Residents of the Gulf Coast region are now on hurricane alert as the Hurricane Ida projected path has turned to northward.
Hurricane Ida was upgraded from a tropical storm to a full-”blown” hurricane on Saturday and has now strengthened to a Category 2 storm with maximum winds at its center in excess of 100 mph. Forecasters [...]

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Hurricane Fred has rapidly turned into a Category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.  Forecasters now warn that the storm could develop into a major hurricane later today.
Fred’s maximum sustained winds have now risen to around 105 mph (165 kph) as of early Wednesday morning. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida [...]

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The National Hurricane Center continues to track the extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena in the Eastern Pacific.
Hurricane Jimena is now a strong Category 4 hurricane with winds just 1 mph away from being a deadly Category 5 storm. Higher gusts have hit 185 mph and it’s now located less than 350 miles south of Cabo [...]

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Hurricane Jimena intensified and became a category 2 storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
Hurricane Jimena is now about 250 miles south of the port of Manzanillo, with sustained winds of about 105 mph (169 kmh) with stronger gusts, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm has moved away from Acapulco and is [...]

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Hurricane Bill attained hurricane force on Monday morning in the Atlantic Ocean and is now sitting approximately 1,160 miles to the east of the Lesser Antilles. Hurricane Bill now has winds of almost 75 miles per hour.
The storm is set to pass through the open Atlantic over the next several days while continuing to [...]

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Forecasters say Hurricane Felicia is still a well-organized storm system with a defined eye and impressive spiral banding.
The storm has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane.  Winds are now at 100 mph and it’s traveling towards Hilo at about 45 mph.
Forecasters expect the storm to be a tropical storm by [...]

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