• Hurricane Watches issued for Jamaica and Haiti, heavy rains and life-threatening flooding forecast

    ByRishav Kothari

    A Hurricane Watch was issued on October 23, 2025, as Tropical Storm Melissa approached Hispaniola and Jamaica, bringing the threat of heavy rainfall and life-threatening flooding. The storm is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend and possibly a major hurricane early next week, producing heavy rain, flash flooding, and landslides across Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and parts of Cuba.

  • NHC monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic basin

    ByTeo Blašković

    A tropical wave over the northeastern Caribbean Sea is producing showers, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across the Windward and Leeward Islands on September 24, 2025. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the disturbance will spread heavy rainfall and gusty winds into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later today and into the Dominican Republic tonight, with conditions becoming more favorable for development later this week near the Bahamas. Another wave, located about 1 125 km (700 miles) east of the Leeward Islands, also has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression in the coming days.

  • Tropical Storm “Karen” forms near Windward Islands

    ByTeo Blašković

    Tropical Storm "Karen" formed just east of the Windward Islands at 09:00 UTC on September 22, 2019, as the 11th named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. On Average, the 11th named storm forms on October 28. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect…