• Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco as a Category 5 storm

    Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco as a Category 5 storm

    Oct 25, 2023 02:45 PM EST

    ... trucks from the national electric company moved through the Guerrero state capital Chilpancingo before dawn Wednesday toward Acapulco. Otis had strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours Tuesday. Residents of Guerrero's coast scrambled to prepare, but the storm's sudden intensity ...

  • Hurricane Norma makes landfall in Mexico as Tammy threatens islands in Atlantic

    Hurricane Norma makes landfall in Mexico as Tammy threatens islands in Atlantic

    Oct 21, 2023 07:24 PM EST

    ... overseas departments.The hurricane center said in a report that “heavy rainfall and flooding (are) likely over much of the Lesser Antilles.” Two weeks after Tropical Storm Phillippe rolled through Antigua and Barbuda dumping six to eight inches of rain and plunging both islands into darkness, residents of the islands ...

  • Hurricane Norma heads for Mexican resorts, as Tammy becomes hurricane in the Atlantic

    Hurricane Norma heads for Mexican resorts, as Tammy becomes hurricane in the Atlantic

    Oct 20, 2023 04:15 PM EST

    ... Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in the Pacific. In the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said another tropical storm, Tammy, had grown into a hurricane, with winds of 75 mph (120 kph). Hurricane watches were in effect for the islands of Guadeloupe ...

  • Hurricane Lidia dissipates after killing 1 person, injuring 2 near Mexico's Puerto Vallarta resort

    Hurricane Lidia dissipates after killing 1 person, injuring 2 near Mexico's Puerto Vallarta resort

    Oct 11, 2023 08:35 PM EST

    ... of Puerto Vallarta and the major port of Manzanillo. Local authorities canceled classes in communities around the coast. The expected impact came one day after Tropical Storm Max hit the southern Pacific coast, hundreds of miles away, and then dissipated. Rains from Max washed out part of a coastal highway ...

  • Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic

    Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic

    Sep 24, 2023 07:22 PM EST

    After being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia on Sunday still threatened parts of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. As Ophelia weakened, a new tropical storm named Philippe brewed in the Atlantic. Even ...

  • Lee bears down on New England and Canada with hurricane-force winds, rain

    Lee bears down on New England and Canada with hurricane-force winds, rain

    Sep 16, 2023 02:52 PM EST

    ... Hurricane Center. That’s about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Eastport, Maine. WATCH: News Wrap: Lee makes landfall in Canada after lashing Northeast The storm was expected to weaken as it moved into New Brunswick and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In the United States, a tropical storm warning ...

  • New England braces for Hurricane Lee after days of extreme weather

    New England braces for Hurricane Lee after days of extreme weather

    Sep 15, 2023 01:36 PM EST

    ... the brunt of the storm, which was traveling north on a path that could lead to landfall Saturday afternoon in Nova Scotia, possibly as a tropical storm.One thing is working in the region’s favor: The storm surge will not be accompanied by an astronomical high tide, helping to ...

  • Hurricane watch issued in Maine as rain-soaked New England braces for Lee

    Hurricane watch issued in Maine as rain-soaked New England braces for Lee

    Sep 13, 2023 10:46 PM EST

    ... parts of the coastal Northeast during the weekend, forecasters said. Lee is traveling north and could make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, possibly as a tropical storm, forecasters said. "The ground is saturated. It can't take in anymore," Dean Mazzarella, mayor in Leominster, said at a news conference Wednesday ...

  • LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Lee

    LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Lee

    Sep 07, 2023 04:39 PM EST

    ... t contribute to the flooding earlier this week. But the hurricane is traveling north and could make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, possibly as a tropical storm, forecasters said. "The ground is saturated. It can't take in anymore," Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella said at a news conference Wednesday. Mazarella ...

  • Hurricane Lee approaches northeast Caribbean, forecasters warn of Category 5 storm

    Hurricane Lee approaches northeast Caribbean, forecasters warn of Category 5 storm

    Sep 07, 2023 02:46 PM EST

    ... Atlantic season. Lee was not expected to make landfall while on a projected path that will take it near the northeast Caribbean, although forecasters said tropical storm conditions are possible on some islands. Meteorologists said it was too early to provide details on potential rainfall and wind gusts. The storm ...