US Hurricanes

Scores of local and foreign activists have called on Washington to end its “colonial occupation” of Puerto Rico, bashing the US President for his lackluster and “insulting” response to last year’s deadly Maria and Irma hurricanes.

The official death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria stands at 64, but researchers at Harvard University estimate the real figure is more than 4,600.

Residents in a Houston suburb will not receive funds donated for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts if they support boycotting Israel, according to a funding application form issued in the wake of the devastating storm.

More than 90 percent of crude oil production as well 78 percent of natural gas production was taken offline in the Gulf of Mexico in preparation for Hurricane Nate, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

As Hurricane Nate made landfall in Louisiana Saturday, one reporter had a near miss with a flying chair, making him the latest in a long list of risk-takers willing to go to extremes to get their weather report.

The Category 1 Hurricane Nate has made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River in the US state of Louisiana, registering winds of 90mph and causing flooding.