Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. ...more

May 29, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 29, 2008

Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. To make the evacuation as stress-free as possible, disaster experts advise residents to decide early whether to leave. Recent studies indicate it can take 10 times longer than normal to get to a destination during an evacuation. Of course, a lot of questions arise during an evacuation. Here are some answers based on interviews with local and national disaster experts: ...more

May 23, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 23, 2008

The Atlantic Basin should have normal or above normal hurricane activity this year, which means residents in vulnerable areas - like the Gulf Coast - should take measured precautions, meteorologists said. ...more

May 23, 2008

NOAA: LIKELIHOOD OF TWO TO FIVE MAJOR HURRICANES THIS YEAR ...more

May 22, 2008

The disturbance swirling near the Caribbean Sea grew into Subtropical Storm Olga on Monday night, becoming only the 10th December storm since 1851. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - If the disturbance swirling near the Caribbean Sea grows into Tropical Storm Olga, it would be only the 10th December storm since 1851. ...more

December 10, 2007

For the second year in a row, Florida was spared a hurricane, despite dire predictions by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists that had many people fearing a repeat of 2004 and 2005, when the state was battered repeatedly. ...more

December 4, 2007

Hurricane season ends Friday, and barring any unusual events, it was a quiet one for Florida: A strong area of high pressure kept the two most ferocious storms of 2007 pinned well to the south. ...more

November 26, 2007