The Latest Breaking News from Hurricane

Weather tracker: Atlantic hurricane season may finally be starting to stir

Lack of activity has confounded forecasts so far but a cluster of thunderstorms could change that

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2022

Tropical depression ‘likely’ to form this week near Caribbean; forecasters tracking 4 systems

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first tropical depression in two months appears likely to form this week, as an unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season shows signs of getting into higher gear.

Tribune News Service · Aug 28, 2022

Tropics heat up as forecasters track 3 systems for possible development

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three areas of disturbance — one gaining organization in the central Atlantic Ocean, one in the Caribbean and a third off western Africa that popped up on the 2 p.m. update on Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Aug 27, 2022

Hurricane season has been unusually quiet so far, defying forecasts

Forecasters are surprised, but warn that our luck is likely to run out.

Axios · Aug 26, 2022

A disturbance entering the Caribbean has potential to develop this weekend, forecasters say

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas, one is a disturbance poised to enter the Caribbean.

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

How are hurricanes predicted?

NOAA predicts an above normal hurricane season for 2022.

USAFacts · Aug 24, 2022

Hurricane season on the verge of rarely seen August without a named storm

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The hallmark of the 2022 hurricane season — so far — has been uncharacteristic calmness, and the benign conditions might not change for the remainder of August, forecasters say.

Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022

Children of climate change come of age in 'Katrina Babies'

A new documentary, “Katrina Babies,” looks at how a generation of New Orleans residents coming of age after Hurricane Katrina, are reconciling with the catastrophic storm that transformed their lives

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

Brad Pitt's apparently defunct foundation reached a $20.5 million settlement with Hurricane Katrina survivors over its green housing debacle

The six homeowners who sued Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation over the faulty construction of housing it built for them have reached a US$20.5 million settlement with the apparently defunct charity.

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2022

‘I didn’t understand my trauma’: how Hurricane Katrina marked New Orleans’ young

In powerful documentary Katrina Babies, the children and teenagers who lived through the 2005 disaster grapple with their trauma at an older age

The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2022