NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

Hurricane Ida alone caused more than $60 billion in damages, making it one of the five most costly U.S. hurricanes on record since 1980. Forecasters ran out of names for a record second year in a row.

A non-tropical low-pressure system off the Carolinas has a robust circulation. This is the storm that produced heavy rain, wind, and extremely high tides at the coast over the weekend.

Caribbean and Central American nations are vulnerable to dangerous storm surge and coastal flooding from hurricanes, but many of these nations have limited surge and flood mapping capabilities and forecast systems able to take advantage of the latest technologies. To help solve this pressing real world problem, FIU will continue assisting NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC), which in 2016 initiated the Caribbean Coastal Inundation and Forecast Demonstration Project (CIFDP-C) to develop improved and cost-effective products for storm surge monitoring and warning for Caribbean island-nations and Central American coastal areas. The new project will expand that assistance to 24 additional nations in the Caribbean and Central America. “It is an honor to continue and expand the work with the National Hurricane Center of my late mentor and friend Professor Zhang. Improved storm surge mapping saves lives, we all know this, and it drives our program,” said principal investigator Yuepeng Li, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research with FIU’s Extreme Events Institute who will lead the FIU team and assist the Storm Surge Unit at the National Hurricane Center in this collaborative effort.

The strong low-pressure system in the middle of the Atlantic has broken free of the fronts that were attached to it, so it meets the criteria to become a named system.

An intense nor’easter – a northern coastal storm with most of its impactful winds coming from the northeast – will slowly pull away from the New England coast today. Winds gusted over 90 mph on Cape Cod overnight and are still high across southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Long Island, New York.

The storm is the eighth named hurricane of the East Pacific season.

When there’s a tropical storm or hurricane moving across the ocean, part of what’s so intimidating about it is that it’s so unpredictable. We really never know where it might make landfall, or how powerful it might be when it does.

The season could end early — but it’s far from a guarantee.

Caribbean and Central American nations are vulnerable to dangerous storm surge and coastal flooding from hurricanes, but many of these nations have limited surge and flood mapping capabilities and forecast systems able to take advantage of the latest technologies. To help solve this pressing real world problem, FIU will continue assisting NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC), which in 2016 initiated the Caribbean Coastal Inundation and Forecast Demonstration Project (CIFDP-C) to develop improved and cost-effective products for storm surge monitoring and warning for Caribbean island-nations and Central American coastal areas. The new project will expand that assistance to 24 additional nations in the Caribbean and Central America. “It is an honor to continue and expand the work with the National Hurricane Center of my late mentor and friend Professor Zhang. Improved storm surge mapping saves lives, we all know this, and it drives our program,” said principal investigator Yuepeng Li, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research with FIU’s Extreme Events Institute who will lead the FIU team and assist the Storm Surge Unit at the National Hurricane Center in this collaborative effort.

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More than a half-foot of rain is possible in places like Dallas and Fort Worth.

The large area of disturbed weather east of the Bahamas is from a non-tropical low-pressure system with a robust upper-level disturbance. It’s under strong upper-level winds and will get swept out to sea in the next couple of days.

The tropical storm is expected to be "near major hurricane strength" by the time it makes landfall, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical depression Pamela has dissipated in northern Mexico after slamming into the country’s Pacific coast as a hurricane, though forecasters warn that its rainy remnants still pose a flooding threat to parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

The tropical storm is expected to be "near major hurricane strength" by the time it makes landfall, the National Hurricane Center said.

Bill Wadell is in Montana, where the snow is already causing problems on the roadways.

According to the American Red Cross, house fires are more likely to happen during the winter, and especially the holidays.

Forecasters are watching two tropical disturbances in the Atlantic, one of which is passing over Haiti Tuesday and is expected to reach the southeastern Bahamas by midweek.

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The Central U.S. is bracing for severe weather after tornadoes and hail slammed the Southern Plains. CBS New York chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn has the forecast.

