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MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Don is beginning to fizzle less than a day after it formed, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Tuesday morning.

The storm, located 155 miles southeast of Barbados at 11 a.m., had slowed to sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west at about 20 mph, forecasters said. A hurricane hunter plane sent to investigate...Read more

MIAMI -- A low pressure system churning across the Caribbean has about a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next two days, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Monday.

The system, located about 750 miles east of the Windward Islands and moving west at about 15 mph, had no defined center early Monday but was expected...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Another week, another area of potential storm development in the Atlantic.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are watching a patch of weather in the far eastern Atlantic that so far has a slight chance of becoming a tropical cyclone.

Forecasters say an area of disorganized rain showers a few hundred miles ...Read more

MIAMI -- Calling it an "amorphous blob," hurricane forecasters on Thursday said a tropical depression rolling toward the Windward Islands is not expected to last through the weekend.

In their 11 a.m. EDT advisory, National Hurricane Center forecasters said the storm located about 1,200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles has become less organized...Read more

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- There's a good chance a tropical cyclone will form over a far-off area of the Atlantic Ocean later this week, say forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The patch of showers and thunderstorms has been given a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next two days forecasters said in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- As record-setting temperatures surged into the triple digits in parts of California this week, the manager of the state's electrical grid put out an urgent plea: Turn down the AC and conserve power to avoid rotating outages.

The two-day "flex alert" by the California Independent System Operator drew headlines from dozens of media...Read more

A record-breaking heat wave that has been roasting California for days has claimed the lives of two seniors in San Jose, public health officials said Wednesday.

A 72-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman died from heat-related illnesses Monday, according to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. Days of punishing heat probably ...Read more

LAS VEGAS -- Dozens of flights have been delayed and canceled out of Phoenix Sky Harbor on Tuesday as the city -- and much of the region -- withers under another day of excessively hot temperatures.

The National Weather Service reported that Phoenix is expected to hit 120 degrees by late Tuesday afternoon. That would be two degrees shy of the ...Read more

MIAMI -- The Florida Panhandle and the Louisiana and Texas coasts should brace for heavy rain as a messy storm system approaches Tuesday, hurricane forecasters said.

In their 11 a.m. EDT advisory, National Hurricane Center forecasters said the storm, located 265 miles south of Louisiana's southeast coast, is becoming better defined. They expect...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two Atlantic tropical systems in the normally quiet month of June is unprecedented, hurricane forecasters say.

On Monday afternoon, Tropical Storm Bret formed in the Atlantic and another system in the Gulf of Mexico seemed on the verge of tropical status, earning the designation Potential Tropical Cyclone Three.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A broad area of low pressure located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea now has a 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm over the next five days as it moves north and into the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said Monday.

If the system does develop, it eventually could affect the Gulf Coast from Texas ...Read more

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka –– Relief workers continued to help flood and landslide victims Monday as the number of weather-related deaths rose to 169, officials said, adding that water levels are now receding.

Over 100 others are remained missing after five days of severe weather across the country, the Disaster Management Center said.

The ...Read more

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season, with five to nine hurricanes -- two to four of them Category 3 (winds at least 111 mph) or stronger. The forecast calls for 11 to 17 tropical systems (winds a least 39 mph).

The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and runs until...Read more

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- There was no air conditioning and parts of the roof were gone, so the mosquitoes would swarm in on those hellishly hot nights. People had their guns ready for the looters. There were also monkeys, llamas, cougars and who knows what else roaming around.

Lorraine Valladares was a middle school teacher who lived on the eastern ...Read more