NWS Forecasts Afternoon Showers For Today
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is still watching a disturbance in the central tropical Atlantic with a high formation chance in the next seven days and 48 hrs. Shower…
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Good Chance of Scattered Showers Tomorrow For USVI and Puerto Rico, NWS Says
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor a disturbance in the central tropical Atlantic with a high chance of storm formation in the next seven days. Disorganized showers…
FEMA funds first-of-its-kind effort to rebuild Puerto Rican coral reefs
SAN JUAN (WaPo) — Hurricanes, earthquakes and an outbreak of a fast-spreading coral disease have wreaked havoc on the coral reefs that protect Puerto Rico’s shores in recent years. Now,…
Tropical depression likely to form early next week, NHC says
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Central is monitoring a tropical wave in the central Atlantic with a high formation chance in the next seven days. Disorganized cloudiness and showers located…
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National Hurricane Center Monitors 3 Disturbances In Atlantic, Caribbean Sea
MIAMI —The National Hurricane Center is closely monitoring three disturbances in the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea today. First, in the Central Tropical Atlantic, shower and thunderstorm activity associated…
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Tropical wave expected to pass to the north of the USVI and Puerto Rico
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave with medium formation chance in the next seven days. The tropical wave is located several hundred miles to the…
Tropical Wave Has Low Chance of Formation, NWS Says
SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave with low formation chance (30%) in the next seven days. A tropical wave is located just to the…
Small tornado hits northwestern Puerto Rico, downing trees and power lines
SAN JUAN — A small and rare tornado swept briefly through a town in northwestern Puerto Rico, damaging homes and causing at least one landslide, officials said. No injuries were…
Tropical wave could cause flooding in urban areas
SAN JUAN — There is an elevated risk of flooding in urban areas, roads, small streams, and washes with the arrival of a vigorous tropical wave today. Isolated flash floods…
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First hurricane of 2023 season forms; Invest 95L lurks as possible rainmaker on Tuesday
MIAMI — The first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season formed on Saturday afternoon. Hurricane Don is still far from any land and hasn’t triggered any warnings. Forecasters are…