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Rain provides little relief in fighting Oregon wildfires

PORTLAND (NewsNation Now) — While rain was a welcome sight for Oregon firefighters fighting the massive wildfires throughout the state, some fire commanders worry that flashing flooding, toppled trees and debris flow could cause more turmoil for an already disaster stricken state.

Alabama reports 2nd death from Hurricane Sally; Alpha forms

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — A second death from Hurricane Sally was reported Friday in Alabama on a day that also saw the National Hurricane Center have to resort to using the Greek alphabet for storm names in a record-setting season.

Storm forecasted to become Wilfred forms off Texas coast, Hurricane Teddy strengthens to Category 4 storm

BERMUDA (NewsNation Now) — Hurricane Teddy is now a Category 4 hurricane that continues to strengthen in the Atlantic Ocean with winds up to 140 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Meanwhile, the NHC said at 4 a.m. (CT) on Friday that Tropical Depression Twenty Two, which was forming in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, is forecasted to become a tropical storm later on Friday.

Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricane

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding began taking shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storm’s heavy rains.

Children and pets are most at risk with poor air quality

PORTLAND, Ore. (NewsNation Now) — Poor air quality from the wildfires is a major risk for children and pets.

Western wildfire smoke causes East Coast haze, vivid sunsets

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western United States is stretching clear across the country — and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe. While the dangerous plumes are forcing people inside along the West Coast, residents thousands of miles away in the East are seeing unusually hazy skies and remarkable sunsets.

After Sally: rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally's rains threatened more misery for some residents of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, even as the storm's remnants were forecast to dump as much as a foot of rain and spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas