The Atlantic hurricane season ends on Nov. 30. But tropical storms can form any time, and the sea water has been staying ...

A somewhat rare November storm system is gathering steam in the Caribbean Sea. Tropical Storm Sara will eventually make a ...

1998 and strengthened to a hurricane by the 24th. Mitch then rapidly strengthened, becoming a monster Category 5 hurricane with a central pressure of 905 mb on the 26th—ranking it in the Top 10 ...

The experiences of Laura Isabel Baptista, who survived the hurricane, are recounted. Students can use the example of the banana industry to weigh up the pros and cons of an economy that relies so ...

It officially opened in August 1987. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch, one of the strongest recorded Atlantic storms, began a four-day siege of Central America, causing at least 10,000 deaths. In 2004 ...

Hurricane season is over ... it was not at peak strength. Mitch reached Category 5 status in late October while it was over the Caribbean before making landfall in Honduras on Oct. 29.