South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean.

Coastal impacts in Florida will continue for a few days.

The United States is deploying several dozen disaster relief workers, including urban search and rescue teams, to Caribbean island nations as they deal with devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas.

Hurricane Melissa is sustaining Category 4 strength and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.

The mother of a 5-year-old girl who fell overboard from a Disney cruise ship earlier this year will not face any charges.

An area of disturbed weather near the northwestern Bahamas may slowly develop over the next couple of days. But regardless of whether it becomes a named storm, it’s already helping pump deep tropical moisture into Central Florida.

The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring a new area of potential tropical development close to home.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship rescued at least a dozen people from a raft after the vessel diverted from its original route to avoid Tropical Storm Imelda.

Authorities in the Bahamas have closed a majority of schools following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda drops heavy rain and unleashes flooding in the northern Caribbean, with two people killed in Cuba.

Central Florida braces for coastal hazards as tropical storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto move offshore, with high winds, surf advisories, and rain chances in the latest Pinpoint Weather forecast.

Tropical Depression Nine has become Tropical Storm Imelda.

Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach Central Florida by Sunday night.

Tropical Storm Imelda has formed near the Bahamas and is forecast to become a hurricane curving away from the southeast U.S. seacoast early this week.

A rare interaction between two tropical storms could happen soon in the Caribbean.

An approaching front will bring deeper moisture into Central Florida, increasing rain chances.

Floridians are urged to stay alert and closely monitor tropical updates on Invest 94L

Expect a later start to scattered showers and a few storms early evening into the overnight.

The Atlantic hurricane season remains active, with multiple systems being monitored.

What’s going on, guys?! Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges back with you for another hurricane season.

It’s going to be another hot and steamy day across Central Florida.

More details have been revealed after a girl fell overboard on a Disney cruise ship over the weekend, prompting her father to leap into the water and rescue her.

A little girl aboard a Disney Cruise Line ship fell overboard and her father jumped into the water to save her.

The weather across east Central Florida is turning more active.

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Two weeks after she and her best friend were both bit by a shark on a Bahamas vacation, a young woman in the hospital was ready to go home Friday.

Two Central Florida women who were injured in a shark attack while swimming in the Bahamas are now recovering in Brevard County.

Norwegian Cruise Line says an extensive search for a guest who went overboard while his ship sailed from Jamaica to the Bahamas was unsuccessful.

Twenty-four people’s lives changed forever when they became U.S. citizens at the FusionFest in downtown Orlando.

Javon Small scored five of his 31 points in overtime and Tucker DeVries added key free throws late in regulation and finished with 16 points as West Virginia beat No. 3 Gonzaga 86-78 in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Officials are blaming illegal firearms for an increase or a record number of killings in a growing number of Caribbean islands this year.

Holiday forecast for Veterans Day

To the east of Rafael, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring another potential system in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean as the season draws to a close.

The NHC has highlighted two areas of interest in the Atlantic

The U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force are searching for a 66-year-old woman who went overboard from Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas near Nassau.

Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.

Tropical Storm Oscar is heading toward the Bahamas after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba.

Oscar has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall Sunday in eastern Cuba.

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons and ammunition, expressing grave concern at the extremely high levels of gang violence and criminal activities in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Hurricane Milton has come and gone, and the Northern Lights could pop up right on the storm’s heels.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were hitting golf balls into a lake and some people couldn’t figure out why.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves from the system could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend.

Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis tells The Associated Press that his nation is in a financial pickle.

The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor a disturbance that has a good chance of developing tropical characteristics.

Central Florida looks to tap into some of that dry air starting Wednesday, lowering rain chances to 30-40% in the the afternoon hours.

The weak tropical wave, designated as Invest 92L, will bump up rain chances as it moves closer to Florida.

A 24-year-old Florida man survives a freak accident.

Less than two weeks since a cruise ship caught on fire, the Carnival Freedom returned to sailing Thursday.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors.

A fire broke out in the exhaust funnel of the Carnival Freedom cruise ship near the Bahamas on Saturday, according to a news release.

The PGA Tour has taken a step toward sparking negotiations with the Saudi Arabia national wealth fund behind LIV Golf.

