There are 3 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin
It’s the first time since 2010 that three active hurricanes have been in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Irma leaves ‘unprecedented’ destruction in the Caribbean
Irma, dubbed the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, had maximum sustained winds of 170 mph on Thursday afternoon as it moved further away from the northern coast of Puerto Rico and over the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean as Florida braces for weekend landfall
Monster Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, packing a potentially catastrophic mix of pounding winds, raging surf and rain.
Potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane Irma heading toward the Leeward Islands
With maximum sustained winds of 175 mph, Irma is a category 5. Over the next 12 hours, it’s likely to get even stronger.
Tropical Storm Jose Becomes the 10th Named Storm of the Hurricane Season
The National Hurricane Center named Jose late Tuesday morning, located about 1,400 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
Eastern Caribbean battens down as Hurricane Irma approaches
Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 4 storm today. A hurricane warning has been issued for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and St. Barts.
The Next Houston
Even as Harvey lingers in the Gulf Coast, dumping rain on an already deluged region, the Atlantic hurricane season continues, and threatens to bring more nasty storms in short order. In the central Atlantic, Irma is some 3,000 miles southeast of Miami Wednesday afternoon, and is expected to become a hurricane later this week.
NASA Shows How Harvey Saturated Areas in Texas
NHC said Harvey is expected to produce additional rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches from southwestern Louisiana and the adjacent border of eastern Texas northeastward into western Kentucky. A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for Holly Beach, Louisiana to Morgan City, Louisiana.
Flood threat rises as Harvey dumps torrential rains on Texas
The most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. state of Texas in more than 50 years moved slowly inland on Saturday, dumping torrential rain expected to cause catastrophic flooding after battering the coast with 130 miles per hour (209 km per hour) winds.