Ike strengthened to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Saturday near the Turks and Caicos Islands with winds near 135 mph, said the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in the area during a 2004 killer hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in southwestern Florida early Tuesday, coming ashore at Cape Romano just south of Marco Island, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical Storm Fay moved over the western end of Cuba on Monday morning on its march toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida Keys, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents
were taking a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropical
Storm Fay bore down on the Florida Keys and Gulf Coast
A woman who died after she was hit by a spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys suffered "multiple skull fractures and direct brain injury," a medical examiner said Friday.
Ike strengthened to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Saturday near the Turks and Caicos Islands with winds near 135 mph, said the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in the area during a 2004 killer hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in southwestern Florida early Tuesday, coming ashore at Cape Romano just south of Marco Island, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical Storm Fay moved over the western end of Cuba on Monday morning on its march toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida Keys, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents
were taking a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropical
Storm Fay bore down on the Florida Keys and Gulf Coast
A woman who died after she was hit by a spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys suffered "multiple skull fractures and direct brain injury," a medical examiner said Friday.
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As the highway jumps from Florida's mainland to the string of islands known as "the Keys," travelers immediately sense a difference. Giant red-and-white dive flags signal Key Largo's place as the sport-diving capital of the world. Souvenir shops peddle shells, coconuts and kitschy nautical collectibles. And funky (not in a good way) motels line both sides of the thoroughfare.
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Hurricane watches have been dropped for most of Florida, as forecasters predicted that Tropical Storm Ernesto would not strengthen before landfall in the Florida Keys on Tuesday night, the National Hurricane Center said.
Ernesto weakened to a tropical storm Sunday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said, but forecasters warned the storm could regain hurricane status as it moved toward Cuba.
Many a traveler heading to the coast for a summer getaway has visions of heaping plates of fresh seafood. At these full-service fishmongers, sea creatures are on the brain all year long.
Hurricane Wilma battered Florida with heavy rain, widespread flooding and damaging winds for about six hours Monday before heading out to the Atlantic and regaining strength.
Hurricane Wilma strengthened as it picked up forward speed across the Gulf of Mexico with landfall expected along Florida's southwest coast early Monday, forecasters said.
Hurricane Wilma continued to pound Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Saturday night, as it edged toward the Yucatan Channel and the Gulf of Mexico en route to Florida.
Hurricane Wilma was "relentlessly pounding" Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula early Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said, packing 125 mph winds and dumping "tremendous" amounts of rain that may not let up in the popular tourist area for the next 24 hours.
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Gasoline prices fell slightly in the U.S., according to AAA's daily fuel gauge report Tuesday, not yet reflecting a spike in wholesale prices on fears over Tropical Storm Rita.
The Federal Reserve and oil prices could cause even more volatility in stocks than normal Tuesday, as investors carefully watch the most unpredictable Fed meeting in recent memory and a new hurricane threat to oil facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
While OPEC ministers met in Vienna Monday to discuss future production and price targets for oil, oil analysts and traders were instead focused on the waters off the Florida Keys.
Gasoline prices fell at filling stations around the U.S., according to the AAA's daily fuel report Monday, but the figures don't appear to reflect concerns about Tropical Storm Rita's possible impact on the Gulf Coast
A new rise in oil prices could give stocks a tough start to the week, as investors eyed both a meeting of OPEC ministers and a new storm that could be headed towards oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Rita gained strength off the Bahamas late Sunday, triggering hurricane warnings across the Bahamas, Cuba and southern Florida and prompting evacuations in the lower Florida Keys.
Hurricane Katrina will make a "big shift" to the west on its way across the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to reach dangerous Category 4 intensity before making landfall Monday afternoon in Mississippi or Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.
A tropical storm watch was in effect Wednesday for the southeast Florida coast and parts of the Florida Keys, as a tropical depression southeast of the Bahamas appeared to be picking up steam and approaching tropical storm strength.
Hurricane Dennis lashed Cuba with powerful winds, crashing waves and torrential rain Friday, killing at least 10 people as the storm churned its way across the length of the Caribbean nation.
Hurricane Dennis reached Category 4 strength Thursday night as it churned just off the coast of Cuba, while Florida officials ordered a mandatory evacuation of the lower Florida Keys.
Rescue workers and volunteers are working to keep nearly 50 dolphins alive after they beached themselves off the Florida Keys last week. Lloyd Brown, vice president of the Marine Mammal Conservancy, and Carrie Mackey, a volunteer helping with the rehabilitation of the dolphins, spoke with CNN's Soledad O'Brien on the rescue effort.
Hurricane Ivan, packing maximum sustained winds near 160 mph (260 kph), began moving away from western Cuba late Monday, toppling power lines, uprooting trees and causing extensive flooding.
Hurricane Ivan, blamed for at least 42 deaths in the Caribbean, pounded the Cayman Islands on Sunday and regained strength as it headed toward the western tip of Cuba.
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- Emergency officials began the total evacuation of the Florida Keys on Thursday because Hurricane Ivan, which has killed 18, could hit the island chain as early as Sunday.
On a rocking boat in the Atlantic Ocean, astronaut Dave Williams struggled into his wetsuit. After helping build the International Space Station in 1998, a dive into the sea was the unlikely beginning of his journey back into space.
Ten years and over $400 million in the making, the first 370 miles of the East Coast Greenway officially debut next month. The Greenwhat? Greenway--an ambitious plan to link 2,600 miles of urban,...
You're going to Key West? That doesn't seem like your kind of place." That's what most of my friends said when I told them my travel plans. The funny thing is, I never said I was going to Key West;...
You're going to Key West? That doesn't seem like your kind of place. That's what most of my friends said when I told them my travel plans. The funny thing is, I never said I was going to Key West.
All across America, thousands of flying machines are emerging from backroom workshops--the same nesting grounds where the Wright brothers once shaped their dreams with sailcloth and spruce. These e...
Once the exclusive domain of macho-suicidal types who watched Sea Hunt on television and dreamed of wrestling with giant octopuses, scuba diving is . growing fast as a national recreation. About 40...
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