Hurricanes

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Tropical Storm Sean forms in Atlantic, but nontropical Gulf system to bring rain, wind to Florida

Tropical Storm Sean formed Wednesday morning in the Atlantic while the National Hurricane Center began tracking a new tropical wave that could form into the next tropical depression or storm. Meanwhile, the Gulf of Mexico system that is no longer a tropical threat will bring its high winds and rain across Florida today and into Thursday.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/11/tropical-storm-sean-forms-in-atlantic-but-nontropical-gulf-system-to-bring-rain-wind-to-florida/?

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Hurricane center keeps track of Tropical Storm Sean, 1 other system

Tropical Storm Sean regained strength on Thursday as the National Hurricane Center continues to track it and another system in the Atlantic with the potential to grow into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/12/hurricane-center-keeps-track-of-tropical-depression-sean-1-other-system/?

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Hurricane center ups odds for Caribbean-bound system while Tropical Storm Sean churns

The National Hurricane Center increased the chances a system bound for the Caribbean will form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while Tropical Storm Sean continues to swirl in the Atlantic.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/13/hurricane-center-ups-odds-for-caribbean-bound-system-while-tropical-storm-sean-churns/?

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Tropical Depression Sean weakens, hurricane center says

A new tropical depression has a high chance to develop in the coming days while Tropical Storm Sean is set to dissipate, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/14/new-tropical-depression-likely-as-tropical-storm-sean-fades-hurricane-center-says/?

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Caribbean-bound system could become tropical depression this week, hurricane center says

The National Hurricane Center continues to track a system in the Atlantic that could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm as it approaches the Caribbean.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/17/caribbean-bound-system-could-become-tropical-depression-this-week-hurricane-center-says/?

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Tropical Storm Tammy forms as it targets Caribbean, hurricane center says

Tropical Storm Tammy formed in the Atlantic on Wednesday as it sets its sights on the Caribbean and prompting tropical storm watches, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/18/growing-caribbean-bound-system-likely-to-become-tropical-depression-soon-hurricane-center-says/?

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Tropical Storm Tammy intensifies, expected to become hurricane as it strafes Caribbean

Tropical Storm Tammy jumped in intensity Thursday morning as it headed toward the Caribbean where it’s expected to reach hurricane strength by Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/19/tropical-storm-tammy-intensifies-expected-to-become-hurricane-as-it-strafes-caribbean/?

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Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely to rapidly intensify from wimpy, minor storms to powerful and catastrophic hurricanes, a study said Thursday. Read more.

Why this matters: When storms rapidly intensify, especially as they near land, people in the storm’s path have trouble deciding whether to evacuate or hunker down. Meteorologists also face difficulty predicting the intensity of the impact and the preparations emergency managers should make, according to scientists.   In the past 20 years, storms powered up in just 24 hours from a Category 1 minor storm to a major hurricane 8.1% of the time. That happened only 3.2% of the time from 1971 to 1990, according to a study in the journal Scientific Reports.

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Hurricane Tammy forms as it bears down on Caribbean

Hurricane Tammy became the seventh hurricane of the busy Atlantic season with a forecast track that targets the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/20/tropical-storm-tammy-forecast-to-grow-into-hurricane-as-it-hits-caribbean/?

Hurricane Tammy hits Barbuda as it plows through Caribbean islands

Hurricane Tammy gained strength before beginning its sideswipe of several Caribbean islands on Saturday making landfall on Barbuda, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/21/core-of-hurricane-tammy-on-top-of-caribbean-islands/?

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Hurricane Tammy slides away from Caribbean as NHC tracks 2nd system

Hurricane Tammy is moving away from the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands into the Atlantic while the National Hurricane Center has increased odds for another system to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/22/hurricane-tammy-slides-away-from-caribbean-as-nhc-tracks-2nd-system/?

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Hurricane Tammy churns in Atlantic as TD 21 falls apart over land

Hurricane Tammy has moved into the open Atlantic while newly formed Tropical Depression Twenty-One fell apart as it moved ashore into Central America on Tuesday.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/24/hurricane-tammy-churns-in-atlantic-as-td-21-moves-ashore/?

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Hurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast nearing Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s once glamorous port of Acapulco and surrounding coastal towns braced for the arrival of the “potentially catastrophic” Hurricane Otis, a rapidly intensifying Category 5 hurricane that stirred memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people.

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-otis-mexico-acapulco-993f639be22b1013e3faf0c5828da078?

