A strong tropical wave moving through the southern Atlantic Ocean could become the season's next tropical depression, possibly by today. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - A strong tropical wave moving through the southern Atlantic Ocean could become the season's next tropical depression today or Tuesday. ...more

July 14, 2008

TAMPA - A tropical wave just off the African coast could become a tropical depression in the next couple of days. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami started watching the collection of thunderstorms and low pressure just after it emerged in the Atlantic Ocean, saying on Tuesday it had the potential to become better organized. ...more

July 2, 2008

A tornado that ripped through the Land O' Lakes Jail complex off U.S. 41 early Sunday morning left behind at least $1.5 million in damage, initial estimates show. ...more

December 19, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - A tornado that ripped through the Land O' Lakes jail complex off U.S. 41 early Sunday morning left behind at least $1.5 million in damage, initial estimates show. ...more

December 18, 2007

Tropical Storm Olga triggered floods and landslides in this Caribbean nation Wednesday, killing at least seven people and forcing thousands to flee their homes, authorities said. One person also died in Puerto Rico. ...more

December 13, 2007

A tropical depression came ashore in the Florida Panhandle on Friday, sparing coastal Louisiana and Mississippi the first serious brush with tropical weather since two hurricanes laid waste to the area in 2005. ...more

September 22, 2007

If Tampa Bay area residents need further reminding that even the smallest glob of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico bears watching during hurricane season, Hurricane Humberto, which blindsided the Texas-Louisiana coast early Thursday, did the trick. ...more

September 17, 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