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Earl glances off NC on northward trek (9/3)

By the ASSOCIATED PRESS CHATHAM, Mass. — A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area’s picturesque gray-shingled cottages. Earl dropped to a Category 1 storm — down from a [...]

Earl closes in on East Coast (9/2)

By the ASSOCIATED PRESS BUXTON, N.C. — The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm’s projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard. The [...]

TS Frank nears Mexico; Danielle in Atlantic (8/23)

STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS MIAMI — Tropical storm watches and warnings have been extended westward along Mexico’s coast as Tropical Storm Frank churns in the Pacific. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Danielle is getting stronger Monday far out over the Atlantic. Neither storm is expected to threaten the continental United States. In Mexico, a tropical storm warning [...]

Colin forms again, heads to Bermuda (8/6)

By the ASSOCIATED PRESS Tropical Storm Colin is meandering in the Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the center of the storm is located Friday about 380 miles south-southwest of Bermuda and has begun moving east-northeast around 7 mph. Its maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph. A [...]

System develops into Tropical Storm Colin (8/3)

Tropical Storm Colin is moving rapidly across the Atlantic but early forecasts put it on a track off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard rather than into the Gulf of Mexico, where BP is working to finally plug its blown-out oil well. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm has maximum sustained winds near 40 [...]

Tropical Depression 4 forms in the Atlantic (8/2)

By the ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — A tropical depression formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and early forecasts put it on a track off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard rather than into the Gulf of Mexico, where BP is working to finally plug its blown-out oil well. The National Hurricane Center said the [...]

Bonnie weakens to tropical depression over Gulf

By the ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — Bonnie has weakened to a tropical depression with winds near 35 mph after crossing Florida. Forecasters with the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was over the Gulf just off Naples, Fla. late Friday. Forecasters said the center of Bonnie came ashore Friday midday near Cutler Bay, about [...]

Tropical depression forms in Bahamas (7/22)

A newly formed tropical depression raked the low-lying Bahamas with rain and lightening on Thursday as it headed on a course for the site of massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm system, which has already caused flooding in Puerto Rico, the [...]

Rio Grande communities brace for floodwaters (7/9)

By the ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — As a strong storm dumped rain on the already high Rio Grande, those living downstream braced for a torrent of water that has led to the closure of two international bridges and evacuations on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border further up the river. Residents of [...]

Strengthening Alex expected to become hurricane (6/29)

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — A strengthening Tropical Storm Alex was expected to become a hurricane Tuesday as it swirled toward the Gulf coast of northern Mexico and southern Texas, where authorities were readying emergency shelters and distributing sandbags. Forecasters said the storm’s likely path would take it away from the site of the huge Gulf [...]

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