Hurricane

New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

First 2026 hurricane season outlook predicts least active Atlantic since 2015

Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University (CSU) – the group that pioneered seasonal hurricane predictions in the 1980s – issued their first outlook of 2026 Thursday morning, predicting slightly below average named storm and hurricane activity for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

New ‘Ready, Set Backpack’ helps autistic children cope during hurricane emergencies

Hurricane season is right around the corner, and one South Florida city is already helping residents prepare -- especially families with autistic children.

Local 10 Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert Michael Lowry, wife welcome 3rd child

Local 10 Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert Michael Lowry and his wife, Kait, have welcomed their third child.

The tumultuous 2025 hurricane season comes to a close

The first season in a decade without a U.S. hurricane landfall also featured three Category 5 hurricanes, including Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

This hurricane season two forecast models stand out, but for very different reasons

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season appears to be winding down.

Local 10 crew joins Project DYNAMO on relief trip to Montego Bay after Hurricane Melissa

Project DYNAMO has already had multiple relief flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, and a Local 10 News crew is joined them Monday on their latest relief trip.

Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay remains closed to commercial flights, open for Hurricane Melissa relief

Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.

Melissa cuts through southeast Bahamas, expected to pass just west of Bermuda

Hurricane Melissa cut through the southeast Bahamas Wednesday and is expected to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday.

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba, stirs concern in Miami’s Little Havana

Hurricane Melissa slammed into eastern Cuba on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread flooding, power outages and heavy damage — and sparking concern among Cuban Americans in South Florida.

Hurricane Melissa floods areas of eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday in eastern Cuba.

Aerial videos show areas Hurricane Melissa devastated in Jamaica

A drone recorded video of destruction on Wednesday in southwestern Jamaica’s St. Elizabeth parish.

Hurricane Melissa’s fallen trees, debris block roads in Montego Bay as damage assessment continues

As the cleanup started on Wednesday in southwest Jamaica, fallen trees and debris blocked roads in Montego Bay. Hotels and homes were damaged. Bus stops destroyed.

Melissa strikes eastern Cuba as a major hurricane after ravaging western Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa, which devastated western Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded, briefly restrengthened between Jamaica and Cuba late Tuesday before making a second landfall shortly after 3 a.m. ET Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane about 40 miles west of Santiago de Cuba – the country’s second most populous city – in eastern Cuba.

Greater Good Charities prepares to help Jamaicans and their pets after Hurricane Melissa

The Greater Good Charities, a Seattle-based nonprofit with a location in Wilton Manors, was ready to help Jamaicans after Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaican official on Hurricane Melissa’s aftermath: ‘A lot of homes have been destroyed’

Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica’s local government minister, said on Wednesday morning that rescuers were helping people who were trapped on roofs after Hurricane Melissa caused flooding.

What to know about Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa was making its way across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, a day after making landfall in Jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record.

Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say.

Jamaican Americans in Margate feel heartache over Melissa’s fury

From his Donna’s Caribbean Restaurant in Margate, Karl Gordon was hungry for updates from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall at about 1 p.m. Tuesday in New Hope.

Videos show Hurricane Melissa’s force as it moves through Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa was still passing through Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon when videos started to show its destructive force.

Heat, Carnival donate $1M to support hurricane recovery in Jamaica

The Miami Heat, along with the Micky & Madeleine Arison Family Foundation and Carnival Corporation, announced a $1 million donation to Direct Relief to help recovery efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica, catastrophic conditions ongoing

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set a collision course early Tuesday with Jamaica and made landfall at New Hope, Jamaica, on the island country’s southwest coast at peak strength around noontime local on Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa challenges hospitality industry entrepreneur in Jamaica

The hospitality industry, a cornerstone of the Jamaican economy, braced for Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s powerful hit.

HOW TO HELP: Nonprofit organizations in South Florida collect donations to help Hurricane Melissa victims in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa will make landfall Tuesday morning in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, and organizations across South Florida are already collecting donations to help those who are being impacted.

Local 10 in Montego Bay: Wind, rain pound Montego Bay as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall

Local 10 News reporter Aaron Maybin is in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm.

Hurricane Melissa restrengthens to Category 4 as it heads toward Cuba after slamming Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in the Caribbean

The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned Monday that Hurricane Melissa could cause catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides in parts of Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola.

Local officials in Miramar, Lauderhill collect donations for Jamaicans dealing with Hurricane Melissa’s fury

Miramar and Lauderhill officials announced efforts to help Jamaicans who are preparing to deal with Hurricane Melissa’s fury.

