For a storm that was expected to barely reach hurricane strength, Hurricane Omar now looks like it could hit Category 2, with winds more than 100 mph, in a few days. It might not be that strong when it gets near Puerto Rico on Thursday, but as it moves northeast into the Atlantic, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Omar should muscle up as it heads away from land. ...more

October 15, 2008

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

As Tropical Storm Nana weakened today, another tropical depression formed in the Caribbean Sea and forecasters expect it to become the season's next hurricane. ...more

October 13, 2008

Tropical Storm Nana, which formed Sunday afternoon in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, may not last the day as a storm, but another could take its place in the Caribbean Sea. ...more

October 13, 2008

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are watching a pair of tropical waves, one in the Caribbean Sea another in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

October 12, 2008

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marco has formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph. ...more

October 6, 2008

For the past two decades, the nation could count on one thing to keep it going when economic times got tough: Consumers kept spending. ...more

October 4, 2008

Strong winds kicked up rough surf Thursday as an intense low-pressure system chugged toward the Southeast coast with wind gusts of up to 40 mph, knocking out power to thousands of homes in Virginia. ...more

September 26, 2008

A tropical disturbance went through another day today without becoming more organized but continued to dump rain over Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft flew through the disturbance today and found no center of circulation. A flight on Sunday also failed to turn up an eye. The disturbance has hovered in the area of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola since Saturday. ...more

September 23, 2008

Forecasters are saying Tampa residents may see something Thursday morning not viewed since May 27: a thermometer reading lower than 70 degrees. ...more

September 23, 2008