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Improved track and intensity forecasts make it easier for the public to prepare for hurricanes, but forecasters at the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference say short fuse hurricanes — that rapidly intensify near land — remain a concern.
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Although the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't start until June 1, the National Hurricane Center begins issuing tropical outlooks on May 15.
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The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be busier than average. To ensure that people everywhere are prepared, officials visited residents in Sanford, a landlocked city in the middle of the Sunshine State.
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The National Hurricane Center is gearing up for what might be an extremely active, even record-breaking hurricane season. To prepare, meteorologists are keeping an eye on rapid intensification and making several changes to the way information is shared.
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The Category 3 storm killed a dozen people and likely cost the United States more than $3 billion.
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) will be implementing a new experimental cone graphic to display critical watches and warnings for inland counties during hurricane season.
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The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.
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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Regardless of development, heavy rain, strong storms, rough surf, and increased winds are expected Wednesday into Thursday.
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Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida. Idalia could approach Florida on Wednesday with winds of up to 100 mph.
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The early Sunday forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows the newly formed Tropical Depression 6 and several other systems making moves to head out into the Atlantic. A Gulf-bound system continued toward the west coast of Mexico.
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New research puts stark numbers on a well-known disparity: poor and vulnerable communities suffer over 90% of deaths associated with major storms.
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Officials at the National Hurricane Center in Miami announced early on Friday morning that an area of low pressure centered over 1000 miles west of the Azores had developed enough to be classified as a subtropical storm. Its name: Don.