A 27-year-old woman from Florida was found dead in her cabin aboard a cruise ship headed to the Bahamas, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Tiger Woods has been pointing to Riviera for his 2024 debut.

Golf’s ruling bodies are changing the equipment testing to make sure the golf ball doesn't go as far for everyone from Tiger Woods to the amateur who plays public courses on the weekend.

Police say a female tourist from Boston has been killed by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters.

A teenager died after falling from a balcony aboard a cruise ship.

Justin Moore scored five of his 16 points in overtime and Eric Dixon had a career-high 34 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova beat No. 14 North Carolina 83-81 on Thursday in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

A tropical storm could develop later Friday in the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center highlighted a new area near Florida that’s expected to bring heavy rain this week.

Here's what you need to know about the Central Florida forecast.

We are in the final stretch of the 2023 hurricane season, but there are indications the season won’t end quietly.

The warm and dry stretch of weather continues for the next few days, as a ridge of high pressure remains in control.

A fishing vessel will attempt to use the high tide to pull free a Danish-owned luxury cruise ship that ran aground in northwestern Greenland with 206 people on board.

A Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew has run aground in northwestern Greenland.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued a 64-year-old man whose sailboat became disabled and who spent three days stranded on an island in the Bahamas.

Same wave that could develop into a tropical system after Florida

The National Hurricane Center highlighted its first disturbance of the 2023 hurricane season Sunday.

Years of market pressures, lack of fisheries management and unchecked overfishing from larger commercial fishers have led to a decline in small fish such as sardines that rural coastal communities in the Philippines depend on.

The potential loss of conch in the Bahamas reflects the threat overfishing poses around the world to traditional foods.

A lawyer for onetime cryptocurrency darling Sam Bankman-Fried is signaling that he's challenging the validity of new charges contained in rewritten indictments released in recent weeks after his client was brought to the United States from the Bahamas in December.

A South Carolina FBI field office reported that the woman was found unresponsive during the ship’s voyage to Nassau on Feb. 27.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform.

Tiger Woods and his 13-year-old son share more than a fundamentally sound golf swing.

Santiago Vescovi scored 20 points while No. 22 Tennessee locked down on third-ranked Kansas to beat the reigning national champions 64-50 in the championship game at the Battle 4 Atlantis.

First-year guard Gradey Dick scored a season-high 25 points to help No. 3 Kansas beat North Carolina State 80-74 in the Battle 4 Atlantis opener.

Eliza Hollingsworth scored 18 points to help Gonzaga upset No. 6 Louisville 79-67 in Saturday night’s first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Jordan King scored 17 of her 25 points after halftime while Marquette held third-ranked Texas to 31% shooting to beat the Longhorns 68-61 in Saturday’s first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Tropical Storm Nicole is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane as it churns toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline.

Rain, rain is on the way.

Tiger Woods has another loaded field for the Bahamas and his Hero World Challenge.

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A woman sailing on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that set sail from Port Canaveral was killed in a shark attack.

Bermuda has shuttered schools, businesses and government agencies as Tropical Storm Alex brushed past the British overseas territory.

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is headed toward Bermuda after killing three people in Cuba and flooding roads in Florida.

Tropical storm watches were posted Thursday for Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas as the system that battered Mexico moves to the east.

Three Americans who were found dead at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas earlier this month died from carbon monoxide poisoning, local news outlets reported.

Prince William says he will support and respect whatever decision the people make as Caribbean nations debate their relationship with the British crown.

Prince William and Kate are embarking on a tour to Central America and the Caribbean, even as some countries in the region mull cutting ties to the British monarchy.

The ocean brought Tennile Maher and Wood Belcher together.

A second cruise ship has diverted to the Bahamas, avoiding a U.S. judge’s order to seize one of the company’s vessels.

Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near the Florida coast with just one survivor.

The U.S. government has launched a criminal investigation into whether a smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas.

A cruise ship with hundreds of passengers has diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over $4 million in unpaid fuel.

The cold front has pushed all the way through Florida and is into the Bahamas Monday night.

Happy new year! High pressure across the northern Bahamas will show little change through today with the record warm and stable pattern continuing.

It was bad enough for Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson to finish at the bottom of a 20-man field in the Hero World Challenge.

A holiday exhibition in the Bahamas suddenly is shaping up to be a lot more.