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Published
September 22, 2023

Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force

Forecasters said Ophelia was about 90 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and heading north-northwest at 12 mph., on Friday night.
Published
September 21, 2023

Tropical storm warning issued for East Coast ahead of potential cyclone

The tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware.
Published
September 12, 2023

Hurricane Lee swirls through open waters on a path to Atlantic Canada

Still north of Puerto Rico, Lee was generating dangerous surf and rip currents, conditions that are expected to spread to the U.S. East Coast.
Published
September 8, 2023

Hurricane Lee barrels through Atlantic after becoming season’s first Category 5 storm

Lee is expected to strengthen and reach winds of up to 180 mph.
Published
September 6, 2023

Lee likely to become major hurricane, threatening East Coast

A turn to the north is forecast next week that would keep the entire East Coast of the United States on guard.

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Published
August 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power

Idalia grew into a Category 2 system on Tuesday and then a Category 3 storm on Wednesday before peaking as a Category 4 hurricane. It then weakened slightly.
Published
August 29, 2023

Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee called Idalia 'an unprecedented event' since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend region.
Published
August 28, 2023

Florida prepares for Idalia’s possibly life-threatening storm surges

It is the first storm to hit Florida this hurricane season and a potentially big blow to the state, which is also dealing with lingering damage from Ian.
Published
August 27, 2023

Tropical Storm Idalia forms in Gulf of Mexico on possible track toward U.S.

Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida.
Published
August 21, 2023

Haiti and Dominican Republic warn of floods and landslides as Tropical Storm Franklin nears

On Aug. 10, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration updated its forecast and warned that this year’s hurricane season would be above normal.