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2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins Today
MIAMI — There is an 80 percent chance that a hurricane will form in the next 48 hours from an area of low pressure located near the east coast of…
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Future Hurricanes and Typhoons Will Cover Greater Swaths of the Earth
MIAMI — A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as New York, Boston, Beijing,…
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Tropical Storm Wanda Forms In The North-Central Atlantic
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Wanda formed over the Atlantic Ocean today — and while it isn't expected to make landfall, it's still making history. For only the third time ever,…
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Turks and Caicos On The Lookout For Low Pressure System in the Caribbean
MIAMI — There’s a low pressure system located northeast of the Turks and Caicos, but tropical development is unlikely due to the presence of storm-shredding wind shear, the National Hurricane…
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USVI Hoping For ‘Moisture Surge’ From Invest 93L Expected To Reach Here Soon
MIAMI — We still have two X’s on the board, but we don't expect either of them to amount to much of anything. Disturbance #1 is passing over the mountains…
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NWS Now Monitoring 2 Strong Tropical Waves In The Atlantic
MIAMI — Activity in the Caribbean is on the rise again, with forecasters monitoring two areas for potential development as a third peters out. A tropical wave located east-southeast of…
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NWS Expects Tropical Wave To Bring ‘Heavy Rainfall’ To USVI On Wednesday
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Forecasters are monitoring "a vigorous tropical wave" located about 500 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands, the National Weather Service said today. The tropical wave is producing…
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Tropical Depression Victor Begins To Crumble, Expected To Push North
MIAMI —Hurricane Sam devolved over the weekend and continues to push north, meanwhile the National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on Tropical Depression Victor. Located over the southeastern Bahamas near…
As Hurricane Sam Exits Stage Left, Victor And Wanda Are Waiting In The Wings
MIAMI — Hurricane Sam went through a weakening spell yesterday when an internal process collapsed the storm’s eyewall and a new larger one formed. Now the new one is contracting,…
VITEMA Monitors Passing Of Hurricane Sam To North Of St. Thomas, St. John
CHRISTIANSTED — Hurricane Sam continued to feed on warm water as a powerful Category 3 storm with some partners likely to join it in the Atlantic basin in the form…