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Eighth hurricane of 2018 Atlantic season picked up strength over the weekend, but poses no threat to land yet, forecasters say
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      Eighth hurricane of 2018 Atlantic season picked up strength over the weekend, but poses no threat to land yet, forecasters say
 
                                                  
      The National Hurricane Center said the storm poses no threat to land
 
                                                  
      "They just snatched my purse out of my hands and ran," one woman told the News Herald
 
                                                  
      Sometimes connecting climate change to a specific weather event is difficult. With Hurricane Michael, it's not.
 
                                                  
      "I had about 3 feet of water in my house. That's when I decided to jump."
 
                                                  
      At least 13 deaths being blamed on historic storm; it's out to sea but still being felt in parts of Southeast
 
                                                  
      The mayor of Mexico Beach said it could be two months before power is restored
 
                                                  
      Hurricane Michael was responsible for at least 13 deaths across four states. Rescuers in the Florida Panhandle are going door to door searching for survivors. CBS News correspondent Hilary Lane has the latest from Panama City Beach, Florida.
 
                                                  
      35 state troopers slept on cots Thursday inside the Florida governor's mansion
 
                                                  
      Florida's Panhandle is one huge disaster zone after catastrophic winds, heavy rain and devastating storm surge
 
                                                  
      Amid the wreckage, a reporter and a photojournalist spotted survivors – people who rode out the storm
 
                                                  
      The footage shows collapsed roofing and walls, scattered debris and mangled building materials
 
                                                  
      Hurricane Michael is worst storm to hit Florida Panhandle in recorded history as it moves further inland
 
                                                  
      Michael made landfall in Florida Wednesday packing top sustained winds of 155 mph
 
                                                  
      USA Today reports 18 of the chain's restaurants have closed in Florida's evacuation zone, an unofficial index of how serious the storm threat is
 
                                                  
      Hurricane Michael will be one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the Florida Panhandle when it makes landfall today. The director of the National Hurricane Center, Ken Graham, joined CBSN with the latest forecast.
 
                                                  
      Gov. Rick Scott issued mandatory evacuation orders Tuesday across the Florida Panhandle. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN to discuss the latest about Hurricane Michael.
 
                                                  
      Florida Gov. Rick Scott says Hurricane Michael may be most destructive storm to hit Panhandle in decades
 
                                                  
      State of emergency has been declared in Florida and Alabama as forecasters warn of storm's likely midweek landfall; Cuba in its sights
 
                                                  
      People living in Florida's Panhandle are bracing for a likely major hurricane to make landfall within a few days. Hurricane Michael rapidly intensified from a tropical storm, and the National Hurricane Center expects that strengthening to continue as Michael moves closer to the Gulf Coast. CBS News weather producer David Parkinson joined CBSN to discuss the forecast.
 
                                                  
      Two women being taken to a South Carolina mental health facility during Florence drowned inside van
 
                                                  
      Kirk was about 15 miles east of St. Lucia and it's bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms across Barbados, according to the National Hurricane Center
 
                                                  
      The state has 61 mosquito species, and "when the flood comes, we get many, many billions of them," professor says
 
                                                  
      Kirk was located about 260 miles east of Barbados, packing maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, according to National Hurricane Center
 
                                                  
      Only Hurricane Harvey rained more over a 14,000 square-mile area during a four-day time period
 
                                                  
      Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without another vote.
 
                                                  
      Prince Andrew has been stripped of his titles and must surrender his lease to Royal Lodge, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace.
 
                                                  
      President Trump said the U.S. and China reached deals on several items, including a short-term agreement on rare-earth minerals, and soybean sales to China.
 
                                                  
      The Justice Department is investigating whether donations to the national Black Lives Matter foundation were misused by the group's leadership, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
 
                                                  
      Former FBI Director James Comey is arguing his testimony in response to Sen. Ted Cruz's questions was "literally true" and cannot support a conviction.
 
                                                  
      Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, was later convicted of charges stemming from livestreaming a bomb threat in 2023 as he drove around former President Barack Obama's D.C. neighborhood while armed,
 
                                                  
      People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.
 
                                                  
      Five people have been federally charged in connection with the 2023 overdose death of actor Robert De Niro's grandson and two others, authorities said Thursday.
 
                                                  
      Former Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom in 2023.