Coming winter storm

Coming Winter Storm

Coming Winter Storm, Forecasts of blinding snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened to complicate Christmas Day travel around the nation's midsection Tuesday as several Gulf Coast states braced for a chance of twisters, high winds and powerful thunderstorms.

Billion Dollar Weather Disasters Hits 12

Billion Dollar Weather Disasters Hits 12

Billion Dollar Weather Disasters Hits 12, The damage toll from this year's wild weather keeps growing. A June tornado outbreak and the wildfires that have plagued the Southwest were added to the year's list of U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters, bumping the 2011 total to a record 12, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Tropical Storm Maria headed toward Lesser Antilles

Tropical Storm Maria headed toward Lesser Antilles

Tropical Storm Maria headed toward Lesser Antilles. Tropical Storm Maria was heading toward the Lesser Antilles on Friday in the Atlantic while Tropical Storm Nate was moving little in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico's coast.

Meanwhile, rainfall from what had been Tropical Storm Lee continued inundating a wide portion of Pennsylvania and other northeastern states, leaving at least seven dead.

Tropical Storm Maria forms in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Maria forms in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Maria forms in Atlantic. Tropical Storm Maria formed in the Atlantic on Wednesday while Hurricane Katia churned up the surf along the beaches of Bermuda and the eastern United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Maria

Tropical Storm Maria

Tropical Storm Maria. This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow). The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone. The black line and dots show the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast track of the center at the times indicated. The dot indicating the forecast center location will be black if the cyclone is forecast to be tropical and will be white with a black outline if the cyclone is forecast to be extratropical. If only an L is displayed, then the system is forecast to be a remnant low. The letter inside the dot indicates the NHC's forecast intensity for that time:

Tropical Storm Lee updates

Tropical Storm Lee updates. Tropical Storm Lee pounded the Gulf Coast today as it approaches New Orleans, expected to bring as much as 20 inches of pounding rain that could put levees that failed six years ago to the test.

Tropical Storm Lee

Tropical Storm Lee

Tropical Storm Lee. This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow). The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone. The black line, when selected, and dots show the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast track of the center at the times indicated. The dot indicating the forecast center location will be black if the cyclone is forecast to be tropical and will be white with a black outline if the cyclone is forecast to be extratropical. If only an L is displayed, then the system is forecast to be a remnant low. The letter inside the dot indicates the NHC's forecast intensity for that time: