NEW ORLEANS — A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it ripped through the South this morning, killing at least two, knocking out power to more than two million across the region and prompting a rare tropical storm warning for Atlanta. And officials said life-threatening conditions would last into the day. Zeta weakened […]
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Hurricane Zeta Slams Into Mexico’s Caribbean Coast
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Zeta brought strong winds and heavy rains to Mexico’s Caribbean coast before weakening to a tropical storm today and heading towards the United States. There were no reports of deaths or significant damage after Zeta made landfall near the resort town of Tulum late Monday, the second hurricane to hit the […]
Tropical Storm Zeta Stalls In The Caribbean, As Hurricane Epsilon Passes Eastern U.S.
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Zeta stalled today in the western Caribbean, but forecasters said it posed the risk of a rain-heavy hurricane for Mexico’s resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and the United States Gulf coast. In a historic hurricane season, Zeta is the earliest ever named 27th Atlantic storm. The previous earliest formed on 29 November 2005, said […]
Forecasters Are Tracking New Tropical Wave In The Caribbean
MIAMI — A new tropical wave has developed in the Caribbean Sea and has a 20 percent chance of development into a tropical cyclone over the next five days. This disturbance is forecast to drift over Cuba in the coming days and then move just south of Florida. Even if the system does not develop […]
Forecasters Tracking 2 Disturbances In Caribbean And Atlantic, Including Tropical Storm Epsilon
MIAMI — Forecasters say a disturbance in the Caribbean has a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression within five days. As of 7 a.m. today, the disturbance — a trough of low pressure — extended from the northwestern Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan peninsula into the southwest Caribbean Sea. It’s expected to […]
NHC Monitors New Mid-Atlantic System With Increased Odds Of Development
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a new system in the mid Atlantic this morning with increased odds of development while anticipating a second system to appear in the southwestern Caribbean. The first, a broad non-tropical low pressure system, has better organization this morning and is located about 600 miles east-southeast of Bermuda, […]
3 Disturbances Could Bring A ‘Massive’ Amount of Rainfall To The USVI and PR This Weekend
MIAMI — Three disturbances being watched in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea may not become named storms, but could bring massive rainfall to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the first disturbance, a weak area of low pressure to the west of the […]
Compact Tropical Disturbance Moving Slowly Towards U.S. Virgin Islands And Puerto Rico
MIAMI — A tropical disturbance just east of the Caribbean is battling strong upper-level winds as it crawls towards the islands. Unless something very unexpected happens, the hostile upper environment is likely to keep it from developing an organized, tight circulation, but it can’t be completely ruled out. Sometimes, an undetectable perturbation in the flow […]
Only 1 Area Of Concern If You Live In The USVI Or Puerto Rico; But 3 Disturbances Are Out There
MIAMI — The tropics continue to heat up as we work our way into the first week of October. Tropical Storm Gamma, newly named Invest 92L and two other areas to watch out in the Atlantic highlight the busy week ahead. Gamma made landfall in the Yucatan peninsula Saturday and has since emerged into the […]
Tropical Depression 25 Forms In Caribbean, Could Become Tropical Storm Gamma
MIAMI — Tropical Depression 25 formed over the northwest Caribbean and is expected to become a tropical storm by Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said today. The system was located about 220 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, packing a maximum sustained winds of 35 miles-per-hour, the NHC said. The NHC is also tracking […]