The tropics remain quiet on Saturday, Oct.17 and tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next seven days for the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami,

Even as conditions are quiet across the Atlantic, Florida has a history of late season surprises that keeps forecasters alert.

It was the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, and the first to hit the mainland United States in two years.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared public health emergencies in Florida and Alabama Wednesday following Hurricane Isaias, building on emergency declarations President Trump issued for both states Oct. 9.

A new study finds that climate change and El Niño combined to rev up last month’s explosively intensifying Hurricane Polo, which was the longest-lasting Category 5 storm ever to churn in the Pacific.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Hurricane season runs from June 1 st to November 30 th with its peak in mid-September. However, most of the Gulf storms take place in October. Think of Hurricane Opal (1995), Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy (2012), Hurricane Michael (2018), and Hurricane Milton (2024) just to name a few.

Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle and brought devastating winds and rain across the Gulf Coast, parts of the Deep South, and Appalachia just over a week ago, and significant progress toward recovery has been made.

The Pacific Ocean is seeing more storms, and stronger storms, than usual. Here’s what’s going on (and how it all traces back to El Niño).