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The Atlantic basin had 20 named storms with seven hurricanes, three of which became major hurricanes.
Otis roared ashore early Wednesday with devastating 165 mph winds after strengthening so rapidly that people had little time to prepare.
Families began to bury the dead on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris from the powerful Category 5 hurricane.
The increase was announced in a statement from authorities Saturday.
the destruction was so complete in the impact zone that not a single power line pole remained standing, the president of Mexico said.
Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast early Wednesday as a powerful Category 5 storm.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said via the platform X that there had so been no reported loss of life from the storm.
With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.
Tropical Storm Rina has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center says.
Areas from Virginia to New Jersey are likely to receive 1 to 3 inches of rain and up to 5 inches in some places, forecasters said.
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Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia have experienced flooding after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island.
The intensifying weather system spun up into a tropical storm on Friday afternoon.
The Barbers live in a secluded area off a beaten path in Perry, Florida. Their home is full of memorabilia for a lost loved one.
Storm surges were expected to subside on Sunday after being forecast as up to 3 feet (0.91 meters) on Saturday along coastal areas, the hurricane center said.
The storm brought high winds, rough surf and torrential rains to a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada.
Hurricane Ivan made landfall 19 years ago and produced more than a dozen tornadoes resulting in 6 fatalities in our area.
After days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes, New England is about to face Hurricane Lee.
Rainfall earlier this week inundated parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
Lee was expected to eventually pass just west of Bermuda, prompting forecasters to issue a tropical storm watch for the island.
Dangerous surf and rip currents were expected to hit most of the U.S. East Coast starting Sunday.
Lee is expected to strengthen and reach winds of up to 180 mph
Lee is the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
The dangerous currents were spawned by the remnants of hurricanes Franklin and Idalia, officials said.
Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power
As the eye moved inland, high winds shredded signs, blew off roofs, sent sheet metal flying and snapped tall trees.
Rain chances will remain elevated over the next several days with drier weather returning into next week.
Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane.
As the state braces for Idalia, Florida Power and Light is prepping restoration crews, they are in Chipley at a processing site.
Idalia will make landfall Wednesday morning as a major hurricane along the Forgotten Coast/Big Bend/Nature Coast areas of Florida.
Scattered storms will be in abundance for NWFL through the midday and afternoon today after a quick morning shower for some.
Idalia is expected to start affecting Florida with hurricane-force winds as soon as late Tuesday and arrive on the coast by Wednesday.
Franklin and Gulf County Schools will be closed on Tuesday, Aug. 29 and Wednesday, Aug. 30 ahead of Idalia.
Bay County Sheriff’s Office ready to help with Idalia
As we learn more about the developing Idalia, we’ll continue to update you with the latest warnings, updates, and resources available around the state.
On Monday, Idalia was near the coast of Cuba and on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S. in the coming days, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical Storm Idalia is likely to strengthen into a hurricane today and forecast to become a major hurricane in the coming days.
Forecasters say they expect Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast and approach Florida.
Currently, it would be named “Idalia” if no other tropical storm form before it.
The storm began to slowly spin away late Wednesday afternoon from the island of Hispaniola that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti after dumping heavy rain for several hours.
As of Monday, there were 115 people confirmed dead, according to Maui police.
The Boeing 737 experienced “an issue with its landing gear” after landing at John Wayne Airport in Orange County at 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Hot water and hot air were both crucial factors that enabled Hilary’s rapid growth — steering it on an unusual but not quite unprecedented path.
Forecasters warned that “continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding” was expected over portions of the southwestern U.S.
The National Hurricane Center predicts Hilary will unleash flooding across a normally dry region, swirling north into Nevada by Monday morning.
Two other tropical storms, Fernanda and Greg, were far out to sea in the Pacific.
From 1963 to 2012, storm surge was responsible for almost half of the hurricane deaths.
The report comes as coastal areas join much of the rest of the nation in this summer’s blistering heat wave.
Colorado State University's August 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season update maintains an above average outlook.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
The experts at Colorado State University updated their forecast and increased the number of storms they are expecting.
Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
Some forecasters blamed unusually high sea temperatures for the rare development.