Two tropical disturbances around the Caribbean islands have a slight possibility of developing over the next few days, the National Hurricane Center forecasts.

Two disturbances are churning over the Atlantic Ocean, one off the coast of North Carolina and one nearing the far eastern Caribbean. But neither has high odds of developing into a tropical depression or storm this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center is giving the disturbance off the Southeast coast a decent chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm for a hot minute over the weekend.

An area of low pressure in the northeastern Caribbean is forecast to move north to northwest offshore of eastern Florida and then up the U.S. East Coast, coming nearest to the Carolinas.

An area of low pressure in the eastern Caribbean is forecast to move northwest for the next few days in the general direction of Florida and the U.S. East Coast. There’s still a 10% chance the system could slowly develop, but that window is narrow.

The tropical system is expected to move west-northwest through the weekend in the general direction of Florida and the U.S. East Coast. Storm-shredding wind shear will be an obstacle to the system's development, experts said.

The National Hurricane Center is making note of a broad area of disturbed weather over the southern Bahamas.

Here's the latest forecast track of Hurricane Sam. Sam is expected to be near the eastern edge of the Caribbean by Thursday and Bermuda early Saturday morning.

Hurricane Sam has strengthened again to a powerful Category 4 storm.

National Hurricane Center says the small but powerful storm is expected to fluctuate in strength over the Atlantic for a few days before weakening.

National Hurricane Center says the small but powerful storm is expected to fluctuate in strength over the Atlantic for a few days before weakening.

Hurricane Sam is a powerful Category 3 storm in the Atlantic but it poses no threat to land as it loops northward in the Atlantic.

The "small but dangerous storm" is one of the earliest 18th named storms to form.

The "small but dangerous storm" is one of the earliest 18th named storms to form.

The "small but dangerous storm" is one of the earliest 18th named storms to form.

Hurricane Sam was located about 630 miles off the coast of French Guiana on Saturday. There's a slight chance it would hit Bermuda, but modeling currently shows it's likely to miss the island.

Confidence is now high that Hurricane Sam will avoid the Caribbean islands as the storm arcs off to the north.

The storm is forecast to rapidly intensify as it passes over warm water far out in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center says. It's too soon to predict where or when Sam might affect land.

Sam has continued to strengthen faster than predicted. It has reached hurricane strength and has developed a classic shape on the satellite as it tracks toward the Caribbean islands. It’s not moving as fast as many storms do in that part of the ocean, and is forecast to slow down over the warm Atlantic waters.

The disturbance far out in the Atlantic has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Sam. The system is in a corridor that appears prime for strengthening, which the National Hurricane Center predicts will happen over at least the next five days.

Tropical Storm Sam, the 18th named storm of the season, is expected to be at hurricane strength by Friday, and could be a major hurricane with top winds of 125 mph by next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. Sam formed Thursday from Tropical Depression Eighteen and was moving west at 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, as of 5 p.m. Thursday, about 1,635 miles ...

Tropical depression 18 has formed in the Eastern Atlantic, and the National Hurricane Center’s forecast shows it becoming a Category 3 hurricane by early next week as it edges closer to the Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Peter has formed out the disturbance we’ve been following across the tropical Atlantic. It finally has an organized circulation that meets the standard, and top winds are estimated to have reached 40 mph.

Tropical Disturbance #1 has a decently defined broad circulation, but the bad weather is in a big comma shape to the east and north of the center of circulation. So it doesn’t have enough organization yet to rate being called a tropical depression or tropical storm.

Forecasters are monitoring three areas for potential storm development, two of which could potentially form into Tropical Storm Odette and Tropical Storm Peter.

Flash flooding, tornadoes and hail are forecasted for some areas still grappling with Hurricane Ida's aftermath.

The winds are winding down in Tropical Depression Nicholas, but the rain continues to fall. While the center of Nicholas’s circulation is crawling across southwestern Louisiana, the heavy rain on the east side of the storm has expanded all the way to the Florida Panhandle.

