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Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) — Eta has remained a tropical storm as it prepares to skirt past the heavily populated Tampa Bay region in Florida. Forecasters said Wednesday that the storm would crash ashore...
View ArticleTropical Storm Eta dumps blustery rain on Florida west coast
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta is dumping torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it slogs over the state after making landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay...
View ArticleHurricane Iota now a Category 5 storm near Central America
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Iota is now a dangerous Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered this month by powerful...
View ArticleExperts predict busy Atlantic storm season but not like 2020
(WWAY/AP) — Forecasters expect yet another busy Atlantic hurricane season this year, but they say it won’t be as crazy as 2020. Thursday’s forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
View ArticleTropical Storm Bill forms off the NC coast
MIAMI (AP) – The second named storm of this year’s hurricane season, Tropical Storm Bill, has formed far off the North Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm emerged...
View ArticleTropical Storm Elsa gaining strength, lashing Florida Keys
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – The National Hurricane Center says weather conditions in southern Florida have begun to deteriorate as Tropical Storm Elsa moves toward the Florida Keys. Elsa’s top winds...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ida a hurricane menace to New Orleans
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Ida intensified as it swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday, showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam...
View ArticleHurricane chief to take over as weather service director
WASHINGTON (AP) — National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham will take over as head of the National Weather Service. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s announcement Tuesday puts...
View ArticleHurricane Earl bringing increased rip current risk along coast
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The second hurricane of the 2022 hurricane season is hundreds of miles off the Cape Fear coast but is still bringing impacts to local beaches. Hurricane Earl has sustained...
View ArticleConditions expected to worsen as Ian continues towards southeast coast
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Hurricane Ian continues to move towards an expected landfall in South Carolina Friday afternoon. The storm has sustained winds of 85 mph as of the 8:00 am advisory from the...
View ArticleTwo November Hurricanes in Atlantic for third time in history
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Weather history is being made in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center is tracking Hurricane Lisa and Hurricane Martin, making two active November hurricanes for...
View ArticleTropical Storm Nicole will bring impacts to Cape Fear late this week
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — There are just three weeks remaining in official hurricane season, but the tropics are remaining active. Tropical Storm Nicole has winds of 70 miles per hour and is forecast to...
View ArticleMuch of Florida under state of emergency as possible tropical storm forms in...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday for most of the state’s Gulf coast as forecasters say a weather system off the coast of Mexico could soon...
View ArticleHurricane Lee becomes rare Category 5 storm in Atlantic
(CNN) —Hurricane Lee is expected to continue strengthening Friday after quickly morphing into a powerful Category 5 storm that is now packing destructive maximum sustained winds of 165 mph as it spins...
View ArticleHeavy swells pound northeast Caribbean as Hurricane Lee charges through open...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Large swells battered the northeast Caribbean on Saturday as Hurricane Lee churned nearby through open waters as a Category 3 storm. The storm, which is not forecast to...
View ArticleHurricane Lee to miss Cape Fear, still deliver beach impacts
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Major Hurricane Lee is forecast to miss the Cape Fear but the coast will still see impacts. As Lee turns to the north in the coming days, it is forecast to weaken but remain a...
View ArticleTropical Storm Warning issued for portions of Cape Fear
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for parts of the Cape Fear. New Hanover County and Pender County received the warning Thursday morning, as tropical storm-force winds...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ophelia moves inland over North Carolina as coastal areas...
ANNAPOLIS, MD (AP) — Residents in coastal North Carolina and Virginia braced for potential flooding after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island on Saturday morning,...
View ArticleUS center’s tropical storm forecasts are going inland, where damage can...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “cone of uncertainty” produced by the National Hurricane Center to forecast the location and ferocity of a tropical storm is getting an update this year to include...
View ArticleExperimental changes arriving this summer to National Hurricane Center...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Cape Fear is no stranger to the National Hurricane Center forecast cone. But some experimental changes are arriving this summer. Beginning on or around August 15th, a new...
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