Hurricane Bertha bulked up slightly overnight and by a day or so may be back to hurricane strength. But it continues to appear unlikely that Bertha, as a hurricane or at its current tropical storm strength, will have much impact on the U.S. coast. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - Hurricane Bertha weakened significantly today, dropping from a Category 3 storm to a Category 1 hurricane between morning and afternoon. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - A tropical wave just off the African coast could become a tropical depression in the next couple of days. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami started watching the collection of thunderstorms and low pressure just after it emerged in the Atlantic Ocean, saying on Tuesday it had the potential to become better organized. ...more

July 2, 2008

Herbert Saffir, an engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength and warn millions of an approaching storm's danger, has died. He was 90. ...more

November 24, 2007

TAMPA - An erratically moving Tropical Storm Noel should brush past Florida today, close enough to prompt tropical storm warnings in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. ...more

November 1, 2007

TAMPA - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect the center of Tropical Storm Noel to remain over Cuba through the day and emerge over open water by Wednesday. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Tropical Storm Noel seems to have made it across Hispaniola and is struggling to reform its center offshore, the National Hurricane Center said. ...more

October 29, 2007