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Tropical Storm Philippe formed Saturday afternoon over the central Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Communities along the U.S. East Coast are preparing for the arrival of heavy rain, flooding and high winds from an approaching storm.

Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic.

The outer bands of Hurricane Lee are starting to lash Bermuda as big surf pounded the island, with the Category 2 storm expected to make landfall on the coast of New England or Atlantic Canada over the weekend.

Hurricane Lee is whipping up waves of more than 15 feet as the Category 3 storm cranks through open waters just north of the Caribbean region.

Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology.

Hurricanes can be categorized by both intensity, minimum central pressure and strength, maximum sustained winds.

Hurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean.

So this happened.

Tropical Storm Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it churns through the open waters of the Atlantic on a path that would take it near the northeast Caribbean.

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Four astronauts are back on Earth after a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

Floridians pray that when Idalia hits the Gulf Coast it won’t join the long list of destructive Atlantic Ocean storms whose names started with “I.”.

The last named storm was Hurricane Don and that was 23 days ago. Now that we've hit the mid-point in August the tropics are beginning to get active.

A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse this century, according to a new study.

OceanGate produced a collection of pictures and footage taken from the Titanic wreckage that is narrated by Rory Golden, a Titanic dive veteran and expert.

Record ocean heat has invaded Florida with a vengeance.

Has this ever happened to you? If so, you know what I’m talking about. If not, here’s some advice on how to best deal with ocean tar.

Scorching heat blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana is blanketing more of the Southeast.

About an hour and a half into its voyage, a missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic lost communications.

Tropical Depression Four upgraded to Tropical Storm Cindy in the Atlantic Ocean late Thursday.

Tropical Storm Bret is growing stronger as it takes aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that are bracing for torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding.

A search and rescue mission was underway Monday after a submarine on a trip to explore the wreckage of the Titanic went missing, Lt. Jordan Hart of the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston told CBS News.

On June 8 we celebrate World Oceans Day, a special occasion to acknowledge the invaluable role of the ocean in supporting humanity and safeguarding our planet from the perils of climate change.

After months of gradually warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, NOAA officially issued an El Nino advisory Thursday and stated that this one might be different than the others.

Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity.

These are the driving forces for the 2023 hurricane season

The world's oceans are suddenly considerably hotter than just a month or two ago and well above record levels.

From dressing as Roman soldiers in Antigua, Guatemala, to carrying palm fronds on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Christians around the world are celebrating Holy Week.

The federal government says endangered Atlantic salmon can coexist with dams on a river in Maine, dealing a blow to environmentalists who want to remove the dams.

SpaceX is planning a sunset launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday.

The U.S. military says it has ended its search for airborne objects that were shot down near Deadhorse, Alaska, and over Lake Huron on Feb. 10 and 12.

The foreign affairs committee of China's ceremonial parliament is accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the United States passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon's intrusion into U.S. airspace.

A loggerhead sea turtle named Rocky was released into the Atlantic Ocean after spending six weeks rehabbing at Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center.

China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast.

A 12-year-old boy made a big catch while on vacation in Florida.

British officials and space scientists say they are disappointed but not deterred after the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. ended in failure.

Virgin Orbit says a mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe has suffered an “anomaly."

Two men who went missing in the Atlantic Ocean for 10 days after a storm hit their sailboat off North Carolina thanked the crew of the tanker that rescued them and said they were lucky to have survived.

Elissa Kissell gave birth to baby Asher through C-section during the height of Hurricane Nicole. Elissa had a C-section planned for next week but she said her coworkers jinxed her son into being born early.

Drone video provided by Bridgepoint Global shows the devastation wrought on the beachside community of Wilbur-By-The-Sea after Nicole battered Florida's east coast causing rapid erosion.

A house collapses into the ocean after Nicole devours much of the Central Florida coastline.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after spending almost six months at the International Space Station.

Officials in Flagler County are asking people to stay out of the Atlantic Ocean along the county’s beaches following Hurricane Ian.

Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided.

The fourth named storm of the 2022 hurricane season has formed.

