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MIAMI -- The chances of a major hurricane happening this year have dropped dramatically, federal forecasters said on Thursday.

That upbeat revised prediction comes just as the Atlantic hurricane season typically heats up, with August, September and October historically producing the most and strongest storms.

The reasons for the dwindling ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Debby picked up speed but lost strength Wednesday in the far north Atlantic Ocean.

Debby had been a subtropical storm -- meaning it lacked the characteristics to become a full-fledged cyclone. The system became a tropical storm Wednesday morning.

As of 5 p.m. EDT, Debby had maximum sustained winds of 40 ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A new named storm formed Tuesday in the north Atlantic.

Subtropical Storm Debby is expected to fall apart in a couple days and is not a threat to land, the National Hurricane Center said.

Debby had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday. The storm is southeast of Newfoundland and moving north at 16 ...Read more

TOKYO -- More than 20 people were injured and tens of thousands ordered to evacuate their homes on Sunday as Typhoon Jongdari hit flood-battered western Japan, local media reported.

The season's 12th typhoon caused damage to homes and buildings in central and western Japan, broadcaster NHK reported.

The storm also led to the cancellation of ...Read more

MIAMI -- The collection of showers and thunderstorms that once formed Hurricane Beryl is sweeping over Puerto Rico, causing mudslides and power outages on the island, which is still recovering from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria last September.

The gale has a 10 percent chance of turning back into a cyclone in the next couple days, ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tropical Storm Chris was stalled off the coast of the Carolinas on Monday, gathering strength to become a hurricane but not expected to make landfall.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the center of the storm was 200 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 5 a.m. Monday and was ever so slowly – ...Read more

Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm of the season, was expected to become a hurricane off the Carolinas by Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.

The storm continued to strengthen Sunday, but stagnated nearly 180 miles the coast of south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., according to the hurricane center. The storm's maximum sustained winds ...Read more

TOKYO ––At least 83 people have died after torrential rains triggered landslides and flooding in wide areas of western Japan, broadcaster NHK reported Sunday.

Six people were still in critical condition and 57 others missing, NHK said.

Tens of thousands of rescuers were working to find and save survivors in the disaster-stricken regions, ...Read more

The year's first Atlantic hurricane lost strength Saturday morning, declining to Tropical Storm Beryl as it headed for the eastern islands of the Caribbean.

The storm produced top winds of 65 mph and continues to pose no threat to Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Beryl had triggered a hurricane watch for Dominica and ...Read more

MIAMI -- Emergency lines were ringing off the hook from North Bay Village on Sept. 9, 2017, as the tiny, three-island city braced itself for what was predicted to be an almost direct hit from Hurricane Irma.

As the night wore on, power lines fell, streets flooded, and alarms sounded. And yet by midnight, half the members of the 12-person ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The hurricane risk to the United States has sharply decreased this season, with ocean conditions becoming less favorable for the storms' formation, according to a closely watched forecast released Monday.

Colorado State University's Tropical Meteorology Project now calls for four hurricanes this year, compared with 10 ...Read more

A new study by a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that over the past seven decades, tropical cyclones have slowed down near coastlines around the world.

The findings published in the journal Nature describe a clear link between global warming and the behavior of these severe storms -- with potentially...Read more

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. –– Hurricane Irma took Dirk Lockard's truck, his tools, his house -- "it folded like a house of cards" -- and turned the working class island he called home for the past 16 years into a scene of devastation. When the Category 4 storm swept through Big Pine Key in September with 140 mph winds and 5 feet of storm surge, it ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A closely watched hurricane forecast provided some good news on a stormy Thursday, despite last week's premature start to hurricane season.

Colorado State University announced a slight reduction in its initial forecast for hurricane season and now calls for a six hurricanes rather than seven. The university's Tropical ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Five North Carolina deaths are being now being attributed to the Subtropical Storm Alberto and more than 50 roads in western N.C. counties are closed because of flooding, mudslides and fallen trees.

The deaths include two people who died Wednesday when flooding and mudslides combined to cause a home to collapse near Boone, ...Read more