Thousands of Haitians sought shelter in schoolhouses Saturday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 143 across the Caribbean. ...more

November 4, 2007

Tropical Storm Melissa weakened into a depression Sunday far out in the open Atlantic, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Karen dwindled away in the central Atlantic, forecasters said. ...more

October 1, 2007

A shortage in donations has left the SPCA Suncoast scrabbling to find funds to keep the lights on. Betty Moore, treasurer for the board of director's says they have taken out a sizable loan to help them through their fiscal year, which ends Feb. 28 but donations are still needed. A series of fundraisers are currently underway to save the shelter. ...more

September 22, 2007

Call it the instant hurricane. Humberto, which grew faster than any storm on record from tropical depression to full-scale hurricane landfall, surprised the Texas-Louisiana coast early Thursday with 85-mph winds and heavy rain that knocked out power to more than 100,000 and left at least one person dead. ...more

September 14, 2007

La Nina conditions are developing in the Pacific Ocean, and that cooling of waters generally brings a more active Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. ...more

September 7, 2007

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Tropical Storm Felix strengthened into a hurricane Saturday evening and spun through the Caribbean toward a group of small islands off Venezuela. ...more

September 2, 2007