The year's latest tropical depression formed today from an area of low pressure tucked near Central America and is expected to become Tropical Storm Ida, possibly today. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have watched the thunderstorms in the extreme southwestern Caribbean Sea since the weekend, and the system continued to become more organized. ...more

November 4, 2009

A coalition of environmental organizations wants a multistate council studying threats to the Gulf of Mexico to focus on climate change and its effects. ...more

January 14, 2009

What was left of short-lived Tropical Storm Nana has become just a mass of rain in the Atlantic Ocean far from Florida, but forecasters say another tropical depression could form today, this one hugging the coast of Central America. The National Hurricane Center ceased its advisories on Nana, saying the season's 14th storm is now merely an area of low pressure. ...more

October 14, 2008

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is lulling coastal residents into a fatally false sense of security. That's because the scale's five single-digit categories distort the danger of an approaching tropical weather system. ...more

September 25, 2008

When a hurricane like Gustav forms, people have two questions for forecasters: ...more

August 31, 2008

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitians were told to prepare for evacuations as Tropical Storm Gustav formed quickly Monday in the Caribbean on a path to hit - as a hurricane - the country's denuded southern coast before moving on to Cuba, the Bahamas and possibly Florida. ...more

August 26, 2008

An area of low pressure in the central Caribbean Sea has become Tropical Storm Gustav and is forecast to become a hurricane by Tuesday. ...more

August 25, 2008

Rays officials will be up early today tracking Tropical Storm Fay's progression up the Gulf Coast, but as of Monday night they still were hoping to play tonight's game against the Angels as scheduled. ...more

August 19, 2008

The cone of uncertainty was filled with all sorts of paths that Tropical Storm Fay could travel. ...more

August 19, 2008

TAMPA - If it survives the next few days, a tropical wave about 200 miles from the Caribbean Sea could again have some potential to develop into a depression or tropical storm. ...more

August 13, 2008