MIAMI — Hurricane Kirk strengthened Wednesday into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and was expected to grow rapidly ...

hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene's remnants deluged the region. Emergency workers toiled around the clock to clear roads ...

Hurricane Kirk, carrying maximum sustained winds near 100 mph (155 km/hr), was forecast to generate surf swells around the Leeward Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and east coast of the US.

Europe experienced record-breaking storm activity, including Hurricane Kirk and Storm Herminia, which resulted in widespread flooding and transportation congestion across Central and Northern Europe.