Major Hurricane Dora will continue to impact Hawaii into Wednesday and Wednesday night, bringing rough surf and strong winds to the islands despite passing hundreds of miles to the south in the open Pacific Ocean, according to AccuWeather forecasters. The strong winds were contributing to the rapid growth and spread of wildfires on Hawaii's Big Island and Maui that have destroyed structures, led to evacuations and forced some people to escape the flames by jumping into the ocean. Major Hurricane
A budding area of showers and thunderstorms has the potential to continue to slowly organize prior to reaching the southeastern United States with downpours and gusty thunderstorms late this week and this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Meanwhile, forecasters will continue to monitor a train of disturbances, also known as tropical waves, moving westward from Africa as July comes to a close and August begins. On this wide image of the tropical Atlantic basin, a tropical wave was moving j
Soon after Calvin rapidly intensified into the eastern Pacific's first major hurricane of the 2023 season, it began to weaken Friday night and will continue to unwind into next week as it pushes westward toward Hawaii. However, AccuWeather meteorologists believe the system will still hold together enough to bring tropical rainstorm conditions to the islands by Wednesday. Calvin entered a zone that was highly favorable for intensification late this past week with water temperatures in the 80s F a
The tropics are heating up this week as a cluster of showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles off of the west coast of Africa continues to show indications of organization. AccuWeather forecasters are closely monitoring the tropical rainstorm for development over the coming days, saying that it is not out of the question for a tropical depression to form in the Atlantic sometime early this week. This robust tropical rainstorm, designated as Invest 92L by the National Hurricane Cen
As Memorial Day travel will be near pre-pandemic levels with AAA predicting 42.3 million travelers this year, there could be some trouble brewing in the tropics. Americans may not only have to dodge downpours and deal with rough surf but also remain aware of the risk of tropical development along the United States' southern Atlantic coast, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. AccuWeather's team of long-range meteorologists and tropical experts have been warning since late March that conditions could