Category: Hurricanes

The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began forecasting chances that two Atlantic systems could develop into the season's next tropical depression or storm.

NOAA and CSU predict fewer tropical storms than average will develop this year in the Atlantic basin — thanks to an intensifying El Niño phenomenon nearly half a world away.

Tropical Storm Bertha continued to skirt Louisiana's Gulf Coast on Thursday expected to keep its strength until moving into Texas later in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Bertha weakened Wednesday as it moved west along the Gulf Coast, but still with portions of Florida under tropical storm warnings, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Track Tropical Storm Bertha as it heads toward the Gulf Coast. See the latest forecast map, path toward New Orleans, watches, and rainfall totals.

Newly formed Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened overnight as it moved closer to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Bertha is forecast to form Monday and could threaten the Florida Panhandle, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Depression Two formed off Florida's west coast Sunday, forecast to become Tropical Storm Bertha as it head up to the Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday gave a Gulf system off Florida's coast a high chance of developing into the season's next tropical depression or storm.