Weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Helene is now a hurricane, after forming off the coast of West Africa and strengthening as it approached the Cabo Verde islands. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm to hurricane status Sunday at 8 p.m. local time in Praia, as Helene’s outer rain bands…
Weather forecasters are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Helene, which formed just off the coast of West Africa and became a named storm at the United States National Hurricane Center on Saturday. On Sunday, the storm was located about 125 kilometers southwest of Cabo Verde at 5 p.m….
At least 16 people have died in Somaliland as Tropical Storm Sagar dealt a blow to the region, bringing high winds, heavy rain and flash floods to parts of Somalia and Djibouti. Images showed waist-deep water in the streets of Mogadishu, and flooding in Djibouti City where the United States…