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Forecasters in Miami say Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm, is centered about 500 miles (805 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda and has top sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph).

A high rip current risk is in effect. Monday A chance of rain and snow showers. Highs 54 to 69 higher elevations…65 to 77 lower elevations. Computer models keep the storm well east of our area.

Once the rain ends, the threat of flooding persists because the ground is too saturated to absorb water, meteorologists said.

As of Tuesday morning, about 2.44 inches of rain in September had been recorded at the official National Weather Service monitoring station in Rutland, but most of that fell in the span of four days during the second week of September.

We have a lot of weather happening in the next few days – and some of it could be risky to life and property.

Even so, the EIA reports that heavy rain, strong winds and possible flooding could threaten electric infrastructure throughout the mid-Atlantic states. The US Hurricane Center upgraded Joaquin to a Category 4 at 2 p.m. on Thursday, calling the storm “extremely risky”.

Joaquin (wa-KEEN) has sped up a bit as it moves away from the Bahamas, and remains a Category 3 hurricane.

While it may still be too early to talk about specifics of this storm, it is not too early to prepare for the affects a hurricane like this could have on East Coast distributors. Otherwise, residents should stay at home and off roads. It began moving northward later in the day,...

Even with Hurricane Joaquin no longer as big of a threat, the weekend promises little relief for the most waterlogged parts of the East Coast. Governors in Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, and North Carolina have declared states of emergency ahead of the...

The forecast models continue to indicate a track offshore of the US east coast from the Carolinas to the mid-Atlantic states, and the threat of direct impacts from Joaquin in those areas is decreasing.

Crews were out on Wednesday getting the roads back to normal. The water on parts of the street came up halfway up the mailbox posts.

Hurricane Warnings are out for the central and northern Bahamas.

Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm that is now battering the central Bahamas, appears to be replacing its eye, according to weather forecasters.

Along with Hurricane Joaquin, the National Hurricane Center is watching two disturbances in the central Atlantic and near the Cape Verde Islands. When it did, the ship’s officers were monitoring what was then Tropical Storm Joaquin, according to Tim Nolan, president of TOTE...

To help analysts assess potential storm effects, the US Energy Information Administration maintains an energy disruptions map that displays energy infrastructure and real-time storm information.