MIAMI — Tropical Storm Gabrielle held onto its strength overnight and remains on track to become the season’s second hurricane this weekend.

The latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center has the storm steering well clear of the Caribbean and Florida — and potentially even coming in to the east of Bermuda, sparing the island...Read more

Natasha Vidal was never told to evacuate before Hurricane Helene roared into Yancey County, North Carolina, last September.

She and many others should have been, she says. Fewer people might have suffered and died.

“I made a video to my kids in case they found me dead. That’s how bad it was,” she said nearly a year after Helene killed at...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track Tropical Storm Gabrielle while also eyeing a tropical wave moving off the coast of Africa that could become the season’s next named storm.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. EDT advisory on Gabrielle, the system had 50 mph sustained winds located about 700 miles east-northeast of the ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track Tropical Storm Gabrielle while also eyeing a tropical wave moving off the coast of Africa that could become the season’s next named storm.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. Eastern time advisory on Gabrielle, the system had 50 mph sustained winds located about 755 miles east of the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track Tropical Storm Gabrielle while also eyeing a tropical wave moving off the coast of Africa that could become the season’s next named storm.

As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory on Gabrielle, the system had 50 mph sustained winds located about 845 miles east of the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday forecast to become a hurricane in the Atlantic, but there is no immediate threat to land, according to the National Hurricane Center, which was also tracking two more systems.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. EDT advisory, what had initially been Tropical Depression Seven earlier Wednesday ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday forecast to become a hurricane in the Atlantic, but no immediate threat to land, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. EDT advisory, what had initially been Tropical Depression Seven earlier Wednesday grew into the season’s seventh named storm located ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new tropical depression formed Wednesday that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Gabrielle and strengthen further into a hurricane in the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory, the center of what is now Tropical Depression Seven was located in the central Atlantic about 1,...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said an Atlantic system is expected to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, while also beginning to track a new tropical wave off the coast of Africa.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, an area of low-pressure with showers and thunderstorms in the central ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday bumped up again its forecast chances that a tropical wave in the Atlantic would develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, a low-pressure area had formed from the tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic about midway between the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday bumped up again its forecast chances that a tropical wave in the Atlantic would develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the wave in the central tropical Atlantic was producing a large area of disorganized showers and ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday continued to give a tropical wave in the Atlantic a medium chance it would develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the wave was near the Cape Verde Islands in the far eastern Atlantic and producing a large area of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday increased the chances a tropical wave in the Atlantic will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the wave was near the west coast of Africa moving into the far eastern Atlantic producing disorganized showers and ...Read more

Forecasters have slightly reduced the number of expected hurricanes and named storms in the Atlantic this year following an “unusually quiet” period of activity during the peak of hurricane season.

AccuWeather is now predicting 13 to 16 named storms and six to nine hurricanes, according to an update Thursday. Its previous forecast, issued ...Read more

It’s been two weeks since the National Hurricane Center has tracked a named storm, but a new tropical wave is now forecast to move into the Atlantic that could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook Thursday, the system is forecast to move offshore of the west coast of Africa by ...Read more