A tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea has been upgraded to Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 Wednesday afternoon, and forecasters say it will affect Central America as a tropical storm.

The potential tropical cyclone is expected to become a tropical storm within the next day or so, the National Hurricane Center said. Honduras, Belize, El ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center began advisories Wednesday on a system it forecasts to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm. Long-range forecast models predict it will intensify into a hurricane and threaten Florida by the middle of next week.

As of 4 p.m. Eastern time what the NHC is calling Potential ...Read more

MIAMI — A new tropical depression could form soon in the Caribbean Sea, and there’s a chance it could strengthen into the season’s next tropical storm.

The National Hurricane Center has continued to increase the formation chances of the disturbance that is dumping rain over the central Caribbean Sea near Jamaica. The system now has a 90% ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center expects the season’s next tropical depression or storm to form in the Caribbean soon, and forecast models predict it will intensify into a hurricane and threaten Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. tropical outlook, the broad area of low pressure over the central Caribbean Sea was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased again its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of its 1 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the NHC said a broad area of low pressure in the central Caribbean Sea was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased again its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of its 7 a.m. tropical outlook, the NHC said a tropical wave in the central Caribbean Sea was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

“Environmental ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of its 7 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the NHC said an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms to the south of Hispaniola over the central Caribbean Sea was associated with a tropical ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of its 1 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the NHC said an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms to the south of Hispaniola over the central Caribbean Sea was ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center is continues to monitor a system in the Atlantic with low odds of developing into the seasons next tropical depression or storm and weakening Tropical Storm Rafael.

As of the NHC 7 a.m. tropical outlook, disorganized showers and thunderstorms have decreased in area coverage since yesterday near a trough of low ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Rafael was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued westward in the Gulf of Mexico posing no threat to land for now while the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with low odds to develop into the next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC 7 p.m. tropical outlook, a trough of low ...Read more

Hurricane Rafael left a trail of collapsed homes and buildings and damaged schools, hospitals, electrical and telecommunications infrastructure as well as crops in Havana and other provinces in western Cuba, aggravating the crisis already engulfing the impoverished island.

The hurricane, which pounded the Cuban capital and the provinces of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — While Hurricane Rafael headed west into the Gulf of Mexico and no threat to land for now, the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with low odds to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 1 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the trough of low pressure with ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — While Hurricane Rafael headed west into the Gulf of Mexico and no threat to land for now, the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with low odds to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. tropical outlook, the trough of low pressure with disorganized showers and...Read more

Hurricane Rafael’s strong winds knocked down Cuba’s entire electrical grid, ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and downed a baseball stadium light tower as it crossed over western Cuba on Wednesday afternoon.

Cuban authorities said the storm left “severe damage” in the provinces of Artemisa, Mayabeque and Havana, but no casualties, ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Rafael, a Category 2 storm, is expected to slowly trek west across the Gulf of Mexico for the next few days.

This path is lined with less friendly conditions than the Caribbean — biting wind shear, dry air and cooler waters — that could work together to weaken the storm. By Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said, ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Rafael, now a Category 2 storm, is expected to slowly trek west across the Gulf of Mexico for the next few days.

This path is lined with less friendly conditions than the Caribbean — biting wind shear, dry air and cooler waters — that could work together to weaken the storm. By the time it nears Mexico on Sunday, the ...Read more

Less than three weeks after Cuba lost all electrical service for several days, Hurricane Rafael’s strong winds knocked out the country’s electrical grid again Wednesday afternoon, leaving the island without service, the state electricity company said.

The state-owned Electric Union said that the strong winds “caused the disconnection of ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Rafael weakened into a Category 2 storm Wednesday evening after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 on its way into the Gulf of Mexico, while the Florida Keys remained under a tropical storm warning.

As of 7 p.m. EST, Rafael, which first gained hurricane status at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, had 105 mph ...Read more