The 2017 hurricane season isn't over yet. A low-pressure system in the Caribbean has the National Hurricane Center's attention.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia forms in the Atlantic
The 15th named storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has formed over the open Atlantic, but is not a threat to Florida.
October can produce major hurricanes
Just because the busiest hurricane moth has passed doesn't mean the season is over. October has been known to produce a few big storms.
Category 5 Maria to make landfall on Dominica
Maria is upgraded to a category five storm. Landfall is expected this evening.
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.
Depression strengthens into TS Lee
Tropical systems in the Atlantic strengthen.
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.
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