The most powerful storm to hit the region since 1988 could inundate some areas of eastern Jamaica with up to 40 inches of rain. The arrival of its core has been delayed by stalling.

The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

With the 11 p.m. Thursday advisory, Melissa was about 150 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 270 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, creeping north at only 3 mph and packing maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles from the center, underscoring the storm's broad reach.

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of the eastern United States,

Hurricane Idalia has crossed into Georgia as the storm continues its destructive course through the Southeast U.S. The storm is now a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Imelda was moving north off the coast of Florida Monday, Sept. 29, according to the National Hurricane Center. The tropical storm is expected to move across the northwestern Bahamas today. It's then expected to turn away from Florida and the ...