Parts of southern Louisiana could see isolated rain totals of 20 inches through Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. More than 342,200 utility accounts are now without power in Texas.

The storm, which reached hurricane strength, made landfall then weakened back to tropical storm status. It's bringing pounding rain and strong winds to the region.

There haven't been that many "O" storms in the past, but they have occurred with a history of destructive storms. Here's a look at the past of "O" named storms during hurricane season.

The storm, which reached hurricane strength, made landfall then weakened back to tropical storm status. It's bringing pounding rain and strong winds to the region.

Tropical Storm Nicholas has weakened to a tropical depression as it slowed to a crawl over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana as its heavy rains continued to drench the area, maintaining a flood threat.

Forecasters said southeast Texas, southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi could see 4 to 8 inches of rain as millions of others are under flash flood warnings.

The storm is threatening the region with "life-threatening" rainfall, with millions of residents under flash flood warnings.

Tropical Storm Nicholas is drifting to the north in the extreme western Gulf of Mexico. Because it’s moving parallel to the coast, forecasting the landfall point is very tricky. A wobble to the left and the system runs into the Mexico or South Texas coast pretty soon.

Nicholas could strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall Monday. The storm will trigger "considerable flash and urban flooding," the National Hurricane Center says.

Nicholas could strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall Monday. The storm will trigger "considerable flash and urban flooding," the National Hurricane Center says.

While the most severe parts of the storm are not expected to hit Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards tweeted that all of southern Louisiana should "keep a close eye on Tropical Storm Nicholas."

Tropical Storm Nicholas formed in the western Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to track toward the coasts of Texas or Louisiana over the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. Here are the latest forecast tracks.

Parts of Mexico were doused with rain and heavy winds even as Olaf weakened and began to move out to sea.

Computer forecast models predict a tropical disturbance has a decent chance to develop into at least a strengthening storm over the extreme western Gulf of Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center designates September 10 as the official peak of hurricane season – the day when we are most likely to have a named storm. Today’s date is based on a rolling average of 100 years of storm – plus or minus.

Maximum sustained winds had slipped to about 80 mph and it was expected to weaken further while grinding along the peninsula's coast during the day.

Mindy is expected to bring several inches of rainfall to South Carolina this afternoon that could produce "scattered flash, urban, and small stream flooding."

Mindy was organized enough to be designated a tropical storm when winds over 40 mph were measured on a buoy in the Gulf of Mexico. That happened yesterday afternoon, then last night the system made landfall near Apalachicola.

New Hurricane Olaf was heading toward a strike on the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Thursday. The U.S, National Hurricane Center said the area could see hurricane conditions overnight and urged people to rush preparations for the storm. It was centered about 155 miles (250 kilometers) southeast of Cabo San Lucas Thursday morning with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).

A swath of the Florida Panhandle was under a tropical storm warning after Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall Wednesday night.

As Hurricane Larry churned through the Atlantic Ocean this weekend, astronauts at the International Space Station kept a watchful eye on the storm from space.

More rain coming to the Hurricane Ida disaster zone while Larry grows in the Atlantic. You have to feel for the people in Louisiana who are trying to recover from Hurricane Ida. The rainy weather pattern that has plagued them all year just won’t let up.

Hurricane Larry’s top winds reached 125 mph Sunday, just 5 mph shy of the minimum threshold for a Category 4 hurricane. It could bring dangerous swells and rip currents to the U.S. East Coast and is expected to near Bermuda at major hurricane strength, forecasters said.

