Chances have increased that the next tropical storm in the Atlantic hurricane season will form next week. On Friday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa had a 40 percent chance of developing into a storm,

A tropical wave off the west coast of Africa has a 30% chance of formulating into a cyclone over the next week, the National Hurricane Center says.

They are the hurricanes of legend, the bowling balls that cross the entire Atlantic Ocean, menaced ships of yore and make the long, curved lines on the hurricane charts. Cape Verde storms, named for the group of islands about 450 miles off the west coast ...

Many notable hurricanes have ravaged the US coast over the decades, even as this year's peak hurricane week remains rather tranquil in the Atlantic tropics.

Atlantic hurricane season, meaning that historically it's the day with the highest probability of finding a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. Yet here we are and things are strangely quiet in the tropics.