Tropical Storm Michael was almost a hurricane early Monday (Oct. 8) and is expected to reach Category 2 or stronger as it churns over the Gulf of Mexico in the next couple of days.

The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Rosa had intensified into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.

Catastrophic flooding unfolded Sunday morning in parts of North Carolina, exceeding flooding 19 years ago in Hurricane Floyd. the National Weather Service said.

More than 300 hosts from Pennsylvania to Alabama are participating in Airbnb’s Disaster Response Program, by which they can easily offer their room or spare unit to people on the run from Mother Nature, free of charge.

The outer bands of wind and rain from Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina on Thursday as the monster storm moved in for an extended stay along the Southeastern coast.

Behind Florence in the Atlantic Ocean are Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Helene. Accuweather forecasts Isaac will hit the Caribbean—including St. Lucia and Antigua—September 13 and 14.