Flooding Rain, Tornadoes Likely As Tropical Storm Elsa Heads Toward Florida
Tropical Storm Elsa is on track to make landfall along Florida’s west coast on Wednesday morning. The storm will bring strong winds and flooding rains to communities in its path, as well as the risk for a storm surge along the coast as it nears…
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Tropical Storm Warnings Issued In Florida As Elsa Chugs Through Northern Caribbean
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Elsa slowly gets its act together in the northern Caribbean Sea. The storm quickly ramped up into a hurricane over Barbados last week, but it moved so fast that it shredded…
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Claudette Strengthened Into A Tropical Storm Over Land—Twice
Claudette regained its tropical storm status over North Carolina on Monday as the system picked up speed and touched ocean water for the first time as a named storm. This is the second time that Claudette reached the all-important (yet arbitrary)…
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The 2021 Hurricane Season Effectively Starts On May 15 And Ditches The Greek Alphabet
Big changes are coming to the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. After an active couple of years, meteorologists are (to their great credit) making some quick and necessary changes to make it easier to keep track of future storms, including unofficially…
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Hurricane Iota, Latest Category Five On Record, Making Landfall In Pummeled Nicaragua
This has been one heck of a hurricane season and “it can always get worse” seems to be the rule at the moment. It’s the middle of November. We’re on our unprecedented 30th named storm. And Hurricane Iota, now a category five…
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Why Tropical Storm Eta Followed Such An Odd, Zig-Zaggy Path Toward Florida
It’s not a surprise that a strange storm formed during a strange year. We’ve been watching Tropical Storm Eta for almost two weeks now. The storm’s followed a zig-zagging path from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico, a winding journey…
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Subtropical Storm Theta Makes 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season The Most Active On Record
Of course it was going to come to this: Subtropical Storm Theta formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday night, becoming the record 29th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. This is now the most active Atlantic hurricane season on…
Read MoreTropical Storm Watches Up For South Florida As Eta Strengthens And Lingers
It’s been…quite the news week…but something that shouldn’t get lost in the chaos is that the atmosphere is still minting storms like they’re state quarters. Eta, the 28th named storm of this historic hurricane season, is…
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Hurricane Eta Rapidly Intensifies Into A High-End Category Four As It Approaches Nicaragua
Hurricane Eta rapidly intensified into a powerful category four hurricane in the western Caribbean Sea on Monday, packing maximum winds of 150 MPH as of Monday evening’s advisory from the National Hurricane Center. This was…not anticipated…
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Tropical Storm Eta, Historic 28th Named Storm Of 2020, Threatens Central America This Week
Tropical Storm Eta could strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in Central America later this week, bringing damaging winds and flooding rain to parts of Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. The storm’s slow movement will lead to…
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