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Hurricane Otis strikes Acapulco as one of the strongest storms ever to hit Mexico

Acapulco, Mexico, endured one of the strongest storms on record to hit the country from the Pacific Ocean when Hurricane Otis made landfall on the southern coast early Wednesday as a Category 5 hurricane with 165 mph winds.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/10/25/hurricane-otis-acapulco-category-5-hurricane/71312375007/

Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Otis tore across Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful and dangerous Category 5 hurricane Wednesday, unleashing massive flooding in the resort city of Acapulco and setting off looting as desperate relatives tired of waiting for help to arrive.

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-otis-mexico-acapulco-8daa7fcfa6d538ae2ca672fe54a31519?

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Hurricane Otis survivors search for friends and necessities in devastated Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of a Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people as it devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco spent Thursday searching for acquaintances and necessities and hoping that aid would come quickly in the wake of Hurricane Otis.

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-hurricane-otis-acapulco-17b4b34147a2fe5acbe980a0b5b06aa7?

Families hunt for loved ones not heard from since Hurricane Otis pummeled Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Desperate families made missing posters Friday and joined online groups to look for loved ones out of touch since Hurricane Otis devastated the Mexican Pacific coast city of Acapulco.

https://apnews.com/article/otis-mexico-acapulco-government-response-survivors-storm-4c33ae4a3ebcf272eb05b89ae898bb28?

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Tammy reforms while hurricane center tracks Caribbean system

The National Hurricane Center said the extratropical cyclone that had been Hurricane Tammy reformed in the Atlantic as Tropical Storm Tammy, while also tracking a new system in the Caribbean with a chance to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/27/tammy-could-reform-while-hurricane-center-tracks-caribbean-system/

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Hurricane center tracks 2 systems as Tropical Storm Tammy churns in Atlantic

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems with a chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm as well as Tropical Storm Tammy.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/28/hurricane-center-tracks-northbound-caribbean-system-as-tropical-storm-tammy-churns-in-atlantic/?

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Hurricane center tracks systems near Bahamas, in Caribbean as Tammy fizzles

The National Hurricane Center said there is a moderate chance a system near the Bahamas could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while also tracking a system in the Caribbean and issuing its final advisory on what had been Tropical Storm Tammy.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/29/hurricane-center-ups-odds-for-system-near-bahamas-tracks-1-other-as-tammy-fizzles/?

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Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 48, missing now number 36 as search and recovery work continues

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — At least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco, Mexican authorities said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb and families buried loved ones.

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-hurricane-otis-acapulco-50eb6a8fe677455428cbacfd3966e72c?

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Hurricane center ups chances Caribbean system will develop

The National Hurricane Center said a system off the Bahamas has no chance to develop, but increased odds a Caribbean system will form into the  season’s next tropical depression or storm.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/30/hurricane-center-tracks-system-off-bahamas-2nd-in-caribbean/?

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Hurricane center dials back odds Caribbean system will develop

A system in the Caribbean has a moderate chance of developing into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/31/hurricane-center-says-high-odds-caribbean-system-will-develop-into-tropical-depression-or-storm/?

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Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco’s poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof.

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-otis-acapulco-climate-change-mexico-amlo-42841e8c9ef6a1e448f27a72dfc39c60?

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1 month left in hurricane season as NHC keeps track of Caribbean system

With one month left before the end of hurricane season, the tropics have quieted some, and the National Hurricane Center is now only tracking one system in the Caribbean with a moderate chance of forming into the next tropical depression or storm.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/11/01/1-month-left-in-hurricane-season-as-nhc-keeps-track-of-caribbean-system/?

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Some houses are being built to stand up to hurricanes and sharply cut emissions, too

When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the windows of Bonny Paulson’s home in the tiny coastal community of Mexico Beach, Florida, even though the house rests on pillars 14 feet above the ground. But Paulson’s home, with a rounded shape that looks something like a ship, shrugged off Category 5 winds that might otherwise have collapsed it.

https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-sustainability-resilience-homes-extreme-weather-climate-6e458edfdcc7ada5da579b110c993cae?

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Hurricane center says odds high Caribbean system will form

The hurricane season may still have another tropical depression or storm in store with the National Hurricane Center giving high odds a system will form in the Caribbean this week.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/11/14/hurricane-center-says-odds-high-caribbean-system-will-form/?

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Flood threat in Florida as hurricane center tracks 2 systems

The National Hurricane Center was tracking two systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm including one off the coast of Florida and one in the Caribbean.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/11/15/hurricane-center-tracks-systems-off-florida-in-caribbean/?