Hurricane Guide
Newer stories | Older stories Kenneth intensifies to Category 4 hurricaneTuesday, Nov. 22, 2011
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday that Kenneth has maximum sustained winds near 145 mph (230 kph).
Hurricane season is fadingSunday, Nov. 20, 2011
It's all over but the counting. The 2011 hurricane season blew away on a winter storm that came through the United States in early November and pushed Tropical Storm Sean far out to sea. Since then the tropics have been quiet.
Tropical Storm Jova forms in the PacificThursday, Oct. 6, 2011
Forecasters say Jova could become a hurricane by Saturday.
Strong storm could hit next week — or maybe notThursday, Oct. 6, 2011
Strong, subtropical wind and rain could batter the Lowcountry by the end of the weekend, but forecasters say it's too soon to tell whether a storm will form or where it would go.
Tropical Storm Ophelia forms far from landWednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
Tropical Storm Ophelia has formed in the open Atlantic Ocean but it is far from land.
Charleston schools schedule Hurricane Irene make-up dayFriday, Sept. 16, 2011
Charleston County students will have to report to school Nov. 11 as a make-up day for school being canceled Aug. 26 because of Hurricane Irene.
Tropical Storm Nate heads for MexicoSunday, Sept. 11, 2011
Authorities on Mexico's Gulf coast prepared Saturday for the arrival of a strengthening Tropical Storm Nate, while air and sea search teams hunted for 10 oil workers missing since they abandoned a disabled research vessel in stormy waters.
Hurricane season now at its peakSaturday, Sept. 10, 2011
The next storm could wreak havoc on the Ocean Course and wash away the sand from under a condo at Wild Dunes. It could swamp homes near Breach Inlet. It could put all of Folly Beach County Park under water. And the next storm could be out there now.
Eroding beaches in jeopardy at peak of storm seasonFriday, Sept. 9, 2011
The dunes are lost. The next storm could completely overwash Folly Beach County Park. The Washout beach is gone. High tide waves sweep under houses on Sullivan’s Island near Breach Inlet. Sand is being trucked in to shore up the Ocean Club condo and the Ocean Course’s famous, recently restored 18th hole on Isle of Palms.
Tropical Storm Maria headed toward Lesser AntillesFriday, Sept. 9, 2011
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Maria was heading toward the Lesser Antilles on Friday in the Atlantic while Tropical Storm Nate was moving little in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico’s coast.
Tropical Storm Nate forms in Gulf of MexicoWednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Nate has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and authorities have issued a tropical storm warning for parts of Mexico’s coast.
Lee’s remnants bring fresh flood worries to EastWednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
Lee formed just off the Louisiana coast late last week and gained strength as it lingered in the Gulf for a couple of days. It dumped more than a foot of rain in New Orleans, testing the city’s pump system for the first time in years, and trudged across Mississippi and Alabama.
Maria forms as 13th named storm in Atlantic seasonWednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Maria has formed in the western Atlantic as the 13th named storm of this year’s season.
Hurricane Katia weakens to a Category 1 stormWednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
MIAMI — Hurricane Katia weakened to a Category 1 storm in the Atlantic early Wednesday and was not expected to hit land.
Folly Beach loses distinctive dunesMayor escorts state, federal officials in touring Irene damageWednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
At the island's south end, many dune walkovers no longer span dunes. The dunes and their sea oats are gone, leaving the walkovers eerily suspended above empty space.
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