The proclamation activates emergency measures and resources to protect public health, safety and welfare. Tropical storm-force winds, heavy rainfall and high surf associated with Hurricane Kiko could ...

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday forecast increasing odds a tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic could develop ...

Elsewhere, the National Hurricane Center is tracking four tropical waves, including two in the Caribbean. The fourth-named storm in the Atlantic basin typically forms Aug. 15.

Invest 97L is now in the Atlantic joining Invest 96L and NHC forecasters said if development comes it'll be next week.

Tropical cyclone is the generic term used by the National Weather Service, NOAA and the National Hurricane Center for any tropical system, even if it's in the tropical Atlantic basin.

A tropical system off the southeastern coast is drifting northwestward to the open Atlantic, easing the threat of tropical rain for the Carolinas.