Isaac becomes hurricane in Atlantic
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Hurricane Isaac strengthened slightly in the Atlantic east of Bermuda on Sunday, forecasters said, and a tropical storm watch was issued for southeastern Newfoundland.
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The sixth tropical storm of the Atlantic  hurricane season, Florence, formed in the distant Atlantic on  Tuesday and could become a hurricane as it moves toward the  United States, U.S. forecasters said.
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The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados  was under a storm alert as powerful Hurricane Ivan raced across  the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean on Sunday.
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Hurricane Gordon gained strength as it   swirled through the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday but posed no   threat to land, while a tropical depression off Africa could   become Tropical Storm Helene within a day, forecasters said.
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Tropical Storm Florence intensified Saturday morning as it moved through the open Atlantic on a path toward Bermuda, threatening quickly to become hurricane.
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A tropical storm watch was issued for southeastern Newfoundland on Sunday as Hurricane Isaac moved north in the Atlantic, forecasters said.
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A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Noel in the Caribbean Sea south of Haiti on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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A tropical storm watch was in effect for  eastern parts of the Canadian province of Newfoundland on  Sunday as Hurricane Isaac churned through the north Atlantic.
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Hurricane Helene strengthened Sunday into a Category 3 storm in the open Atlantic, becoming the second major hurricane of the 2006 season, forecasters said.
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Hurricane Isaac maintained its strength early Monday as it sped toward Newfoundland, Canada, where a tropical storm watch remained in effect, forecasters said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Helene became the fourth   hurricane of the Atlantic season on Saturday and Hurricane   Gordon stalled in the Atlantic, but neither storm threatened   land.
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Tropical Storm Gordon formed Monday in the open Atlantic and was expected to head in the general direction of Bermuda, where Hurricane Florence had already brought strong winds and high waves, forecasters said.
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The sixth tropical storm of  the Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a  hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters  said.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto picked up steam with surprising speed in the warm waters of the Atlantic and built toward hurricane strength Thursday as it swirled toward the Carolinas, forcing the closing of ports and campgrounds.
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The sixth tropical storm of the   Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a   hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters   said.
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Tropical Storm Jeanne became a hurricane  on Thursday, raising the threat to the Dominican Republic,  Haiti and hundreds of islands in the northern Caribbean.
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Tropical Storm Helene gained strength and   became a hurricane again on Saturday as it raced across the   Atlantic Ocean far from the U.S. coast on a track that could   eventually take its remnants toward Ireland, forecasters said.