Some Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday while others ventured outside to watch the approach of a rare late-season tropical storm that brought the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places. ...more

November 10, 2009

Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain tonight to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding. ...more

November 9, 2009

Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun. ...more

November 8, 2009

Hurricane Ida swept onto Nicaragua's Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical depression as it moved inland. ...more

November 6, 2009

The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season dissipated Friday off the Mexican coast. ...more

June 19, 2009

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

10:20 a.m. Gov. Charlie Crist and emergency officials insist they did not oversell Fay, the would-be hurricane that has been downgraded to a tropical storm with tornado and flooding potential. "The storm has killed 10 people," Crist says, referring to latest fatality reports from the islands that Fay crossed prior to reaching Florida. "It's important for us to take it seriously." ...more

August 19, 2008

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Tropical Storm Fay has formed over the Dominican Republic. ...more

August 15, 2008

Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks. ...more

July 23, 2008

Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeastern seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday as forecasters predicted it could dump several inches in some areas of drought-stricken North Carolina. ...more

July 20, 2008