For the first time since July 13, the National Hurricane Center is highlighting a tropical wave for possible development. The area of disturbed weather is currently over Africa, but is expected to emerge into the Atlantic over the weekend.

The tropics are starting to misbehave.

Get the latest information about a tropical system headed to Florida.

Federal meteorologists say the Atlantic should expect another extra busy hurricane season this year.

With the official start of hurricane season just days away, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual outlook.

The last of a new class of warships has departed a Maine shipyard.

A U.S. Navy warship remains in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, with about two dozen sailors — or nearly a quarter of its crew — testing positive for COVID-19, according to U.S. defense officials.

Spanish rescuers have saved and disembarked more than 400 migrants and asylum seekers to the Canary Islands in the past two days as they attempted to reach the Atlantic Ocean archipelago from West Africa on overcrowded and often unsafe boats.

Hundreds of people in Spain’s Canary Islands are fearing for their homes and property after a new lava stream from an erupting volcano threatened to engulf another neighborhood on the island of La Palma.

The volcano on Spain’s La Palma island keeps spewing out endless streams of lava with no signs of ceasing three weeks since its initial eruption.

Spain’s prime minister has vowed to rebuild the island of La Palma, where a volcano eruption has spewed molten lava and a thick cloud of pyroclastic ash for two weeks.

Hurricane Sam continues to be a powerful hurricane as it moves north through the Atlantic Ocean. Even as Sam is more than 1,000 northeast of Florida, the storms indirect impacts are being felt across the Atlantic.

Hurricane Sam is a Category 4 storm that is not expected to strike Bermuda but is forecast bring tropical storm conditions to the territory and other islands.

It's going to be a rough weekend in the water for beachgoers along the U.S. east coast.

Hurricane Sam has strengthened again to a powerful Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Sam is a powerful Category 3 storm in the Atlantic but it poses no threat to land as it loops northward in the Atlantic.

The eruption of a long-dormant volcano on a small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean forced the evacuation of more than 6,000 people and scientists are warning that more dangers lie ahead.

Remember, hurricane season lasts until December.

More rain is on the way.

After spending three days orbiting the Earth, SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew returned to Earth after a splashdown off Florida's coast Saturday evening.

Afternoon storms will strike Central Florida.

The peak of hurricane season has arrived.

New Englanders bracing for their first hurricane in 30 years are hauling boats out of the water and taking other precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the Northeast coast.

Over the past half century, the Atlantic Ocean has been slowly and relentlessly consuming Atafona, part of the Sao Joao da Barra municipality that is 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Rio de Janeiro’s capital and home to 36,000 people.

Iranian state TV says that an Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, without offering the vessels’ final destination.

For the seventh consecutive season, we had an “early start” to the season. And it’s not just the last seven seasons that are setting the new normal.

Commemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of Napoleon are going ahead on St. Helena, the remote South Atlantic island where the deposed French emperor died in exile.

The rainstorms are expected to pass in time for SpaceX to launch four astronauts from Florida’s coast later this week on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Valiant Air Command, the group that owns the vintage World War II torpedo bomber that splash-landed off Patrick Space Force Base on Saturday, was planning to move the aircraft back to its museum.

The early morning launch marked the 21st dedicated to delivering Starlink satellites, but SpaceX has also sent up its own spacecraft on other ride-sharing rockets. The last Starlink launch happened March 4 and SpaceX is targeting another launch a few days after the current liftoff. In the past month, Elon Musk’s company has begun expanding the internet service provided with the global satellite network and is accepting orders in Central Florida for the dishes required to get the sought after WiFi. During the last Starlink launch, SpaceX engineers said they now have more than 10,000 customers, a number that will need to grow substantially if SpaceX wants to make ends meet with this internet service venture and fund its other endeavors, including the Starship spaceship under development in Texas. AdFalcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/fI2VvU3kWO — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 11, 2021Deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed pic.twitter.com/vltm8NijZC — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 11, 2021Use the form below to sign up for the ClickOrlando.com space newsletter, sent every Wednesday afternoon.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Behind the loud and gusty storms of Sunday morning, skies will dry out for the rest of Sunday afternoon. Breaks in the clouds will help temperatures climb into the upper 70s. Clouds build back in Monday with a wind direction off of the Atlantic Ocean. Temperature trendBeyond Monday, a big warming trend arrives. The 80s stick around through the middle of the week before cooler air arrives Valentine’s weekend.

(AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)DAKAR – Spain’s foreign minister met Sunday with Senegal's president in the West African country’s capital Sunday to discuss the sudden increase of Senegalese migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands by boat. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya met with President Macky Sall in Dakar to discuss migration and border cooperation between Spain, the European Union and Senegal. Human rights groups have been warning about the reopening of the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands since late 2019, when arrivals began increasing slowly. He participated in the meeting between Spain's foreign minister and Senegalese counterpart Aïssata Tall Sall. Sarr said they would work with Spain to increase legal ways for Senegalese to work in Europe, including circular migration programs.

(AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)MADRID – The Spanish government is ratcheting up its response to the steady build-up of migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands from Africa, including a fresh diplomatic offensive. Moroccans have been the most numerous among recent migrant arrivals to the Spanish archipelago, whose nearest islands lie around 70 miles (110 kms) west of the north African nation. Around half of those arrivals —and most of the deaths— have been in the past 30 days, a spike that has strained resources on the Canary Islands. Spanish Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos, also on the island, pledged more resources to the stretched maritime rescue services. The IOM's Spain envoy, María Jesús Herrera, who was on a field visit in the islands this week, described the situation as “critical."

The establishment of a second temporary migrant processing center on the island of Gran Canaria comes amid increasing criticism from local authorities and human rights groups. A pier on the quiet southwest coast of Gran Canaria has become the center of Spain’s ongoing humanitarian crisis. The new camp opening Wednesday will be able to hold 800 people in tents, according to the Interior Ministry. “The Canary Islands are a powder keg. With at least 493 deaths recorded so far this year, the route to the Canary Islands has seen proportionally more deaths per every arrival than the Central Mediterranean journey from Libya to Italy or Malta.

African migrants after arriving at the coast of Gran Canaria island, Spain on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat, a group of 44 migrants arrived at Maspalomas beach. More than half of the 16,000 migrants who arrived this year in the Spanish islands off northwest Africa did so in the last four weeks, a sharp influx worrying international and non-profit organizations. That’s compared to around 1,500 arrivals recorded last year in the archipelago, better known for its vacation resorts popular among northern Europeans. The new migrant focus on the perilous Canary Islands route, first seen in 2006, has come as authorities crack down on previously popular passages across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to European Union countries.

(Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA via AP)Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study. Warmer ocean waters from climate change are likely making hurricanes lose power more slowly after landfall, because they act as a reserve fuel tank for moisture, the study found. It found that in the 1960s, hurricanes declined two-thirds in wind strength within 17 hours of landfall. There’s less study of what hurricanes do once they make landfall than out at sea, so Chakraborty said he was surprised when he saw a noticeable trend in decay taking longer. But hurricanes aren’t running out of gas as much, especially in the last 25 years when the trend accelerated, Chakraborty said.

MIAMI – Newly formed Tropical Storm Zeta stalled Sunday in the western Caribbean, but forecasters said it posed the risk of a rain-heavy hurricane for Mexico’s resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and the U.S. Gulf Coast. Zeta was the earliest named 27th Atlantic storm recorded in an already historic hurricane season. The system was centered about 255 miles (410 kilometers) southeast of Cozumel island in Mexico Sunday morning, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Atlantic storms that made landfall moved 2.9 mph (4.7 kph) slower than 60 years ago, the study found. The hurricane center said it could make landfall anywhere from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

MIAMI – Newly formed Tropical Storm Zeta gradually strengthened Sunday in the western Caribbean and forecasters said it would likely become a hurricane before hitting Mexico's resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and the U.S. Gulf Coast in coming days. Zeta was the earliest named 27th Atlantic storm recorded in an already historic hurricane season. The system was centered about 260 miles (420 kilometers) southeast of Cozumel island late Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The government is still handing out aid, including sheet roofing, to Yucatan residents hit by Hurricane Delta and Tropical Storm Gamma earlier this month. The hurricane center said it could make landfall anywhere from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

