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Damaging winds over 70 mph, tornadoes, hail and flooding are all possible as the storms move across Florida Monday night into Tuesday evening.

Hurricane Otis has weakened to a Category 4 storm after roaring ashore near Acapulco, Mexico, as a life-threatening Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, delivering what forecasters warned could be a “nightmare scenario” for Mexico’s southern coast as it threatens to cause catastrophic damage with destructive winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge.

Start your day with the latest weather news – Hurricane Otis rapidly intensified to become a Category 5 hurricane just as it made a final approach to southern Mexico, where it made landfall near Acapulco.

Hurricane Norma is expected to strike Mexico’s popular Los Cabos resort area from the Pacific Ocean on Saturday with destructive winds and a dangerous storm surge, even while a different hurricane swipes island nations in the Atlantic.

Experts are still working to estimate what Idalia's wind speeds were along its path and calculate the total damages.

Marco Bello/ReutersHurricane Idalia will continue intensifying before slamming into Florida on Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous” major hurricane, forecasters warn, unleashing deadly storm surge and destructive winds.Evacuations were already underway Tuesday as Idalia strengthened from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane around 5 a.m. As it barrels across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Idalia is forecast to dramatically increase in power to a Category 3. The Nat...

A severe weather outbreak has killed one person and knocked out power to more than 1 million customers across the eastern U.S. on Monday.

Severe weather in the South US next week could spawn tornadoes in addition to destructive winds, large hail and flash floods.

Created significant restoration challenges across the state. and in some cases, they need to rebuild rather than simply repair parts of our energy grid. >> as crews rush to restore power, floodwaters continue to rise, leading to water rescues across the orlando and yosemite area. crews are using arrows to pull people from their water logged homes. >> in 2004, we had a hurricane but you know, wasnt that bad. we took off, we evacuate. when we come back, there was water in the streets, but not like...

Intense winds and downpours from Hurricane Ian, which made landfall on Florida's southwest coast on Wednesday, have produced "catastrophic" devastation and flooding.