U.S. forecaster says no more major hurricanes in '06
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A noted hurricane forecaster on Tuesday predicted the Atlantic hurricane season will see just two more tropical storms and no more "major" hurricanes.
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The number of hurricanes churning through  the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to  be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a  noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday.
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British weather forecasters, making their first public attempt to predict the Atlantic hurricane season, say it may be a little quieter than their American counterparts expect.
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Conditions are "becoming less favorable" for a low-pressure area over the central Atlantic Ocean to develop into a tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday in a report.
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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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A tropical depression formed Sunday over the open Atlantic, and meteorologists said it was forecast to become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season on Monday.
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El Nino, a weather anomaly which typically wreaks havoc but was a key factor for a mild 2006 hurricane season, will peak this winter and gradually vanish by spring, a U.S. government agency predicted Thursday.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda  - 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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STERLING, Va. The National Weather Service says public warnings in advance of Hurricane Isabel as it approached Virginia and Maryland last fall -- failed to include information important to homeowners and businesses in coastal areas.
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By Halverson, Jeffrey B THE OFFICIAL TALLY FOR THE 2006 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON STANDS AT nine named storms, slightly below the average of 10 per year. Of its own accord, the statistic hardly seems unusual; nine is just a slight dip below long-term expectations.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes.Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana was rare, and a seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S.
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Global warming could reduce how many hurricanes hit the United States, according to a new federal study that clashes with other research. The new study is the latest in a contentious scientific debate over how man-made global warming may affect the intensity and number of hurricanes.
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US forecasters have predicted there would be one more hurricane during this Atlantic hurricane season which ends November 30.
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A tropical depression formed Sunday over the open Atlantic, and forecasters said it could become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season.
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The Colorado State University hurricane research team left unchanged its outlook for the 2007 Atlantic storm season on Thursday and predicted there would be 17 storms, with nine growing to hurricane strength.
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Gordon became the third hurricane in the 2006 Atlantic season late Monday, forecasters said. The storm, with top sustained winds of 75 mph, was destined to remain over open waters, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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FORT COLLINS, CO -- Hurricane forecaster William Gray expects an above-average Atlantic hurricane season next year. Gray said he thinks next year will continue a trend of increased hurricane activity in the