Maria is upgraded to a category five storm. Landfall is expected this evening.
Month: September 2017
Maria is now a hurricane
Maria is now classified as a category one hurricane. The storm is expected to strengthen before reaching the Leeward Islands in the next 24-to-48 hours.
Maria expected to become a hurricane today [map updated]
Hurricane Maria is expected later today. The storm's path is taking it toward some of the already-devastated islands in the Caribbean.
TS Maria expected to become major hurricane by midweek [map updated]
Newly formed Tropical Storm Maria is expected to become a major hurricane by midweek.
Depression strengthens into TS Lee
Tropical systems in the Atlantic strengthen.
Holt area arrests for the week
Holt-related arrest for the week of Sept. 9-15.
New tropical storm expected by the weekend (map updated)
Both tropical systems in the Atlantic are expected to develop further during the weekend.
Back-to-back systems showing further development potential
The National Hurricane Center gives these systems an 80 and 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical storm.
Possibility of Atlantic systems to develop further increases
The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. update increases the chances for a tropical depression.
Two new areas are developing in the Atlantic
Irma is gone, Jose almost is, and now there's two more areas in the Atlantic to watch.