The National Hurricane Center dropped all tropical storm warnings for the northern Gulf Coast. Winds in a weakening Tropical Storm Ida dropped enough this morning for the storm to be declared a tropical depression. Forecasters expect Ida to be swallowed by an approaching front on Wednesday. As Ida fizzles, its remains will influence weather in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

November 10, 2009

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

With a fearsome Hurricane Ike not far in its wake, Tropical Storm Hanna cruised ashore here early Saturday, bringing soaking rains and near-hurricane force winds to the Carolina coast but doing little immediate damage before pivoting quickly up the Eastern Seaboard. ...more

September 7, 2008

Public safety officials at the Emergency Operations Center were expecting Tropical Storm Hanna to turn north Thursday, steering clear of Florida, but they're keeping an eye on Hurricane Ike, already a Category 4 storm with sustained winds at 140 mph. ...more

September 5, 2008

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitians were told to prepare for evacuations as Tropical Storm Gustav formed quickly Monday in the Caribbean on a path to hit - as a hurricane - the country's denuded southern coast before moving on to Cuba, the Bahamas and possibly Florida. ...more

August 26, 2008

After it made landfall in the Keys, Fay surged north off Florida's west coast. Then it made landfall a second time when entering the peninsula. Then slowed down. It sped up. It turned. ...more

August 21, 2008

Fay may return as hurricane ...more

August 20, 2008

Thousands of customers of both Glades Electric Cooperative and Progress Energy utilities were without power due to Tropical Storm Fay on Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

"This is the perfect storm, for us," Steve "Plunkett" Coltharp, interim director of Highlands County EMS, said as he stood under the bay roof that protected two ambulances from the rain at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

By 1 p.m. winds were howling across the Sebring area as rain was driven sideways toward the south. The EOC noted that sustained winds had risen to 31 mph and the highest recorded gust was 48 mph. The worst is yet to come, they said. At about 4 p.m. when the eye passes the southeast portion of Highlands County, winds are expected to reach 45 mph and gusts are expected to reach 57 mph. ...more

August 19, 2008