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Another rescue mission was successful: On Thursday night, the Coast Guard helicopter lifted 12 sailors from their sinking 212-foot cargo ship besieged by Joaquin and listing 51 miles northwest of Haiti, the guard said.

Coast Guard officials in Miami said the rescue took place Thursday evening as the area experienced heavy weather caused by Hurricane Joaquin. Driving to work in drizzling rain, Bishop saw several high-water areas near train underpasses in town but didn’t have to alter his...

Three people died on Friday and Saturday in traffic incidents in South Carolina, and a vehicle passenger died in North Carolina on Thursday when a tree fell on Interstate 95, officials said.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda was getting lashed Sunday by gusting winds and pelting rains from a weakening Hurricane Joaquin as its spinning centre tracked just southwest of the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination after plowing through the Bahamas as a major storm.

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

Hurricane Joaquin gained strength Wednesday as it headed toward the Bahamas with powerful winds and torrential rain, the US National Hurricane Center said.

The National Hurricane Center said at 8 a.m. Wednesday that Joaquin’s sustained winds had hit 75 miles per hour, which is the point where a tropical storm becomes a hurricane.

Hurricane Joaquin rapidly grew in strength Wednesday night, generating winds at speeds in excess of 111 miles per hour and elevating it to a Category 3 hurricane shortly after the storm had been classified Category 2.