2020 hurricane season

When it comes to hurricanes, there’s more to them than meets the eye. Here’s where the word “hurricane” comes from and how these powerful storms are different (or not) from cyclones.

Tropical Storm Eta is dumping torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it slogs over the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected Florida landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area.

Tropical Storm Eta does not appear to be done with the state of Florida and is forecast to make a second landfall in the state as early as Thursday.

WATCH LIVE: The latest imaging and expected forecast track for Eta are in the player above South Florida remains in the cone of concern for now Tropical Storm Eta on Wednesday, which could be a tropical storm as it possibly approaches the local area this weekend. Eta drenched northern Nicaragua and Honduras Wednesday after devastating communities along the country’s...

Zeta made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Wednesday as a strong Category 2 hurricane before moving into neighboring Mississippi, losing intensity on its trail of destruction. Now a tropical storm, Zeta continues to barrel northeast. Three deaths have been attributed to the storm.

Zeta strengthened to a hurricane as it heads toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula resorts and then likely move on for a landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek

Epsilon has strengthened into a hurricane, the 10th of the Atlantic season, as it approaches Bermuda on Thursday.

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds Tuesday while following a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught as Sally was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday morning.

A strengthening Tropical Storm Nana was expected to become a hurricane before striking Belize before dawn Thursday and drenching a good part of Central America with dangerously heavy rainfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Forecasters put the entire coast of Belize under hurricane watch and warned that people in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula should closely monitor...

Tropical Depression 13 continues to move across the Caribbean with forecasters expecting it to possibly become a named tropical storm at some point Friday.

South Florida remained in the cone of concern for the latest tropical depression that could become a named tropical storm as early as Thursday or Friday. The 5 p.m. Thursday advisory from the National Hurricane Center had Tropical Depression 13 with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour while 615 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands traveling to…

Isaias is expected to be near hurricane strength when it approaches the Carolinas, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.

North and South Carolina are bracing for a potentially direct hit from Tropical Storm Isaias, which brushed past Florida over the weekend, bringing strong winds and heavy rains. The coronavirus is an additional wrench for government agencies planning for a natural disaster against the backdrop of a highly transmissible virus.

Isaias has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and it is not expected to regain hurricane strength

Parts of South Florida remained on guard after hurricane warnings and watches were issued along the east coast for expected impacts from Category 1 Hurricane Isaias, a storm that threatened to drop heavy wind and rain on the area over the weekend. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and was about 115 miles south-southeast of Nassau,…

Newly formed Hurricane Isaias is bearing down on the Bahamas and the U.S. East Coast

After bringing heavy rain and wind to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Isaias has strengthened into a Hurricane and is moving toward Florida.

Isaias strengthened into a hurricane late Thursday, triggering several storm watches and warnings as it moved towards the Bahamas and South Florida.

Heavy rains drenched the eastern Caribbean as a weather system strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaias late Wednesday while it passed south of Puerto Rico and headed for Hispaniola carrying the threat of flooding and landslides. The 11 p.m. advisory shows Isaias has winds of 50 mph and sits about 155 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and 265 miles southeast…