Florence intensifies into hurricane
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Tropical storm Florence intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Sunday as it cut a path through the Atlantic and headed toward Bermuda with winds gusting up to 75 miles per hour, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Sunday. Florence is expected to reach the tiny British territory today. The sixth named storm of the hurricane season, Florence developed in the peak of hurricane season over warm Atlantic water.
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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 Florence strengthened in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and was poised to become a hurricane by the weekend, but forecasters said it was too soon to tell whether it would reach the United States.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 11--Hurricane Florence has increased the risk of rip currents today along all coastal Carolina beaches, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C.
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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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Tropical Storm Florence will send  dangerous swells over the eastern U.S. coastline as the  unusually broad cyclone churns northwest in the Atlantic toward  Bermuda, forecasters warned on Thursday.
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Tropical Storm Florence slowly   strengthened in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and could grow   into a hurricane as it nears the British territory of Bermuda,   U.S. forecasters said.
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Florence intensified into the second hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday as it headed for Bermuda, where residents installed storm shutters and hauled their yachts onto beaches.
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As Hurricane Ivan began to lash Jamaica with wind and rain, officials in Florida stepped up their evacuation efforts.
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Residents of Bermuda installed storm shutters and hauled their yachts onto beaches in preparation for Tropical Storm Florence, which intensified Saturday and was expected to become a hurricane as it approaches the North Atlantic island.
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Tropical Storm Florence, which remains   far from land and may not make landfall in the United States,   could strengthen into the second hurricane of the Atlantic   season within 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said   Wednesday.
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MIAMI: Tens of thousands of people in the US south have started evacuating their homes as Hurricane Ivan continues its relentless march towards Florida.
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Hurricane Florence headed toward Canada's maritime provinces Tuesday after battering Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Gordon spun over the open Atlantic water and a new tropical depression formed off the coast of Africa, forecasters said.
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Hurricane Frances gained strength and became a major hurricane with 115 mph (185 kph) winds in the Atlantic on Friday as it took a path that should carry it north of the vulnerable northeastern Caribbean islands early next week.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda  - Hurricane Florence flailed   Bermuda with powerful winds and pounding surf on Monday but   lost some momentum as it bore down on the mid-Atlantic British   territory.
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Tropical Storm Florence headed for  Bermuda as a large mass of gusty rain on Friday and seemed  ready to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the British  territory, U.S. 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.