Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught as Sally was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday morning.

NBC 6 First Alert Meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin has the latest details from the NHC’s 11 a.m. update on Tropical Depression 19.

The tropics remain active with as many as six systems being watched entering the weekend, including Tropical Storms Paulette and Rene – but South Florida doesn’t look to be impacted at this time. The 11 a.m. advisory Friday for Paulette has the storm with winds of 65 miles per hour while moving west-northwest at 10 m.p.h., but the system rema...

The tropics remained active Thursday with as many as six systems being watched across the Atlantic Ocean as hurricane season was hitting its peak. Tropical Storm Paulette had winds of 65 miles per hour and was moving west-northwest at 10 mph as of the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, but remained 850 miles from the furth...

As Tropical Storms Paulette and Rene continue to move through the Atlantic with no threat to any land, another disturbance has formed east of the Bahamas. A tropical disturbance a couple of hundred miles northeast of the Central Bahamas is forecast to drift westward and be in the vicinity of the Floria peninsula on Friday. Its formation chance in t...

Tropical Storm Paulette weakened as it moved through the Atlantic and Rene was downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night but are still not a threat to South Florida or any land areas. The latest advisory on Tropical Storm Paulette has the system with winds at 60 miles per hour and moving slowly to the northwest at 9 mph, but…

Steve MacLaughlin has your latest on the tropics, which are quite active with three systems that could gain strength.

Tropical Storm Nana is expected to become a Hurricane as it approaches Central America, while Tropical Storm Omar formed east of South Carolina the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft crew flew into Nana as it took shape south of Jamaica, recording maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kmh...

Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday to become a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an “unsurvivable” 20-foot storm surge that could sink entire communities in Texas and Louisiana. Authorities implored coastal residents to flee before it’s too late.

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Hurricane Laura continued to strengthen late Tuesday night and is expected to become a major hurricane at landfall in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico coast. Laura had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. As of the latest NHC advisory, the system’s center was 405 miles southeast of Lake Charle...

The Lower Florida Keys remained under a tropical storm warning late Monday as Tropical Storm Laura was forecast to become a hurricane as it approached the Gulf Coast. The 11 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami showed the system with maximum sustained winds at 65 miles per hour while it was about 80 miles northeast of the&#8230...