Hurricane Larry is predicted to reach Category 4 strength over the open waters of the central Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Larry is moving west through the Atlantic on a path that is expected to take it north of the Caribbean Sea as it intensifies into a major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Models predict Larry will rapidly strengthen into a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds by Sunday as it moves toward the general direction of Bermuda. It’s still to early to say if it will ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Larry has been intensifying steadily and, by Thursday afternoon, had grown slightly larger, according to the National Hurricane Center. Larry is forecast to develop rapidly into a major hurricane with top winds reaching up to 140 mph. Larry, the fifth hurricane of the season, formed early Thursday and is expected strengthen into a major hurricane, with winds ...

Hurricane Larry is forecast to develop rapidly into a major hurricane with top winds reaching up to 120 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Lessons will roll in over the weeks and months to come as the full impact of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana is better understood. In the broad view, the big levees held, the electricity failed, and the small communities in the direct path of the core of the hurricane were devastated from some combination of wind and water.

Tropical Depression Twelve strengthened to Tropical Storm Larry Wednesday morning, and the National Hurricane Center forecasts that it could strengthen to a hurricane on Thursday.

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Hurricane Ida is a high-end Category 4. The National Hurricane Center is noting that it could reach Category 5 over the very warm water near the Louisiana coast before landfall.

Residents across Louisiana’s coast rushed to prepare for the approach of an intensifying Hurricane Ida.

Tropical Storm Ida formed early Thursday afternoon in the Western Caribbean, and as of midday Friday, it was projected that the storm would track into the Gulf eventually as a hurricane of at least Category 2 strength.

Once again, Louisiana is the bullseye. Tropical Storm Ida is likely to become a strong hurricane as it makes a beeline for the Gulf coast south or southwest of New Orleans.

The National Hurricane Center is highlighting three areas for potential development. The one of most immediate concern is Tropical Disturbance #1, which long-range computer forecast models indicate may eventually end up in the western Gulf.

After threatening to wobble west toward central Long Island, Henri has drifted slightly east.

A weakening Henri is now a tropical depression and is churning eastward over New England and back toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Grace hit Mexico's Gulf as a major Category 3 storm and moved inland, drenching coastal and inland areas in its second landfall in the country in two days.

The National Hurricane Center forecast and the consensus of the computer forecast models is that Henri will strengthen into a hurricane well off the Carolina coast and then head due north into or near southern New England or the eastern end of Long Island, New York.

Hurricane Grace has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it bears down on a second landfall in Mexico.

Changes to the forecast track of forecast-to-be Hurricane Henri are nerve-wracking for the eastern end of Long Island, New York and especially southeast New England.

Tropical Depression Fred has weakened to a depression and spawned several apparent tornadoes in Georgia as it dumps heavy rains into the Appalachian mountains.

Tropical Depression Grace is drenching Haiti, dumping up to 15 inches of rain on a quake-damaged landscape as thousands of people huddle in fields and search for survivors.

The National Hurricane Center said Fred has regained tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico as parts of the Caribbean began seeing impacts from tropical depression Grace.

The death toll from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that battered Haiti is soaring as rescuers race to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.

What’s left of Fred is edging toward the waters west of the Florida Keys. It’s not much of a tropical system, but it has a lot of tropical moisture.

Tropical Depression Fred is disheveled and has a long way to go if it’s going to intensify before it gets near South Florida tomorrow.

Tropical Storm Grace has formed as Tropical Depression Fred produces heavy rain across the Florida Keys.

Tropical Storm Fred is a messy-looking tropical storm just south of the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic.

Tropical Storm Fred has weakened to a tropical depression while sweeping over the Dominican Republic and dumping heavy rains that forecasters warn could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides there and in neighboring Haiti.

Tropical Storm Fred officially became the sixth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season late Tuesday night as it strengthened and became better organized while moving south of Puerto Rico. The center of Fred is now just south of the eastern Dominican Republic.

We’re following 2 disturbances across the tropical Atlantic at the moment, but Tropical Disturbance #1, the one closest to the Caribbean islands, is most likely to develop into at least a tropical depression and is heading in the general direction of Florida.

The National Hurricane Center is continuing to call out three systems spread out across the tropical Atlantic.