ORLANDO, Fla. – An area of low pressure could develop into a tropical depression and move toward the Sunshine State. The National Hurricane Center says the low has a 70% chance to develop tropical characteristics over the next two days. NEW 2pm EDT Friday: A tropical depression will likely form in the NW Caribbean Sea during the next day or two. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Epsilon was about 195 miles east of Bermuda on Friday morning. Bermuda weather officials on Thursday evening had discontinued a tropical storm warning for the Atlantic island.

MIAMI – A weakened Hurricane Epsilon moved northward Friday over the Atlantic Ocean, a day after after skirting well east of Bermuda. Epsilon's top sustained winds fell Thursday to 85 mph (140 kph), dropping it from a Category 2 to a Category 1 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. But large ocean swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the coast of New England and Atlantic Canada during the next couple of days, the hurricane center warned. Earlier in the week, Epsilon had gained 50 mph (80 kph) in wind speed in just 24 hours to become a major hurricane on Wednesday. This year's season has had so many storms that the hurricane center has turned to the Greek alphabet after running out of official names.

MIAMI – A weakened Hurricane Epsilon skirted well east of Bermuda on Thursday night, prompting officials to lift a tropical storm warning for the Atlantic island. Epsilon's top sustained winds had fallen during the day to 85 mph (140 kph), dropping it from a Category 2 to a Category 1 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The Miami-based center said Epsilon was about 190 miles (300 kilometers) east of Bermuda at 11 p.m as it moved north-northwest at 9 mph (15 kph). Earlier in the week, Epsilon had gained 50 mph (80 kph) in wind speed in just 24 hours to become a major hurricane on Wednesday. This year's season has had so many storms that the hurricane center has turned to the Greek alphabet after running out of official names.

MIAMI – A weakened Hurricane Epsilon skirted well east of Bermuda on Thursday night, prompting officials to lift a tropical storm warning for the Atlantic island. The Miami-based center said Epsilon was about 190 miles (300 kilometers) east of Bermuda at 11 p.m as it moved north-northwest at 9 mph (15 kph). Forecasters said the storm would track over the Atlantic Ocean well east of the island in coming hours. Earlier in the week, Epsilon had gained 50 mph (80 kph) in wind speed in just 24 hours to become a major hurricane on Wednesday. This year's season has had so many storms that the hurricane center has turned to the Greek alphabet after running out of official names.

While Mediterranean crossings are down this year, arrivals on the Canary islands across a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean are up nearly 700% on the year. Beefed-up security in the Mediterranean has reduced migration from Africa to the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands in 2020, with 30% fewer arrivals between January and mid-October compared to a year earlier. But the surge in traffic to the Canary Islands comes at a high cost in human lives. Arguing that they lack enough resources, local and regional officials in the Canary Islands have asked the Spanish government for more help, including the use of two military facilities to process the migrants. Prime Minister Sánchez told parliament Wednesday that “we have to do much more” in the Canaries.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Tropical Storm Epsilon formed Monday morning in the Atlantic Ocean, about 730 miles southeast of Bermuda. Epsilon, which could become a hurricane in the near future, has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, with higher gusts and is currently stationary, according to the National Hurricane Center. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next few days, and the tropical storm could near or reach hurricane strength on Wednesday, according to the latest advisory. As of now, computer models show the system staying away from Florida and heading to the Northeast United States or staying out to sea. Meet Tropical Storm Epsilon.

Winds will increase behind the front creating dangerous beach and boating conditions and the possibility of coastal flooding this weekend. Future radarA lot of Central Florida will be dry for the weekend, but showers will develop at times, mainly along the coast. Beach Forecast:Dangerous beach and boating conditions develop this weekend. Rip Current Risk: HighWave Height: 4-6′Coastal Flooding: PossibleUse caution this weekend at the beach, especially late Saturday into Sunday as wave heights will gradually increase over the weekend. Coastal flooding occurs when the ocean is “pushed” further inland than normal, rather than from rain.

