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The National Hurricane Center announced on Saturday that Tropical Storm Don had intensified into a hurricane

The system in the central Atlantic finally organized sufficiently to be named Subtropical Storm Don overnight. The satellite shows a well-developed circulation but with the tall thunderstorm clouds far removed from the center.

Elizabeth Riley, the head of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, said it’s important for Caribbean populations to remember that “It takes only one” storm to inflict damage and alter one’s life.

A near normal hurricane season is predicted, but cruise lines will still remain vigilant for any storms that might impact itineraries.

A lot of rain over the last couple months. the ground is saturated. it willed flood very easily. theres the center of the storm, to the south of jamaica. it will continue to pull off to the northwest throughout the afternoon. its just about to go over the area in atlantic with the most heat potential for storm development. we think it will rapidly develop throughout the afternoon and by tomorrow morning. hurricane warning in effect for grand cayman, a little cayman, a tropical storm watch. heres...

Parts of the High Plains have had several locally devastating thunderstorms this summer, and AccuWeather meteorologists predict that a further increased danger of severe weather will continue through Friday night.

Damage done in rural Iowa by microburst.

During a normal pattern your jet stream rides basically along the northern tier of the united states. but in a el nino pattern, that shifts further to the south. this is important because it increases wind sheer across portions of the caribbean and the atlantic. what this means is any storms that could come off the coast of africa or try to develop in this region can no longer do it. they cannot intensify in those types of conditions. typically when we have an el nino year, this means fewer trop...

Georgia and hit as a category 3. walk us through how this went from essentially a tiny little low pressure system near the yucatan to what we are experiencing. >> sure. so this time of year, it is not uncommon at all to see these disturbances developing in the caribbean and they get drawn north towards the gulf of mexico where the water is very warm. and the question with this storm was never would it become a hurricane but how strong would it get, would it be able to tap into all of that warm w...

New, more reliable equipment for your home. and a new culture built around customer service. it all adds up to our most reliable network ever. one that keeps you connected to what matters most. welcome back. forecasters are closely watching the tropical atlantic for possible storm development our meteorologist karen mcginnis is tracking it all in the weather center. >> george, yes, a couple interesting things have taken place. the last time we looked at this, this tropical wave, and we watch t...