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Tropical Storm Bud swirls far off Mexico
Tropical Storm Bud is still slowly organizing but predictions are that it will strengthen and could become a hurricane by Thursday. As of Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Bud was centered about 455 miles (732 kilometers) south of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and was moving west-northwest near ...
Alberto weakens to tropical depression in Atlantic
Alberto has weakened to a tropical depression as it spins off the coast of the Carolinas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Alberto's maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 kph) Monday evening. The storm is centered about 245 miles (390 kilometers) east-southeast of Charleston, S.C. Alberto ...
First tropical storm of the season, Alberto, forms off the coast of SC with 45 mph top winds
First tropical storm of the season, Alberto, forms off the coast of SC with 45 mph top winds.
New director named for National Hurricane Center
Richard Knabb, the tropical weather expert at The Weather Channel, will be the next chief of the U.S. government's hurricane forecasting hub in Florida, federal officials said Friday. The promotion to director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami fulfills a childhood dream for Knabb, who grew up in Coral ...
Tropical Storm Aletta weakening in the Pacific
Tropical Storm Aletta is weakening as it spins far out over the Pacific. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm's maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 40 mph (65 kph) Wednesday with gradual weakening expected during the next two days. Aletta is centered about 840 miles ...
Storm conference views Hurricane Andrew's legacy
The ability to predict how bad a storm will be has eluded forecasters since Hurricane Andrew made a catastrophic landfall in South Florida two decades ago and it will remain a challenge for the next chief at the National Hurricane Center, the center's outgoing director said Wednesday. Forecasters have significantly ...
Texas coastal insurer OKs 5 percent rate increase
Some property owners in Texas' coastal areas will see a 5 percent increase on their insurance bills next year. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's board of directors approved the increase Tuesday. The board also delayed a decision on whether to enact an additional increase that would depend on how far ...
Tropical Storm Aletta forms in the Pacific
Tropical Storm Aletta has formed in the Pacific, becoming the first named storm of the year in the eastern north Pacific. The storm has maximum sustained winds Tuesday near 45 mph (72 kph). Aletta was expected to start weakening on Wednesday or Thursday. The storm is swirling far out over ...
2012 Atlantic hurricane names
When the the winds from these storms reach 39 mph (34 kts), the cyclones are given names. Years ago, an international committee developed names for Atlantic cyclones. In 1979 a six year rotating list of Atlantic storm names was adopted — alternating between male and female hurricane names. Storm names ...
Florida Cabinet approves hurricane shelter plan
The construction of new public schools across Florida has contributed to a significant increase in the number of hurricane shelter spaces, according to a plan approved Tuesday by Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet. The Division of Emergency Management presented its updated statewide emergency plan to the cabinet at ...
Goodbye La Nina: Will drought, hurricanes also go?
The La Nina weather phenomenon is over. Forecasters say that's good news for the drought in the South and hurricane areas along the coasts. The National Weather Service pronounced the two-year La Nina (NEEN'-yah) finished on Thursday. La Nina is the flip side of El Nino (NEEN'-yoh) and is caused ...
Tsunami-swept Harley found in Canada
TOKYO (AP) -- It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) away. The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo Yokoyama, had ...
US to sink ghost ship dislodged by Japan tsunami
KODIAK, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard plans to use explosives to sink a derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami. The shrimping vessel, which has no lights or communications systems, was floating about 195 miles south of Sitka in the Gulf of Alaska on Thursday morning, traveling ...
Rina downgraded to tropical status
Huricane Rina is no more. She's turned into a tropical storm. A Category 1 hurricane earlier on Thursday, the system has been steadily deflating in the western Caribbean, the result of dry air and wind shear. At 11 a.m., Rina was about 90 miles south of Cozumel, Mexico, inching northwest at ...
6.0 Cuba earthquake felt in Florida
The U.S. Geological Survey has registered a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that hit off the coast of Cuba. The quake happened early Thursday at 4:43 a.m. local time about 25 miles off Cuba's coast and 375 miles southeast of Cuba's capital Havana. USGS geophysicist Randy Baldwin says earthquakes are common in ...
Tropical Storm Maria takes aim on Lesser Antilles
Forecasters say that Tropical Storm Maria is expected to pass through the Lesser Antilles Friday night. The tropical storm watch for Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra, has been replaced with a tropical storm warning. The government of Barbados has replaced the tropical storm watch for Dominica with a tropical ...
Tropical Storm Maria forms in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Maria is swirling across the Atlantic with winds near 50 mph (85 kph). A tropical storm watch is in effect for the Leeward Islands of Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Kitts. Also, Hurricane Katia continues to blow as a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic with winds ...
New disturbance forms behind Katia
Central Florida appears to be out of the reach of Hurricane Katia. However, keep your eye on a new disturbance--a disturbance that could become a tropical depression in the next day. The system was not well organized as of the 5 a.m. Tuesday update from the National Hurricane Center. But favorable environmental conditions led ...
Tropical Storm Lee forms in Gulf
A tropical depression that formed about 200 miles south of Louisiana on Thursday night has strengthened into a tropical storm Friday. At 1 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm Lee still was located about 200 miles south of the Louisiana coast, barely moving, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. ...
Katia regains hurricane strength
MIAMI -- Katia has regained hurricane strength far out in the Atlantic and forecasters say it is expected to continue getting stronger. Katia was about 705 miles east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph) with maximum sustained winds Friday of 75 mph, making ...
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