A tropical storm gets a name when its sustained winds reach 39 mph; it becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph.

The disturbance was located in the Atlantic Ocean, about 900 miles northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Wednesday, the hurricane center said. It had produced "a small but persistent area of ...

A petite but persistent swirl of thunderstorms in the far-off Atlantic Ocean caught the eye of the National Hurricane Center ... Sargassum expected to reach South Florida beaches by late May ...

The NHC is monitoring a low-pressure area in the eastern Atlantic that is expected to dissipate quickly and poses no threat to land. National Hurricane ... warm the Atlantic Ocean and making ...

A tropical storm gets a name when its sustained winds reach 39 mph; it becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph. A typical Atlantic hurricane season averages about 14 tropical storms ...