Topic: Atlantic hurricane season
2026 hurricane season forecasts: Slightly below average
Colorado State University's early forecast for the 2026 hurricane season predicts slightly below-average activity.
Tips from Hurricane Preparedness Week
The National Hurricane Center in the United States named the week of 4-10 May 'National Hurricane Preparedness Week' with tips for each day of the week.
As hurricane season nears, WFP rallies support for vulnerable small island states
The World Food Programme (WFP) called for urgent global support for small island nations disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis.
AI predicts hurricane landfall faster, more accurately
A newly published scientific paper has found that artificial intelligence could help to better predict hurricane landfall, which would allow Cayman to better prepare for disasters.
Weather experts forecast ‘near normal’ hurricane season
US weather forecasters have predicted near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year with up to nine hurricanes and up to four major hurricanes.
Fiona, Ian retired from list of storm names
Fiona and Ian are the latest storm names to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's rotating list for the Atlantic Hurricane basin.
Harold, Idalia, Margot and Nigel added to 2023 storm names
This year's hurricane season, which is fewer than 12 weeks away, will see four new names added to the storm list.
Atlantic hurricane basin goes quiet as season’s end approaches
A combination of increasing cold fronts and an upper-level ridge is helping to suppress storm activity throughout the Caribbean section of the Atlantic hurricane basin.
Atlantic basin goes quiet; Pacific basin heats up
The Atlantic basin has gone quiet after a potential area of disturbance off the southern end of Central America dissipated earlier today (10 June).
Forecasters expect above-average 2021 hurricane season
Forecasters say this year's Atlantic hurricane season will be above average, with an expected 17 named storms, including eight hurricanes.
Time for Greek alphabet: Subtropical Storms Alpha and Beta form
The Atlantic hurricane season ran through the year’s list of named storms on Friday and moved right into the back-up naming system using the Greek alphabet. As of late Friday morning, three tropical formations were active in the Atlantic: Hurricane Teddy, Tropical Storm Wilfred and Subtropical Storm Alpha.
Early start to 2020 hurricane season projected
The US National Hurricane Center is poised to name the first tropical or subtropical storm on Saturday heralding an early start to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Update: Beryl downgraded to tropical storm
The Atlantic has its first hurricane of the season. Hurricane Beryl, currently southeast of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean, is considered a small storm, creating some uncertainty about the analysis, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
UPDATE: TS Philippe hits Cuba; Cayman flood risk continues
Rain and showers associated with a northern cold front are just the beginning of wet weather rolling over the Cayman Islands this weekend. A tropical system off the coast of northeastern Nicaragua became more concentrated and showed greater likelihood of development as it moved north.
Peak storm season approaches a day before Ivan anniversary
They call it the “season within the season” – the eight weeks from Aug. 22 that is considered “the most active and dangerous time” for tropical storms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Hurricane season starts Wednesday
The Atlantic Basin hurricane season officially begins Wednesday, but the second named storm of the year already made landfall over the weekend in the...
Volunteers needed for hurricane shelters
Training for hurricane shelter volunteers begins next month and community members are invited to sign up.
