Tropical Storm Below Hurricane Strength
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Tropical Storm Lisa stayed just below hurricane strength Friday as it remained far at sea, only threatening ships, forecasters said.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto neared the southeastern US coast for the second time in two days with winds just below hurricane strength, weather forecasters said.
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RALEIGH, NC - Tropical Storm Gaston weakened into a tropical depression Sunday but was still expected to bring heavy rains and possible flooding to North Carolina.
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Tropical Storm Karen gained strength on Wednesday and could soon become a hurricane in the open Atlantic while a new tropical storm was expected to form in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S forecasters said.
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A tropical storm bearing down on Florida formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, just in time for the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
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DENVER, Sept. 1 -- Hurricane forecaster William M. Gray downgraded his expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.
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NAGS HEAD, N.C., Sept. 10 -- Tropical Storm Gabrielle struggled to stay organized as it moved back over the Atlantic Ocean early Monday, leaving in its wake wet but largely unimpressed vacationers and surfers on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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Tropical Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, weakened Sunday after moving into southern Louisiana, causing scattered flooding as heavy rain drenched the area.
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Although the first hurricane of the season has weakened to a tropical storm, it could gain strength again as it approaches the Keys, experts warn.
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Hurricane Jeanne&#39;s winds had dropped to 50 mph by early Monday, further weakening the fourth hurricane to batter Florida in six weeks to a low-level tropical storm as it moved toward southern Georgia.
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Weather forecasters said Hurricane Frances has weakened further. It&#39;s now a strong Category Two hurricane. At 8 pm Eastern time Friday, the storm&#39;s top sustained winds had dropped to about 105 miles an hour, with higher gusts.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto packed little   punch after coming ashore in Florida as a rainstorm instead of   a dreaded hurricane, but forecasters on Wednesday said it could   still pose a threat to the U.S. mainland.
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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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By MATT SEDENSKY  MIAMI - Tropical Storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as it moved toward Tampa Bay on Saturday. Forecasters discontinued the tropical storm warnings and watches issued for stretches of the Gulf Coast as Barry was about 100 miles north-northwest of Fort Myers.
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A weak Tropical Storm Isaac plodded  through the Atlantic Ocean on Friday on a track that was no  threat to land and would keep it well away from Bermuda.
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A weak Tropical Storm Isaac plodded   through the Atlantic Ocean on Friday on a track that was no   threat to land and would keep it well away from Bermuda.
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A tropical depression brewing over the open Atlantic was nearing tropical storm strength Monday morning, forecasters said.