Collier County, FL

Fox Weather

More than half a million dollars worth of cocaine washed ashore along Florida's coastline on Monday, most likely carried in by the tides from the East Coast due to recent storms, authorities say.

Storm tides wash in barnacle-covered illegal package containing small fortune, Florida deputies say

Pennsylvania State

Erie, PA

What appears to be an alligator was spotted Sunday near swimmers in Erie, Pennsylvania, prompting authorities to look into the reptile’s origins and whereabouts.

Investigation launched after video appears to show alligator swimming in Lake Erie

The Farmers' Almanac is predicts a brutally cold winter ahead for parts of the U.S. with rapid-fire storms that will bring both rain and snow.

Farmers' Almanac winter outlook calls for 'copious amounts of snow, rain, sleet and ice'

CBS News

Ernesto became a hurricane on Wednesday morning while moving through the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico, as forecasters had predicted. The National Hurricane Center upgraded Ernesto from a tropical storm at around 11 a.m. EDT, once its maximum sustained winds reached 75 miles per hour, and said it could become a major hurricane in the next couple of days. Earlier forecasts noted that Ernesto, even as a tropical storm, was bringing "flooding rains" to parts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands while gaining strength on a path through the Caribbean. Despite its positioning at 11 a.m. some 175 miles northwest...

Maps show Hurricane Ernesto's path and forecast

Florida State

USA TODAY

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for most of the state ahead of what could be the first major storm of the hurricane season.

Hurricane forecasters say strengthening storm is aimed at Florida

NBC News

Puerto Rico remained under a tropical storm watch as Ernesto turned into a Category 1 hurricane late Wednesday morning. Alarms began ringing in the municipality of Toa Baja on Wednesday morning, warning residents who live in the western part of the town to evacuate their homes as incessant rain from Ernesto overflowed the main river there, exposing more families to dangerous floods.

Thousands in Puerto Rico without power and under flood threats as Ernesto turns into a hurricane

Schools and offices were shut in Puerto Rico Wednesday morning as the Caribbean island was hit by torrential rain from Tropical Storm Ernesto, which is set to gather in strength over the Atlantic and become the third hurricane of the season later this morning. Ernesto is passing north of the...

Tropical Storm Ernesto's heavy rain hits Puerto Rico ahead of likely hurricane status

Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane as it barrels across the Caribbean toward Bermuda. Tuesday night, the storm slammed Puerto Rico's East Coast, bringing heavy rains, flash flooding and sustained winds up to 70 miles per hour. Juan Saca, president and CEO of Luma Energy, joined CBS News to discuss the situation with electricity on the island.

Tropical Storm Ernesto slamming Caribbean, major power concerns in Puerto Rico

Tampa, FL

AccuWeather

A hurricane watch has been issued for part of Florida as a strengthening tropical system, soon to become Tropical Storm Debby, approaches the state over the weekend. Tropical Depression Four is forecast to strengthen while moving northward along the Florida Peninsula's Gulf coast this weekend, spreading rain, gusty winds and severe thunderstorms slowly northward. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that not only may the feature become a hurricane, but it may also later stall along the southeastern United States coast next week.

Upcoming tropical storm has Florida, southeast US on alert

The Mirror US

A tropical depression moving into the Gulf of Mexico is growing better organized, forecasters said Saturday, and is likely to bring drenching rain and coastal flooding to much of Florida's Gulf Coast

Hurricane watch issued for parts of Florida as Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Debby

Georgia State

The US Sun

A KILLER hurricane storm has brought more than just strong winds and destruction when it recently made landfall. Leaving a trail of death and destruction in her wake, Hurricane Debby also left more than two dozen packages of cocaine along a beach in Florida. Hurricane Debby is already responsible for killing at least five people […]

Hurricane Debby washes over $1million of cocaine onto Florida’s shore during deadly ‘once-in-1,000-year’ storm

Texas State

Freeport, TX

Two toddlers in nothing but diapers were saved by onlookers after a car crash sent the kids flying onto a Texas highway. Neither were badly injured

Babies in diapers seen crawling down Texas highway as tots thrown from car after not in child seat

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

South Carolina State

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Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

A storm hovering over Cuba will take aim at Florida's west coast and the Gulf of Mexico, with federal forecasters saying it's likely to become a tropical storm by late Saturday. Until then, the front is being called Tropical Depression Four, with the name Debby available should it graduate to...

Tropical Depression 4 expected to strengthen over southeastern Gulf of Mexico

Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

Hundreds of thousands are without power in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Ernesto. Flooding was observed on several islands in the Lesser Antilles. Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed at airports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get...

Ernesto Slams Puerto Rico: Half Of The Island Loses Power

Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Lumberton, NC

A motorist in North Carolina was killed over the weekend after officials say they drove their vehicle into raging floodwaters and were swept away, and with more rain in the forecast for the waterlogged region, the threat of flooding will continue for the next few days.

Driver swept away, killed as raging flooding swamps North Carolina following deadly Tropical Storm Debby

New York City, NY

Tioga County, PA

Westfield, PA

Widespread and catastrophic flooding occurred Friday in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Numerous homes and vehicles have been swept away as post-tropical storm Debby unleashed its final fury on the Northeast.

Catastrophic flooding overtakes towns in Pennsylvania, as Debby's remnants lash Northeast

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Ernesto strengthens into hurricane off Puerto Rico as US territory gets slammed by power outages, flooding

Hurricane Ernesto formed off the coast of Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning after the then-tropical storm blasted the U.S. territory with torrential rain that led to...

Ernesto strengthens into hurricane off Puerto Rico as US territory gets slammed by power outages, flooding

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