Mexico braces for tropical storm Barbara

The Atlantic hurricane season starts Saturday, and officials are urging people to buy supplies and plan ahead. Meanwhile, one Florida lawmaker is urging Congress to take action to prevent furloughs among forecasters starting

The Canadian Hurricane Centre says southwestern Nova Scotia and much of the Maritimes will likely get a good soaking this weekend from the first named storm of the hurricane season. The Halifax centre says Andrea is about 100 kilometres ...

Wellington Hurricanes pair Jack Lam and Alapati Leiua will debut for Samoa on Saturday in a four-nation tournament Test against Scotland. The Pacific islanders feature in the first half of a Durban international double-header with South Africa ...

A real-time National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image shows the southern Pacific coastal area of Mexico. (AFP) Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories Related ...

Canadian forecasters are warning warmer-than-average ocean waters and the lack of an El Nino warming of the central Pacific Ocean will contribute to an "active" hurricane season this year. Environment Canada's annual forecast, released Friday in ...

MEXICO CITY: The US Hurricane Centre reported Wednesday that Hurricane Barbara has reached the Pacific coast of Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. The category-one hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometres an hour and reached land 35 ...

HALIFAX The Canadian Hurricane Centre is backing U.S. predictions of an active season this year, telling residents in the Atlantic provinces they should prepare. The Canadian centre said Friday an unusually warm tropical Atlantic Ocean is one of ...

An Enviroment Canada meteorologist monitors weather at the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax on Thursday, May 19, 2011. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Share: Text: The Canadian Press Published Friday, May 24, 2013 6:17AM EDT HALIFAX - ...

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a tropical storm has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, prompting a warning for parts of Florida's west coast. Tropical storm Andrea is about 500 kilometres southwest of Tampa and moving north at about six km/h. ...