Tropical Storm Marco hits Mexico's Gulf coast

Oct. 7, 2008

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms and forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 people....

Hurricane season typical -- except for Ike

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Storm watchers say this year's U.S. hurricane season was typical with one exception: Hurricane Ike, which showed how misleading labeling hurricanes can be.

Hurricane Paloma batters Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Hurricane Paloma was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it passed over Cuba, leaving a trail of destruction.

Hurricane Paloma slams into Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Paloma came ashore in Cuba late Saturday, hitting an area already battered by other storms this season.

'Dangerous' Paloma approaches Grand Cayman

MIAMI, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Paloma became a Category 3 hurricane late Friday as it approached Grand Cayman and forecasters called it a dangerous major hurricane.

Tropical Storm Paloma forms off Nicaragua

MIAMI, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Paloma formed off the northern coast of Nicaragua early Thursday, triggering storm warnings there and north into Honduras.

Tropical Storm Omar no longer land threat

MIAMI, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Omar, once a Category 3 hurricane, weakened and headed for open Central Atlantic waters Friday, U.S . forecasters said.

Weakening Omar heads into Atlantic

MIAMI, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Hurricane Omar, reduced to tropical storm status, raced eastward into the Atlantic Ocean late Thursday.

Tropical Storm 16 gaining strength

MIAMI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Tropical storm warnings have been dropped for northern Belize and Honduras as Tropical Depression 16 headed west Wednesday, U.S. forecasters said.

Hurricane Omar strengthens in Caribbean

MIAMI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Hurricane Omar strengthened in the Caribbean Wednesday as it headed for the Leeward Islands, U.S. forecasters said.

Omar becomes a hurricane

MIAMI, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Omar strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane late Tuesday as it chugged across the Caribbean toward Puerto Rico.

Tropical Storm Nana forms in Atlantic

MIAMI, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Nana, the latest named storm of the 2008 hurricane season, has formed over the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

Hurricane Norbert crossing Baja California

CABO SAN LAZARO, Mexico, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Hurricane Norbert, with sustained top winds of near 100 mph, Saturday battered Baja California before heading to Mexico's west coast.

Mexico posts Tropical Storm Odile watch

MIAMI, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Mexican government posted a tropical storm watch Friday as Pacific Tropical Storm Odile became better organized, U.S. forecasters in Miami reported.

Hurricane warning posted in western Mexico

MIAMI, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A hurricane warning was posted early Friday in Mexico's Baja California peninsula as Hurricane Norbert bore down with 85 mph winds, U.S. forecasters said.

Pacific Tropical Storm Odile forms

MIAMI, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Pacific Tropical Storm Odile formed Thursday east of Central America with a northward track toward Mexico, U.S. forecasters in Miami reported.