Hurricane Elsa forecast to approach Florida, but long-term track uncertain

Hurricane Elsa's forecast continues to be uncertain beyond a few days. Some models bring it west into the Gulf of Mexico; others suggest it will take a more eastern path. Nearly all of Florida is in the forecast cone.

June 1 marks official start to 2021 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins June 1 and one of the names for this year has already been used.

Hurricane Zeta surges inland, causing flooding, power outages along Gulf Coast

An average season sees six hurricanes and 12 named storms. This extraordinarily busy season has focused attention on climate change, which scientists say is causing wetter, stronger and more destructive storms.

Tropical Storm Epsilon forms in Atlantic Ocean

The 2020 hurricane season is not over yet. Tropical Depression 27 formed in the Atlantic Ocean this morning and has already strengthened into a tropical storm.

'It’s scary as h---': Louisiana braces for Hurricane Delta

Louisiana residents still recovering from the devastation of a powerful hurricane that hit less than two months ago are bracing themselves for another blow — this time from Hurricane Delta.

Delta strengthens into hurricane, heads for US gulf coast

Delta had been forecast to strike western Cuba, but shifted a bit to the west Monday putting it on a path to hit the northeast tip of the Yucatan early Wednesday.

Big day in the tropics: Tropical storms Wilfred, Alpha, and Beta form just hours apart

Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the eastern Atlantic this morning, the latest storm in a record-breaking 2020 hurricane season that has now exhausted the list of hurricane names. It was soon followed by Alpha and Beta, the first uses of a Greek letter for a storm since 2005.

Climate change may make extreme hurricane rainfall 5 times more likely in the Caribbean, study suggests

Researchers at the University of Bristol analyzed future projections of hurricane rainfall in the Caribbean and found that climate change could result in extreme hurricane events being as high as five times more likely.

Residents worry about help in aftermath of Hurricane Laura

So far 18 deaths in Texas and Louisiana have been attributed to the storm; more than half of those people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.

Local search and rescue volunteers leave to help in Louisiana

A local nonprofit left for Louisiana Thursday morning to help with search and rescue efforts after Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight.

Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

A day after roaring ashore as a hurricane, Hanna lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power across a region already reeling from a surge in coronavirus cases.

Bracing for impact: Texas and Hawaii to be battered by weekend hurricanes

The Texas coast took a direct hit from Hurricane Hanna on Saturday, while a second storm in the Pacific Ocean is taking aim at Hawai'i on Sunday.