Juici Patties restaurant collects disaster relief donations for Jamaicans facing Hurricane Melissa

Juici Patties, a Jamaican restaurant chain with dozens of locations, is accepting disaster relief donations to be delivered to the Caribbean island after Hurricane Melissa.

Coconut Creek-based nonprofit accepts donations for Jamaicans dealing with Hurricane Melissa

Food For The Poor, a Christian nonprofit organization based in Coconut Creek, was accepting donations on Monday for Jamaicans dealing with Hurricane Melissa.

Melissa takes aims at Jamaica as a monster Category 5 hurricane

Hurricane Melissa put on a rare show overnight, tipping the scales as a Category 5 hurricane by the predawn hours Monday while drifting only about 100 miles south of Jamaica over the deep, warm waters of the central Caribbean.

Local 10 in Montego Bay: Hurricane Melissa to bring life-threatening storm surge to Jamaica; mayor says they’re as ready as can be

Hurricane Melissa is now a massive Category 5 storm as it nears Jamaica, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge.

Local 10’s Aaron Maybin speaks to Jamaican Deputy Prime Minister ahead of Hurricane Melissa landfall

There are emergency command centers across the island of Jamaica where leaders will continue meeting as Hurricane Melissa approaches and while it’s making impact.

Global Empowerment Mission looking for donations to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Global Empowerment Mission is one of several organizations that jumps into action when a natural disaster is on the way.

Miramar opens 6 locations to drop off supplies for people in Jamaica

The city of Miramar is doing what it can to help the residents of Jamaica who are preparing for Hurricane Melissa.

Melissa undergoing extreme rapid intensification, catastrophic impacts expected for Jamaica

Melissa wasted no time harvesting a rich reservoir of warm water in the central Caribbean south of Jamaica on Saturday to intensify at an extreme rate – from a 70 mph tropical storm Saturday morning to a 140 mph Category 4 hurricane before sunrise Sunday.

Jamaican residents making last preps, tourists rush to leave before airport closes ahead of Hurricane Melissa

People in Jamaica are being told to seek shelter as Hurricane Melissa nears.

Jamaica braces as Tropical Storm Melissa nears, expected to become major hurricane

Residents and visitors across Jamaica are bracing for Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and the threat of flooding and landslides.

Melissa to strengthen and drift near or south of Jamaica as a major hurricane by Sunday

Tropical Storm Melissa grounded to a halt over the central Caribbean about 150 miles south of Jamaica and Haiti early Friday.

Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean early Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane while unleashing catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in southern Haiti.

Residents in Haiti, Dominican Republic busy preparing for Tropical Storm Melissa

Parts of the Caribbean are bracing for Tropical Storm Melissa.

Melissa forecast to rapidly strengthen into a major hurricane this weekend

Tropical Storm Melissa continued to struggle early Thursday as it crawled several hundred miles south of Jamaica and Haiti over the central Caribbean.

Melissa to meander, raising the risk of significant flash flooding for the north-central Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa formed late Tuesday morning about 300 miles south of Haiti over the central Caribbean but remains disorganized as it contends with persistent wind shear.

Melissa comes together in the Caribbean, bringing the threat of major flooding this week

The strong tropical disturbance designated Invest 98L over the weekend is coming together as Tropical Storm Melissa Tuesday morning, and the National Hurricane Center expects to issue its first forecast on the Atlantic hurricane season’s 13th named storm shortly.

Development likely this week in the Caribbean, but future path remains unclear

A tropical wave that moved into the eastern Caribbean on Sunday – designated Invest 98L by the National Hurricane Center on Saturday – is becoming increasingly organized and will likely become a tropical depression or tropical storm in the next day or two as it slows over the central Caribbean.

Looking ahead to next week in the Caribbean

A strong late-season tropical wave now moving through the central Atlantic could develop once it enters the Caribbean as upper-level winds turn increasingly conducive next week.

Criminal charges dropped against Florida man accused of abandoning dog during Hurricane Milton

Criminal charges have been dropped against a man accused of abandoning a dog on the side of Interstate 75 during Hurricane Milton in October 2024.

Atlantic ends the week on a quiet note

Since the basin reopened for business about a month ago following a bizarre 20-day drought with no active tropical systems through the traditional peak of the hurricane season, it’s managed to notch 6 of its 12 named storms and a full 60% of the season’s overall tropical activity as measured by the Accumulated Cyclone Energy or ACE.

Lorenzo limps along as the Atlantic takes a breath

Despite earlier forecasts showing Tropical Storm Lorenzo hanging around into the weekend, the unfriendly central Atlantic of mid October has done a number on it, and it’s no longer expected to survive the work week.

