Polo now a Category 1 hurricane, expected to strengthen and fuel Southwest flood threat amid active Pacific

Tropical Storm Polo formed late Sunday off southwestern Mexico, and is expected to rapidly intensify into a hurricane by late Monday with moisture from Polo forecast to enhance the flood…

New area to watch for tropical development tracked in Gulf, stretching from Florida to Carolina coast

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has identified a new area to watch for potential tropical development in the Atlantic that stretches from the Gulf waters off Florida’s Big Bend across…

Massive Saharan dust plume collides with life-threatening heat dome, trapping sweltering temps across South

A plume of Saharan dust is spreading hazy skies across Florida and the Gulf Coast through the weekend. Combined with a heat dome, it will push feels-like temperatures toward 110…

Unhinged tourists pay thousands to stay at ‘most dangerous’ hotel in the world — in the middle of the ocean 

Room service is only a helicopter away.  Adventurous vacationers are shelling out thousands of dollars to be ferried deep into the Atlantic Ocean and left stranded on a rusting steel…