Tropical Storm Andrea Moves Toward Florida With Heavy Rain June 6, 2013 By Charlotte Porter Tropical Storm Andrea, the first of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, churned toward Florida with heavy rain and the potential...
Hurricane Center: Beware of the Storm Surge May 29, 2013 By JENNIFER KAY During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don’t understand...
Hurricane Center Focusing on Storm Surge Warnings May 9, 2013 By Jennifer Kay Last year’s hurricane season drove home some big lessons, the nation’s chief hurricane forecaster said: Storm surge and flooding are...
Sandy Criticism Prompts Change in Storm Warnings April 8, 2013 By JENNIFER KAY Responding to criticism after Superstorm Sandy, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday it would change the way it warns people...
Hurricane Center Pushes to Improve Storm Surge Warnings November 30, 2012 By Jane Sutton Friday marks the end of an Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season where the greatest devastation was caused by water rather than wind,...
Tropical Storm Sandy Still on Hurricane Track October 24, 2012 According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), as of Wednesday, the center of Tropical Storm Sandy was located over the...
Isaac Aims at Gulf Coast After Raking Florida August 28, 2012 By MATT SEDENSKY Tropical Storm Isaac rolled over the open Gulf of Mexico on Monday, where it was expected to grow into a...
New Hurricane Center Head Turned Fear Into Career June 12, 2012 By JENNIFER KAY When the National Hurricane Center’s new director was growing up on the Florida and Texas coasts, tropical storms frightened him....
New Director Named for National Hurricane Center May 21, 2012 By JENNIFER KAY Richard Knabb, the tropical weather expert at The Weather Channel, will be the next chief of the U.S. government’s hurricane...
Hurricane Center Chief Predicts Longer Forecasts March 7, 2012 By BRUCE SMITH The director of the National Hurricane Center expects the agency soon will be able to project storm positions a week...