Hurricane Norbert weakened to a Category 1 storm after it swept across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee their flooded homes. ...more

October 12, 2008

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marco has formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph. ...more

October 6, 2008

Fishermen moved boats to shelter from a rare burst of tropical weather along Maine's rugged eastern coast Sunday as a weakening Hurricane Kyle spun past on its way to Canada, threatening a glancing blow equivalent to a classic nor'easter. ...more

September 29, 2008

Strong winds kicked up rough surf Thursday as an intense low-pressure system chugged toward the Southeast coast with wind gusts of up to 40 mph, knocking out power to thousands of homes in Virginia. ...more

September 26, 2008

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is lulling coastal residents into a fatally false sense of security. That's because the scale's five single-digit categories distort the danger of an approaching tropical weather system. ...more

September 25, 2008

A tropical disturbance went through another day today without becoming more organized but continued to dump rain over Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft flew through the disturbance today and found no center of circulation. A flight on Sunday also failed to turn up an eye. The disturbance has hovered in the area of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola since Saturday. ...more

September 23, 2008

We've been lucky so far in the 2008 hurricane season, but are not yet in the clear. ...more

September 22, 2008

The National Hurricane Center is watching a tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea that has the potential to become a tropical depression or storm. ...more

September 22, 2008

A tropical wave forecasters started watching last week could become a tropical depression today in the eastern Caribbean Sea. ...more

September 21, 2008

As Hurricane Ike moved west across Cuba Monday afternoon, Highlands County and south Florida residents could let their guard down for this storm. ...more

September 9, 2008