hurricane season

A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others when a possible tornado struck a campground at a Navy base in southeast Georgia.

Elsa was downgraded to tropical storm status ahead of an expected landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast by Wednesday morning.

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Cuba Monday and was expected to begin to make an impact on the Florida Keys Monday night and into Tuesday, forecasters said. Elsa had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as it moved northwest at 14 mph about 45 miles southeast of Havana, Cuba, and 130 miles south of Key West, according to the…

Tropical Storm Elsa continues its move Sunday, settings its sights on Cuba and Jamaica before bringing its impact toward the South Florida area by early this week. The 5 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center has Elsa’s winds at 65 miles per hour while the storm sits 85 miles east of Kingston, Jamaica. Elsa is moving west-northwest at 14…

Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports under the threat of flash flooding and landslides.

As the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, President Biden says FEMA will distribute $1 billion for states to shore up their resilience ahead of the threat of storms and wildfires.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an “above-normal” 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13-20 named storms expected. Of those named storms, six to ten are expected to be hurricanes and three to five could be major hurricanes, according to acting NOAA administrator Ben Friedman, who delivered the outlook during a virtual media briefing Thursday. June 1 marks the…

Researchers are predicting an “above-average” 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, with 17 named storms and eight hurricanes. Of those eight hurricanes, four are expected to be major, according to the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project. Dr. Philip Klotzbach, hurricane specialist at CSU, presented the forecast Thursday during the National Tropical Weather Conference. Klotzbach said the primary reason for the above-average…

The Atlantic hurricane season seems to be changing and so are some assumptions about it, with meteorologists dumping the Greek alphabet for busy seasons like last year

WATCH LIVE: The latest imaging and expected forecast track for Eta are in the player above South Florida remains in the cone of concern for now Tropical Storm Eta on Wednesday, which could be a tropical storm as it possibly approaches the local area this weekend. Eta drenched northern Nicaragua and Honduras Wednesday after devastating communities along the country’s...

Utility crews in Louisiana are scrambling to restore power and residents in the besieged southwest part of the state are vowing to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Delta

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds Tuesday while following a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Hurricane Sally made landfall on the Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning and is crawling north at 5mph, leaving floods and building damage in its wake.

Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught as Sally was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday morning.

Saharan dust from Africa did a great job keeping the tropics pretty quiet over the last week. While we were tracking Omar and Nana, the systems in the tropical Atlantic closer to Africa were unable to get organized. But with the Saharan Air Layer breaking down, the tropics are ramping up quickly. A tropical wave located south of Haiti is…

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Josephine is crawling toward islands in the Caribbean while Tropical Storm Kyle is moving away from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States early Saturday

Forecasters warn this is just the beginning of a potentially deadly hurricane season with up to 15 more named storms predicted for the season.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be an “extremely active season,” officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. Forecasters expect between 19 and 25 named storms, and between seven and 11 hurricanes this season. Three to six of the storms are expected to become major hurricanes. These estimates include the seven tropical storms and two…

Isaias slammed into the Carolina coast and steamrolled up the East Coast, leaving flashing flooding, tornadoes, blackouts and death in its wake. First responders are now faced with relief efforts while staying, and keeping others, safe during a pandemic.