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Tropical Cyclone Zane formed in the Coral Sea to the northeast of Queensland on Monday and quickly strengthened during the next 24 hours.Zane currently has tropical storm-force sustained winds but is expected to strengthen further as it approaches the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland Tuesday night into Wednesday.Winds could reach the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane before landfall with maximum winds approaching 100 mph (160 kph).Landfall is expected across the northern half of the Cape York Peninsula, Wednesday night, local time. The main threats will be damaging winds at and near the coast along with flooding rains which can cut some of the small towns of the region off for several days.The satellite image above shows Zane off the coast of Queensland Tuesday night, local time.Zane is expected to remain a tropical cyclone, although in a weaker state as it moves farther west into the Gulf of Carpentaria later in the week.At this point, it appears Zane will likely lose its tropical...
Tropical Cyclone Sandra weakened significantly on Tuesday, markedly lowering the threat of damaging weather to nearby New Caledonia.At the same time, high swells rad...
A large area of unsettled weather near and south of India will yield the potential for two tropical cyclones in the coming days.In this area, showers and thunderstor...
Tropical Cyclone Sandra remains over the open waters of the Coral Sea several hundred miles to the west of the Solomon Islands and northwest of New Caledonia.Sandra ...
Former Tropical Storm Emily has regenerated as a weak tropical depression, but it is expected to move away from the Bahamas and the U.S. Coast on Sunday.The National...
Hartford Financial Chairman Liam McGee weighs in on this year’s hurricane forecast, from an insurer’s standpoint.
Tropical Storm Helene quickly weakened into a tropical depression Saturday after moving ashore on Mexico's Gulf Coast, then degenerated into a rain storm by night wi...
Ernesto weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland early Friday, though forecasters warned it could still dump dangerous rains in the mountains of Mexico's...
The former tropical storm Beryl was expected to bring up to 10 inches of rain to parts of the southeast coast before it heads out to sea again, where it could regain...
Residents along the Southeast coast were warned of possible flooding Tuesday from former Tropical Storm Beryl that left up to 10 inches of rain in northern Florida a...
Tropical Storm Helene quickly weakened into a tropical depression Saturday after moving ashore on Mexico's Gulf Coast, bringing strong rains but few reports of damag...
Sandy is being retired from the list of tropical storm names because of the catastrophic damage its massive size and strength caused along the East Coast last year.N...
Tropical Storm Rafael is bringing heavy rains to the lesser Antilles islands as it makes its way across the eastern Caribbean Sea, where tropical storm warnings have...
If a remnant of Hurricane Isaac becomes a tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico — which forecasters say could happen — it would be a rare event.In 2005, a remnant fr...
An internal review says federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall. But the warnings themselves were confusing.The gigantic...
Tropical Storm Sandy is concerning weather experts as it looms in the Caribbean and threatens to head north, possibly slamming the East Coast with high winds and rai...
The official start of the 2013 Eastern Pacific hurricane season is Wednesday, May 15.With the season set to get underway, the tropics are already brewing as an area ...
Sandy was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States north of North Carolina. There was a belief by some meteorologists at the National Weather Se...
A tropical wave on the heels of Hurricane Earl could strengthen into a tropical depression as early as Monday, forecasters say.The National Hurricane Center gives th...
Tropical Cyclone Tim strengthened slightly on Thursday over the open waters of the Coral Sea, east of Australia. Since then, Tim has begun to weaken as it interacts ...