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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Sara formed in the western Caribbean Sea Thursday afternoon as it headed toward Honduras, but there is a great deal of uncertainty about what, if any, impacts the storm will have in Florida or other parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

As of Thursday afternoon, Sara was located off the coast of Honduras and was...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

As of the NHC’s 1 p.m. EST advisory, Sara was located about 205 miles east of Isla Guanaja, Honduras and 50 miles northeast of...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

As of the NHC’s 10 a.m. advisory, Sara was located about 205 miles east of Isla Guanaja, Honduras and 50 miles northeast of ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Sara to form in the western Caribbean Sea in the next 24 hours, but there is a great deal of uncertainty about what, if any, impacts it will have in Florida or other parts of the U.S. Gulf coast.

As of Thursday morning, the system was a tropical depression off the coast of Honduras and...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Depression Nineteen formed in the Caribbean early Thursday with the National Hurricane Center forecasting it to grow into Tropical Storm Sara. Long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and then turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. advisory, TD 19 was located about 250 ...Read more

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