New Orleans officials this afternoon prepared the public with an update about how the city will deal with the rain that comes as a result of Hurricane Harvey, which is expected to make landfall in Texas late Friday […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- A local leader in one coastal Texas community is advising residents who are not evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey to mark their names and Social Security numbers on their arms.The mayor pro tem of Rockport, Texas, said that grim step is necessary to prepare for the worst in case of deaths among people who remain in the area."We’re suggesting if people are going to stay here, […]

ABC News(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- Hurricane Harvey is still strengthening as it steers toward Texas on Friday, and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long fears residents may not be heeding warnings to evacuate."Texas is about to get hit by a major hurricane," Long said in an interview Friday morning on ABC News' Good Morning America."I'm afraid that people may not be taking this storm seriously," he added. "That window […]

U.S. Navy(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Navy said Thursday night divers had recovered a second body from the USS John S. McCain, which struck a merchant ship near Singapore on Monday.The sailor was identified as Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, a native of Connecticut.Divers found the body of a sailor in the ship's flooded compartments earlier in the day on Thursday. The Navy identified him as Electronic […]

Moodboard/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Two 18-year-olds from Florida who went hiking in the Grand Canyon as a final summer exploit before heading to college got more of an adventure than they had bargained for.Lifelong friends Reese McMichael and Rowan Fitch got lost and were not rescued for five days.The teens lost the trail they intended to take to hike out of the canyon while in a dried riverbed at the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) -- Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit Texas as a Category 3 storm -- the likes of which haven't been seen since 1999's Hurricane Bret -- when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday, forecasters say. The storm officially became a Category 2 hurricane as of 1 a.m. Friday with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to the National Weather Service, and was expected to continue to […]