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Update: Earl Weakens from Hurricane to Tropical Storm as It Crosses Belize

Tropical Storm Earl* will continue to weaken as it crosses Belize after coming ashore early Thursday with drenching rains and hurricane-strength winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Earl was 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of Belize City with top …

Update: Tropical Storm Earl Set to Become a Hurricane as It Heads to Belize

Tropical Storm Earl, forecast to grow into a hurricane, may just graze Mexico’s oil-rich Bay of Campeche as it heads west toward the Honduras Bay Islands before making landfall in Belize within the next 24 hours. Earl was 265 miles …

With Hurricane Season About to Open, Forecasters Already Eyeing East Coast

When the Atlantic hurricane season starts next week, the most active area might just be off the U.S. East Coast. At this time of year, passing cold fronts that linger over waters warmed by the late spring sun can trigger …

FACTBOX: Meteorologists Predict 2016 Hurricane Season Will Be More Active

Early forecasts from meteorologists suggest the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than normal, partly because of the expected end of the El Niño weather pattern in the next few months. Weather forecasters have linked the El Niño …

Storm Barney to Raise Flood Risk & Damaging Winds Across UK

Barney, the second storm to be named by the U.K. Met Office this season, was expected to bring additional rain and damaging winds to the United Kingdom, according to a report issued by AccuWeather. “Barney will be a fast-moving storm, …

UPDATE: Chapala Threatens Yemen with Flooding, High Winds: AccuWeather

The AccuWeather Global Weather Center has reported that “Yemen is bracing for impacts from a small, but currently powerful Tropical Cyclone Chapala in the Arabian Sea.” The storm, whose intensity was at one point equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane …

Unusually Strong Cyclone Chapala Nearing Oman, Yemen: AccuWeather

The AccuWeather Global Weather Center has issued a report on Tropical Cyclone Chapala, which is currently gaining strength and approaching Yemen and Oman in the Arabian Sea. The two countries are “bracing for impacts,” as the storm is currently packing …

Dujuan Strengthens; Threatens Ryukyu’s, Japan,Taiwan, China: AccuWeather

AccuWeather has reported that Tropical Storm Dujuan is on track to strengthen into a powerful typhoon with Japan’s Ryukyu Islands in its path and mainland Japan, Taiwan and eastern China on alert for potential impacts. “Dujuan has been steadily strengthening …

Hurricane Season’s Peak: Gone with the Wind Shear

The day during the Atlantic hurricane season when a tropical storm or worse is most likely to be swirling around the basin may come and go with a whimper. The best the Atlantic probably will come up with by Thursday, …

Hurricane Strikes Cape Verde in East Atlantic — First Time Since 1892

Something rare happened out in the Atlantic — a hurricane hit Cape Verde. The islands off the coast of Africa lend their name to some of the most powerful storms the Atlantic produces, yet they themselves rarely get hit. According …