Tropical Storm Philippe made landfall in Barbuda on Monday evening about 6 p.m. with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

The storm is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 75 mph.

The storm is moving northwest at 7 mph with tropical-storm-force winds extended out 175 miles.

The NHC said that Philippe’s ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 85 mph, while a downgraded Rina is now a remnant low.

As of 2 p.m. Eastern time Monday, Philippe was located about 55 miles east-southeast of Barbuda, moving northwest at 7 mph. Its maximum sustained winds were holding steady at 50 mph, with ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 85 mph, while a downgraded Rina is expected to dissipate Monday.

The two neighboring tropical systems had interacted last week in an uncommon phenomenon in the Atlantic. The Fujiwhara Effect is a binary interaction where two tropical cyclones ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Neighboring Tropical Storm Rina and Tropical Storm Philippe are continuing to interact this weekend, with Philippe expected to become a Category 1 hurricane and steer a weakening Rina to the northwest.

The phenomenon of two tropical systems interacting is not a common one in the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Rina was ...Read more

Tropical storms Philippe and Rina continued to make their way through the Atlantic, but forecasters don’t anticipate Florida to be affected, according to Friday’s 5 p.m. Eastern time advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The positioning of the two storms has forecasters pondering the possibility of the two storms merging.

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Tropical storms Philippe and Rina continued to make their way through the Atlantic, but forecasters don’t anticipate Florida to be affected, according to Friday’s 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The positioning of the two storms has forecasters pondering the possibility of the two storms merging.

Here’s what...Read more

Forecasters are uncertain of what the next few days hold for both Tropical Storm Rina, which formed Thursday morning in the central Atlantic, and Tropical Storm Philippe as they may interact.

It is unclear how Tropical Storm Rina’s intensity and track forecast could be affected because of its close proximity to Tropical Storm Philippe, which ...Read more

Tropical Storm Rina formed in the central tropical Atlantic Thursday morning, just southeast of Tropical Storm Philippe.

Meanwhile, Philippe is expected to drift for the next few days as it nears the Caribbean, though it may curve and skirt that boundary.

Rina was located about 1,190 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, moving north-...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to drift for the next few days as it nears the Caribbean, though it may curve and skirt that boundary. Following to the east, a second system is forecast to become a either a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Rina on Thursday or Friday, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center expects some slight ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe strengthened slightly Wednesday morning as its trajectory shifted a bit south, bringing its potential path closer to the Caribbean. Following to the east, a second system is highly likely to strengthen into a tropical depression, or eventually Tropical Storm Rina.

The National Hurricane Center expects some slight ...Read more

A tropical depression or potentially Tropical Storm Rina is likely to form in about a day in the central tropical Atlantic not far behind a weakening Tropical Storm Philippe as the latter makes its way toward the eastern Caribbean.

Storm-shredding wind shear and dry air are forecast to weaken Philippe this week as it moves west to west-...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe path is pivoting west toward the eastern Caribbean, but is hampered by wind shear. Meanwhile, off Africa, a tropical depression is likely to form within days, and follow not far behind Philippe.

Philippe, which is expected to gradually weaken this week, was located about 850 miles east of the far eastern Caribbean, ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe is now pivoting more generally toward the eastern Caribbean, while a tropical depression is likely to form within days from a system in the Atlantic not far behind Philippe.

National Hurricane Center forecasters said Tuesday that the system off Africa, which is headed west-northwest toward the central tropical Atlantic, ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe weakened slightly Monday afternoon ahead of its projected northwest turn in the open waters of the Atlantic, and a tropical depression is likely to form from a system that is not far behind Philippe.

Showers and thunderstorms associated with a system off Africa increased Monday night, and forecasters expect it to develop...Read more

National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Philippe, a system off Africa that is likely to become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure system that emerged Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico.

The system off Africa is likely to be a tropical depression within the next few days as it ...Read more

National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Philippe, a system off Africa could become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure system that emerged Sunday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico.

The system off Africa could become a tropical depression in the next few days as it moves west-...Read more

What remained of Tropical Storm Ophelia brought heavy rain and above average winds to the tri-state area Sunday, as the National Weather Service warned of potential flash floods.

Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina on Saturday as a tropical storm but quickly lost strength as it moved up the East Coast. By Sunday morning, its sustained winds...Read more