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Hurricane center tracks 2 systems with tropical development potential

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ORLANDO, Fla. — As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season picks up steam, the National Hurricane Center continued Saturday to track two systems among the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the closest to the U.S. was a broad area of...Read more

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Hurricane center tracks multiple systems with tropical development potential

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ORLANDO, Fla. — As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season picks up steam, the National Hurricane Center continued Saturday to track several systems among the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the closest to the U.S. was a broad ...Read more

Hurricane center tracks 3 systems with tropical development potential

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ORLANDO, Fla. — As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins to pick up steam, the National Hurricane Center continues to track three systems among the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

The closest to the U.S. is a broad area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico near ...Read more

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Hurricane center tracking 2 tropical waves in Atlantic, 1 Gulf system that could develop

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The National Hurricane Center is tracking two tropical waves in the Atlantic and a new system in the Gulf of Mexico with the potential to grow into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the closer of the two Atlantic systems is a tropical wave producing showers and ...Read more

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Hurricane center tracking 2 tropical waves that could develop

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The National Hurricane Center is tracking two tropical waves in the Atlantic with the potential to grow into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the closer of the two systems is a tropical wave producing showers and thunderstorms in the central tropical Atlantic that the NHC has been ...Read more

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Hurricane Center ups odds for Caribbean-bound system to develop; second system emerges

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The National Hurricane Center is now tracking a second Atlantic system in addition to one with an increasing chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. Eastern time Thursday tropical outlook, the tropical wave located in the central Atlantic was producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms which ...Read more

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After a hurricane season respite, it's about to be game time again in the Atlantic

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After catching its breath, the Atlantic hurricane season appears ready to roar again, just in time for the peak of what is still expected to be one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record.

An unusually quiet August raised hopes that perhaps all the dire predictions — for 17 to 24 named storms — were a bust. But experts say that likely ...Read more

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Hurricane center ups odds for Caribbean-bound system to develop

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is back to tracking just one Atlantic system with an increasing chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time Thursday tropical outlook, the tropical wave located in the central Atlantic was producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

“...Read more

Hurricane center ups odds for Caribbean-bound system to develop

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is back to tracking just one Atlantic system with an increasing chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. Thursday tropical outlook, the tropical wave located in the central Atlantic was producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

“Environmental ...Read more

It will soon be peak hurricane season. Here's what to expect in September

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Peak hurricane season is upon us in Florida, when we soon can expect an increase in storm activity during this year’s “extremely active” season.

September tends to be the busiest month for hurricanes, when we might see the most storms, says Jonathan Erdman, a senior meteorologist with weather.com.

“Over the ...Read more

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Hurricane center tracks 2 systems in Atlantic with chance to develop

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is now tracking two Atlantic systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook Wednesday, the bigger threat to Florida remained what has become a tropical wave that has formed in the central tropical Atlantic.

“Some...Read more

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Hurricane center tracks 2 systems in Atlantic with chance to develop

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is now tracking two Atlantic systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook Wednesday, the bigger threat to Florida remained what is expected to become an area of low pressure that could form in the central tropical...Read more

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Extreme rain is a growing climate threat to the Northeastern US

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As high temperatures break records around the U.S. and wildfires rip through the West, another climate-driven weather hazard — extreme rainfall — is pummeling the country’s Northeast, and scientists say it will get worse as the climate changes. That will bring more rain-induced flooding to a region of millions that isn’t prepared.

The ...Read more

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Dangerously hot temperatures, poor air quality continue in Chicago Tuesday

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CHICAGO — As temperatures climbed into the mid-90s Tuesday afternoon, Tamala Wilson batted away flies. She sat in the shade under a canopy tent assembled in a patch of grass along Marine Drive, where she had been living for two and a half months after leaving a domestic violence shelter.

She’d stashed some ice in her cooler and filled up ...Read more

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Is Midwestern heat straining the power grid? Why transmission group issued warning

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The Midwest’s regional electricity grid issued an energy emergency alert for several hours Monday afternoon amid triple-digit temperatures in parts of the region, including in the Kansas City area.

The Southwest Power Pool’s alert was triggered by a narrowing margin between the grid’s electricity supply and customers’ electricity demand...Read more

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Atlantic system could target Caribbean as it develops, hurricane center says

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A developing system in the Atlantic could make its way to the Caribbean as the season’s next tropical depression or storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook Tuesday, the forecast calls for an area of low pressure to form in the central tropical Atlantic in a ...Read more

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Atlantic system could target Caribbean as it develops, hurricane center says

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A developing system in the Atlantic could make its way to the Caribbean as the season’s next tropical depression or storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook Tuesday, the forecast calls for an area of low pressure to form in the central tropical Atlantic in a few days. It ...Read more

Dangerously hot temperatures, poor air quality continue in Chicago Tuesday

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CHICAGO — Sweltering temperatures and heightened pollution levels continue to grip the Chicago region Tuesday, which is likely the “hottest day of the heat wave,” according to the National Weather Service.

An excessive heat warning remains in effect until 10 p.m. in northern Illinois, as the weather service warns of a heat index — what ...Read more

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Hurricane center begins tracking Atlantic system that could develop

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The National Hurricane Center began tracking a system Monday that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for an area of low pressure to form in the central tropical Atlantic in a few days.

“Thereafter, environmental conditions appear generally ...Read more