Jerry bringing heavy rains to Leeward Islands as Karen forms far, far away

Disheveled Jerry to pass near the northern Leeward Islands today

Despite a lopsided and disheveled appearance, Tropical Storm Jerry’s winds have gradually ticked up and it’s expected to be just shy of hurricane strength as its center curves north of the northern Leeward Islands along the northeastern edge of the Caribbean later today.

Jerry forms but slow to strengthen, tropical storm watches issued for northern Leeward Islands

Tropical Storm Jerry, the 10th named storm of the hurricane season, formed late Tuesday morning and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane on Thursday or Friday as it makes its closest pass near or just north of the northern Leeward Islands.

Tropical depression forming, could become a hurricane as it nears the Leeward Islands Thursday and Friday

A strong tropical disturbance churning through the central Atlantic – designated Invest 95L – continues to organize and is on the cusp of becoming a tropical depression or named storm. The next name on the list is Jerry.

Tropical system likely to form, could strengthen as it nears eastern Caribbean later this week

A robust tropical wave – a ripple in east-to-west flowing trade winds at about 10,000 feet resembling an ocean wave – plodding through the central Atlantic this week is poised to develop into a tropical depression or named storm.

No slowdown in hurricane season to start October

The 2025 hurricane season that hit the pause button for nearly 3 weeks around its traditional peak in September is showing no signs of slowing as we enter its final stretch.

Imelda strikes Bermuda, new area to watch for next week in the Atlantic

Hurricane Imelda struck Bermuda head on during the midnight hours late Wednesday and early Thursday, plunging about half the archipelago into darkness as daylight broke Thursday.

Imelda inbound for Bermuda

Hurricane Imelda is accelerating away from the U.S. but strengthening on a beeline to Bermuda for later today, where it’s forecast to bring strong winds to 100-plus mph, flooding rains, and powerful and destructive waves.

Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto lock arms and swing away from the US

Imelda became the 4th hurricane of the 2025 hurricane season early Monday as it began its anticipated turn eastward only about 250 miles off Florida’s east-central coast.

Imelda strengthens over the Bahamas as US threat lessens

Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday afternoon just east of the southern tip of Andros Island in the northwestern Bahamas and continues to strengthen near Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas – about 200 miles east of southeast Florida – on Monday.

Forecasts trend away from the Carolinas for soon-to-be Imelda

2 tropical systems continue to strengthen in Atlantic

Tropical Depression Nine was set to become Tropical Storm Imelda, and Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a Category 5. Both are tracked to turn northbound and away from South Florida.

Tropical depression forms, could become Imelda; storm watches issued for east-central Florida

Tropical Depression Nine formed late Saturday morning over the southeastern Bahamas and is forecast to steadily strengthen into Hurricane Imelda by early next week as it approaches the coast of South Carolina.

Imelda could form by this weekend and threaten the southeast US early next week

Humberto rapidly strengthened to a hurricane early Friday and is forecast to ramp up into a formidable major (Category 3 or stronger) hurricane this weekend, but it’s the disturbance to Humberto’s west that’s expected to develop and threaten the southeast U.S. – likely as Imelda – by late weekend and early next week.

Hurricane season is picking up; make sure to rescan your TVs, download new apps

The peak of hurricane season has arrived with two systems in the Atlantic we are closely monitoring, so make sure to rescan all of the TVs in your home if you use an antenna and download our latest apps for the latest updates.

Humberto forms, threat to the southeast US grows from possible Imelda

Humberto – the 8th named storm of the hurricane season – formed Monday afternoon over the central Atlantic and is forecast to become a major (Category 3 or stronger) hurricane by Monday as it turns east of the U.S.

Double Trouble: Dueling disturbances head west for the weekend

Two vigorous tropical disturbances – designated Invest 93L (easternmost disturbance) and Invest 94L (westernmost disturbance) – are likely to develop in the coming days and could bring impacts to land, with the westernmost system tracking through the Bahamas and near Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas for early next week.

Gabrielle rapidly strengthens into a major hurricane, other systems eye the western Atlantic

As we previewed in this newsletter two weeks ago, the Atlantic is finally heating up as we round out September.

Gabrielle strengthens, to pass east of Bermuda

Gabrielle is strengthening Monday, a day after becoming a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Bermuda.

Gabrielle becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Bermuda

Gabrielle became a hurricane Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Bermuda.

Gabrielle staging a comeback, forecast to become a hurricane this weekend

After days of struggles through the hostile deep Atlantic – barely holding on most of Thursday as a naked low-level cloud swirl – Gabrielle is staging a comeback today that should take it to hurricane strength before the weekend is out.

Gabrielle clinging to life but forecast to recover this weekend

Gabrielle, the 7th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed late Wednesday morning, the first named storm in the Atlantic since August 28th, breaking a remarkable 20-day stormless Atlantic streak and making it the latest first-forming September storm in over 30 years.