SpaceX was targeting Thursday afternoon to launch its 13th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket but the company decided to stand down on the attempt to to an issue with the rocket landing site at sea. The company also confirmed one half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s nose cone previously launched two other batches of Starlink satellites. Targeting September 17 at 2:19 p.m. EDT for Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 16, 2020SpaceX last launched 60 Starlink satellites on Sept. 3, bringing the company’s total to near 700 spacecraft in orbit with the goal of providing high-speed internet to the world. SpaceX plans to roll out internet service in the U.S. and Canada later this year, according to the Starlink website. Check back to ClickOrlando.com/space for updates leading up to launch and watch live at the top of this story.

The situation was so dire Wednesday the National Hurricane Center called Lauras storm surge unsurvivable. Storm surge is the leading cause of hurricane-related fatalities in the United States and the main reason evacuations are ordered by local officials. Lake Charles observations from Lake Charles Regional Airport from August 26-27, 2020 as Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Louisiana coast. ACE is calculated by using the intensity and duration of the storm once it reaches tropical storm status and is a better measure of how intense a storm season is than names alone. The peak of hurricane season occurs September 10.

ORLANDO, Fla. Two tropical waves have developed in the Atlantic Ocean. As of Monday morning, a fast-moving tropical wave located about 400 miles east of the Windward Islands, where it was producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Another tropical wave, located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic and well to the south-southeast of the Cabo Verde islands is producing a large area of cloudiness and disorganized showers. The wave is forecast to move west to the west-northwest at 15 to 20 mph during the next few days. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for the development of a tropical system during the middle to latter part of this week.

ORLANDO, Fla. Josephine is just barely holding on to its tropical storm status as it moves over the Atlantic Ocean as the earliest J storm in a record-setting hurricane season. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Friday that Josephine has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Tropical storms have maximum sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. Whatever is left of the storm should turn away from the U.S.Josephine was the earliest 10th Atlantic named storm on record, breaking the previous record of Jose, which formed Aug. 22, 2005. The next named storm will Kyle.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, setting a record for the earliest named seventh tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Gonzalo is forecast to become the first hurricane of the season as early as Thursday morning. 5 p.m. advisory for Tropical Storm Gonzalo. According to the NHC’s latest advisory, Gonzalo’s center is expected to approach the Windward Islands late Friday into Saturday. The storm’s early strengthening breaks a record set by Tropical Storm Gert, which formed on July 24, 2005.

ORLANDO, Fla. Tropical Depression Seven has officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Depression Number Seven is born! Tropical Depression #Seven Advisory 1: Tropical Depression Forms Over the Central Tropical Atlantic. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 21, 2020The system is expected to strengthen and reach tropical storm status Tuesday night or Wednesday, the Hurricane Center said. The National Hurricane Center is also monitoring another area in the tropics Tuesday afternoon.

MIAMI A tropical depression in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is close to tropical storm strength, though forecasters weren't predicting a landfall location. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the depression was centered Wednesday morning about 1,285 miles (2,068 kilometers) east of the Southern Windward Islands. Forecasters said it could reach tropical storm status sometime on Wednesday. The depression could set a record for the earliest named seventh tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season if it strengthens into Tropical Storm Gonzalo before Friday. Tropical Storm Gert formed on July 24, 2005, making it the current record holder.

A system off of the Carolinas strengthened into Tropical Storm Fay becoming the earliest 6th named storm of the season on record. Currently the storm is located just east of North Carolina as of 5 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. You likely remember Fay from 2008 when the slow-moving tropical storm dropped upwards of 30″ of rain in spots across Central Florida. The track of Tropical Storm Fay of 2008 (WKMG 2020)[MORE STORM COVERAGE: 20 named storms? Experts predict busier hurricane season than first thought | Q&A: News 6 meteorologist Jonathan Kegges answers viewers’ hurricane questions]