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Hurricane Kirk in Mid-Atlantic; TS Leslie May Hit Bermuda: NHC Reports

Two tropical cyclones – Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie – are currently active in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking both of them, as well as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. …

Tropical Storm Bolaven Makes Landfall in North Korea: AIR Analysis

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, after weakening to borderline tropical storm/typhoon strength (120 km/h [75 mph] 10-minute sustained winds), Typhoon Bolaven made landfall in North Korea north of Pyongyang, the country’s capital, at about 11:00 a.m. EDT on …

NHC Tracking TS Kirk

While most of the attention is focused on Hurricane Isaac, the National Hurricane Center in Miami is also tracking Kirk, the latest named tropical storm, which is currently in the middle of the Atlantic It is moving westward at around …

Louisiana Gears Up for Isaac

As Tropical Storm Isaac moved steadily toward Louisiana, residents geared up Monday for what has become an almost familiar Labor Day week event. On Sunday, Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency, and officials in some coastal parishes either …

TS Isaac Drenches Haiti, Cuba; Turns West in Gulf of Mexico: AIR Analysis

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Isaac made landfall about 40 miles [64 kms] east of Guantanamo, Cuba, on Sunday with sustained winds of 60 mph [96 km/h]. AIR said Isaac’s “passage over the mountainous tip of …

TS Isaac Nears Haiti with Heavy Rains; Remains on Course for Eastern Florida

In its bulletin issued at 5:00 a.m. EDT the national Hurricane Center in Miami described tropical storm Isaac as “poorly organized.” As a result its most serious threat is not from the wind speed, around 45 mph, 75 km/h, but …

UPDATE: TS Isaac on Track to Hit Florida; Strengthening Expected

The most recent update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami (5:00 a.m. AST) located the center of tropical storm Isaac southwest of Puerto Rico. The NHC said the storm is “moving toward the west near 12 mph, 19 km/h,” …

TS Isaac Forms in Atlantic; Strengthening Expected; Could Hit Florida: NHC

For the past week the National Hurricane Center in Miami has been monitoring a low pressure system that formed off the Cape Verde Islands. Late yesterday it coalesced into a tropical storm, which has been given the name Isaac. As …

Tropical Storm Helene Weakens as it Passes over Mexico’s East Coast

Tropical Storm Helene made landfall off the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and weakened into a tropical depression as it plowed up Mexico’s east coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The depression was about 65 miles (105 km) west-northwest …

Goofy Gordon Going Wrong Way; Storm Heads for Europe

The most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami focuses on highly unusual Tropical Storm Gordon. It’s not unusual as a tropical storm, except for one detail – Gordon is heading directly east towards Spain and Portugal, rather …