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More than two dozen people in North Carolina are still unaccounted for nearly a month after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to the western region of the state, officials said Monday.

Sexual predators are not permitted to stay at shelters, at least in Flagler County, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly announced on Wednesday as Florida braces for Hurricane Milton.

Florida officials have told residents who are not evacuating from Hurricane Milton’s path to write their names and information on themselves in case their bodies need to be identified after the storm.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor issued a blunt warning to those who are not heeding evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the west central coast of Florida, making it clear to those residents that they cannot compete with catastrophic storm surge, putting it this way: Your home will be your coffin.

Hurricane Milton is now a Category 5 as people living on Florida’s west coast brace for its impending arrival.

Tropical Storm Milton is expected to reach hurricane status late Sunday, or Monday morning, as it nears Florida’s west coast.

Helene, once a strong Category 4 storm, made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday evening and is still wreaking havoc.

The storm system currently hovering around the Yucatán Peninsula has officially strengthened into a hurricane, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning Floridians the impacts of the storm will be widespread, far outside the cone of uncertainty.

A five-year-old boy from La Plata, Maryland, is dead after a “wind gust” took a bounce house with children inside “airborne,” according to local authorities.

A Houston, Texas, man narrowly escaped with his life after surviving a severe storm thanks to a Good Samaritan.

At least four people were killed in Houston in the weather that slammed southeast Texas on Thursday, Mayor John Whitmire said.

Officials say a powerful solar storm will hit Earth on Friday and its arrival could cause infrastructure problems.

Two individuals fell into the sea and were dashed against the rocks six miles apart as the region of north Spain experiences high winds.

Tens of thousands of people were without electricity and hundreds of trains were canceled on Monday.

A massive winter storm continued moving through New England on Sunday as residents hunker down for the duration.

Extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia, as Sweden saw its coldest January night in 25 years.

Storm Gerrit battered the UK, destroying homes and a passenger train, and leaving thousands without electricity across Scotland and England. 

Winds up to 108 mph slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe.

Western Europe bracing for what meteorologists warn could be some of the highest wind speeds the region has witnessed in decades.

An Alaska Airlines plane veered toward a SkyWest Airlines plane Monday afternoon near Portland International Airport in Oregon amid stormy weather, causing transportation workers to hold their breaths.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is warning of a potentially “life-threatening storm surge” for portions of Massachusetts as Hurricane Lee makes its way north in the Atlantic Ocean.

The southeast United States is escaping the wrath of Hurricane Lee with a coming sharp turn north, but its final path remains uncertain as those in the northeast eye the storm, anticipating possible impact.

Hurricane Lee lost some strength Friday but still poses a threat approaching the southwest Atlantic.

Hurricane Lee has rapidly intensified to a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The Cedar Key, Florida, mayor issued a mandatory evacuation order to residents on Tuesday as the municipality braces for Hurricane Idalia’s expected 10 to 15-foot storm surge that is “not at all survivable,” according to officials.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will not travel out of the state on Monday to campaign but will, instead, remain in Florida to assist in preparing for “major Hurricane Idalia,” which is expected to make landfall on the western side of the state this week.

Florida is bracing for a “major” hurricane as now Tropical Storm Idalia strengthens. It is expected to make landfall on the west coast of the state this week, according to the latest projections from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), as Gov. Ron DeSantis warns those in the path of the storm to “expect power outages.”

Some California residents remain “trapped” in their homes due to the mass flooding and debris flow caused by Hilary, which swept through the southern portion of the state Sunday.

Heavy rainfall caused part of Sand Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, California, to collapse as result of Hilary, which has been downgraded.

Cars were trapped and parts of the road washed away in Palm Springs as Tropical Storm Hilary swept through, triggering mass flooding and mudslides.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) declared a state of emergency in response to Tropical Storm Hilary on Sunday.

Residents of Montpelier, Vermont, were warned early Tuesday as a local dam filled close to capacity amid catastrophic flooding.

A possible solar storm may offer people in 17 states the chance to see the Northern Lights on Thursday.

A major winter storm is forecast to impact millions of Americans beginning on Tuesday.

Over 300,000 Canadians are experiencing power outages amid the Christmas snow storm, with a hundred-car pileup seen on the icy roads.

The arctic blast rocking the country is expected to reach its highest intensity on Friday, producing what the National Weather Service (NWS) is describing as “widespread disruptions” heading into the holiday weekend as over half the U.S. population finds itself under a winter storm warning, watch, or advisory.