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Hurricane Nigel formed Monday, and National Hurricane Center forecasters expect it to intensify into a Category 2 hurricane by Tuesday.

Its top wind speeds could reach up to 110 mph, forecasters said Monday.

As of 5 p.m. Eastern time Monday, Nigel’s maximum sustained winds were at 80 mph, about 810 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving ...Read more

Hurricane Nigel formed Monday and National Hurricane Center forecasters expect it to “rapidly intensify” into a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday.

The National Hurricane Center dubs any storm as “rapid intensifying” when it gains 35 mph or more of maximum sustained wind speed in a 24-hour period.

Its top wind speeds could reach up ...Read more

Nigel, the new, strengthening tropical storm to watch in the tropics, is forecast to become the Atlantic season’s fifth hurricane on Monday, forecasters said.

Nigel, the season’s ninth tropical storm, formed Saturday in the central tropical Atlantic, the same day as what had been Hurricane Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia.

Tropical Storm ...Read more

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused oil giants of “lying,” saying a landmark lawsuit his state filed aims to hold them accountable for reaping excessive profits at the expense of the state’s residents and the environment.

“The climate crisis is, after all, a fossil fuel crisis,” Newsom said on Sunday at the opening ceremony of ...Read more

As the nation faces a future of increasing flooding, drought and wildfires, millions of 60-pound rodents stand by, ready to assist.

Beavers can transform parched fields into verdant wetlands and widen rivers and streams in ways that not only slow surging floodwater, but store it for times of drought.

Still not impressed? In 2020, three raging ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts was spared the worst of Lee Saturday as the National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a post-tropical cyclone early in the day and Gov. Maura Healey lifted a state of emergency declared just before its arrival.

Lee made landfall later in Nova Scotia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, according to a 5 p.m. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Lee shifted into post-tropical cyclone Lee on Saturday as it sped north with a massive wind field that continued to whip across New England and Canada. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center forecast Tropical Storm Nigel to join Tropical Storm Margot in the Atlantic along with another system with chances to develop....Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts was spared the worst of Lee Saturday morning as the National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a post-tropical cyclone and Gov. Maura Healey lifted a state of emergency declared just before its arrival.

Lee is expected to make landfall later in the day in Canada and was tracking about 150 miles west-southwest of ...Read more

Hurricane Lee’s outer rain bands reached New England as the large storm continued its track to the north, with tropical storm and hurricane conditions expected to begin Friday and last throughout the weekend.

Though the storm was far away from Florida, swells generated by Lee were creating a high risk of life-threatening rip currents in Palm ...Read more

Hurricane Lee’s outer rain bands reached New England as the large storm continued its track to the north, with tropical storm and hurricane conditions expected to begin Friday and last throughout the weekend.

Though the storm was far away from Florida, swells generated by Lee were creating a high risk of life-threatening rip currents in Palm ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts Friday as the state braces for potentially damaging winds, rains, and floods stirred up by Hurricane Lee, a storm that is running up the East Coast and is expected to make landfall Saturday in Maine.

The latest emergency declaration includes the activation of up to 50 ...Read more

Coastal New England and Canada are bracing for Hurricane Lee as the large storm continues its track to the north, with tropical storm and hurricane conditions expected to begin Friday and last throughout the weekend.

Lee will remain “large and dangerous” for the next few days while Hurricane Margot is expected to weaken to a tropical storm ...Read more

Coastal New England and Canada braced themselves for Hurricane Lee on Thursday as the large storm continued its move to the north, while attention also turned to a tropical depression expected to form within the next day or so.

Hurricane Lee’s wind field had expanded Thursday, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 90 miles from ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for the coast of northern Maine, as well as tropical storm warnings for most of coastal New England, including Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. There is also a storm surge warning for Cape Cod and Nantucket.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic, Hurricane Margot may have reached peak intensity. ...Read more