Depression forms, forecast to become Gabrielle later today

Invest 92L, the disturbance we’ve been following since early last week, was upgraded to the 7th tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season early Wednesday, breaking an unprecedented 20-day dry spell through what’s traditionally the busiest part of the season.

Atlantic wave train getting a late start

As we’ve been advertising since early last week, the Atlantic is poised to pick up the pace as we round out September.

Breaking the silence of an unprecedented Atlantic dry spell

It’s been 18 days since the Atlantic basin has seen any active system (tropical depression, tropical storm, or hurricane), an unprecedented dry spell through what is traditionally the most active stretch of the hurricane season.

Gradual development possible over the open Atlantic next week

The tropical wave we’ve been previewing all week has finally emerged off the coast of Africa and is expected to gradually develop deeper into next week as it passes harmlessly over the open Atlantic.

It’s the height of the hurricane season but not a storm in sight

Wednesday is the traditional peak of the hurricane season, the day on which history says we’re most likely to find a named storm in the Atlantic.

Another unusually quiet start to September across the Atlantic

Atlantic hurricane season activity traditionally peaks on or around September 10th, the date around which you’re most likely to find an active named storm.

Forecast Falter: Invest 91L fizzles despite bullish predictions

With virtually no model support for development by Saturday, the National Hurricane Center dropped development odds at a rapid clip, and before the day was out, Invest 91L was off their map.

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Tracking Invest 91L toward the eastern Caribbean islands for next week

The tropical wave we’ve been following since last Thursday in this newsletter – designated Invest 91L by the National Hurricane Center early Thursday – is expected to become a tropical depression or named storm this weekend and could affect the easternmost islands of the Caribbean by the middle to latter part of next week.

Disturbance becoming better organized, expected to develop by this weekend

A tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic – designated Invest 91L by the National Hurricane Center early Thursday – is becoming better organized and will likely develop into a tropical depression or named storm by this weekend as it moves slowly west.

Forecast models undecided on fate of Atlantic disturbance

The tropical wave that rolled off Africa Sunday – a system we’ve been following since last Thursday and discussed in detail in yesterday’s newsletter – continues to move harmlessly through the deep tropical Atlantic with only scattered, disorganized storminess.

Next tropical system could develop by this weekend

A disturbance over the eastern tropical Atlantic could gradually develop into a tropical depression or named storm by late this week or weekend as it moves generally west to west-northwestward.

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Farewell to Fernand as the Atlantic takes a Labor Day holiday

After a rollicking August, the Atlantic basin looks poised to go its longest stretch without a named storm since the last days of July.

August closes quietly across the Atlantic

With one named storm taking its final bow today, the Atlantic should close out August on a quiet note.

New AI forecast model shines during Hurricane Erin

Google DeepMind, a London-based AI research lab, has been in the business of machine learning-based weather forecasting for several years, but back in June announced a new experimental AI model specific to tropical storms and hurricanes that would be evaluated in real-time this season by forecasters at the National Hurricane Center.

Fernand gone fishing as the Atlantic takes a breather

Fernand, the 6th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Saturday over the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, but hooked quickly east of Bermuda on Sunday on a path out to sea.

Tropical Storm Fernand passing well east of Bermuda, no threat to land

Tropical Storm Fernand strengthened Sunday over open waters of the central Atlantic, moving well east of Bermuda.

Large Erin pulling away from the US but coastal issues linger

Hurricane Erin passed to within about 250 miles of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Thursday morning at it closest point of approach to the U.S., with its extraordinarily large wind field bringing wind gusts as high as 49 mph to the coast and widespread areas of moderate to even major coastal flooding.

Enormous Erin growing larger; violent seas, dangerous waves & treacherous surf expected along US East Coast

Hurricane Erin’s reach through the western Atlantic continues to grow and intensify, with pressures quickly falling into the low 940s while churning about 475 miles east-southeast of northeast Florida.

Tropical storm and storm surge watches issued for North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of Erin

Hurricane Erin, already twice as large as it was just a few days ago, is expected to grow even larger this week as its expanding wind field brushes up against the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, delivering days of dangerous waves, high surf, and life-threatening rip currents for most of the coastal Atlantic states.

Erin stuns as a weekend Category 5, to bring life-threatening surf to the eastern US seaboard this week

Hurricane Erin dazzled forecasters over the weekend, putting on a spectacular show of strength rarely observed, becoming only the 43rd Atlantic-basin Category 5 hurricane on record and tying Camille in 1969 for the 4th earliest-forming Category 5 ever recorded.