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Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength Tuesday, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Patricia has strengthened out in the Pacific, hundreds of miles off Mexico's Baja California peninsula.
Hurricane Rick, the strongest eastern North Pacific storm in more than a decade, raged across open seas on Sunday, but forecasters said it could veer into resorts at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula by midweek.
Forecasters say Jimena has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane off Mexico's southern Pacific coast.
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Jimena has formed in the Pacific south of Mexico.
The remnants of Hurricane Bill moved out into the Atlantic, forecasters said Monday, a day after the storm's powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the East Coast.
The first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season was gaining strength far off in the ocean Monday, while weaker storms threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti with heavy rains and drenched the Florida Panhandle.
Hawaii braced for Tropical Storm Felicia, taking no chances even though the storm weakened rapidly as it moved toward the islands.
Hours after being downgraded from a hurricane, Tropical Storm Carlos weakened further Sunday night as it headed west over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center offers these tips in preparing for a big storm:
The National Hurricane Center says a weather system moving over the Atlantic has lost its tropical depression status.
Listen up: If dangerous weather is on the way, the National Weather Service wants you to pay attention. So it plans to change the way some local weather warnings are worded to emphasize just how dangerous a storm can be. National Hurricane Center spokesman Dennis Feltgen said authorities hope to revamp guidelines for local forecasters to include more detailed language before the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Hurricane Paloma has made landfall in southern Cuba as a Category 4 storm.
Thousands of Cubans returned to homes demolished by Hurricane Paloma even as the once-powerful storm dissipated off the coast on Monday.
Omar strengthened into a fierce Category 3 hurricane late Wednesday as it pummeled St. Croix with heavy rains and winds, sinking boats in the harbor, knocking down trees and forcing workers to shut down a major oil refinery.
Norbert dissipated into a tropical depression over the northern mountains of mainland Mexico on Sunday, after ripping off roofs, flooding streets, and forcing thousands to seek shelter in Baja California.
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Odile has formed in the Pacific Ocean.
Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms and forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 people.
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Laura has begun to weaken as it moves into the energy-sapping cold waters of the north Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Marie is moving westward in the Pacific on a path that's taking it farther away from Mexico's coast.
A storm that worried forecasters but never gained tropical strength over the Atlantic pushed across the Carolinas on Friday with scattered power outages and propelled rain and rough surf farther up Atlantic seaboard.
Residents trying to get back to this hurricane-ravaged city Wednesday spent hours fuming in gridlocked traffic, only to be turned away at the bridge by officials worried that the crippled island can't accommodate that many people.
After a deadly and destructive trip across the Caribbean, Hurricane Ike began to move across the Gulf of Mexico, where it was expected to strengthen before plowing into Texas.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says powerful Hurricane Ike has roared ashore in eastern Cuba.
The Patriots say quarterback Tom Brady will have surgery on his left knee and will miss the rest of the 2008 season.
Tropical Storm Warning Issued - Mass. Coastline Bill continued to swirl over the open waters of the Atlantic as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph). The U.S.
National Hurricane Center names first storm of the seasonWe have our first Tropical Storm of the hurricane season. Ana has formed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, reports the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane categories to drop storm surges, floodingThe National Hurricane Center is no longer including storm surges and flooding in its hurricane categories out of concern that people aren't heeding proper warnings, because the surges haven't always matched the levels predicted in each category.
Tropical Depression 5 forms in the Gulf of Mexico The depression has formed north of the Yucatan Peninsula and is being watched.
Global warming debate stormy This article in the Miami Herald by Martin Merzer, July 30, 2007, continues to support a false notion that there are two camps have been taking potshots at each other for years about global warming.
'Losing sight of Planet Earth'A key US space agency (Nasa) satellite important for detecting hurricanes and providing other climate data will go silent in the next few years, and missions to replace it have been cancelled or delayed.
Ned Potter (ABC): House committees getting into mess on ouster of Proenza from Hurricane CenterIn a letter to Conrad Lautenbacher, whose agency, NOAA, overseas the Hurricane Center, they write, "Our Committees are deeply concerned with the turmoil that has engulfed the Center and about several of your actions which may have partially created this volatile situation." They …
Candid storm chief gets a lashing - MiamiHerald.comNOAA's National Weather Service has had a policy of dishonesty for many years on climate change and hydrology.
Hurricane Satellite Near FailureIf you live anywhere near the Gulf Coast or the Atlantic Coast, this news story will be a startling and unwelcome surprise to you. Please read and comment, especially if you live in a hurricane-prone area.
Global Warming Link to Hurricane Intensity QuestionedAn expert with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is questioning the connection between climate change and the appearance of more intense hurricanes in recent years.
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