Hurricane tracking and predictions

For complete information on the latest hurricane, click on www.nhc.noaa.gov.

Hurricane Tracking Map for the Caribbean, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Reports through regularly updated text messages.

See Hurricane Forecasts for this season.

Hurricane season begins June 1, with the greatest activity typically in August, September and October.             

September is often the most active month, a time some islands almost shut down because tourism is almost dead. Hurricane season officially ends November 30, but storms have formed in December, too.

Technically, when a tropical system organizes it's first labeled a tropical depression. If sustained winds reach 39 mph, the system is upgraded to a tropical storm and named.

Once a tropical storm reaches sustained winds of 74 mph, it's classified as a hurricane. Hurricanes are classified into 5 different categories based on their strength.

If you and a hurricane are headed toward the same island destination, change your path. Cancel or postpone. Heavy downpours always accompany these storms, which may create landslides.

Severe hurricanes can disrupt island life for six months or more because of the amount of destruction. Hiking trails are one of the last items governments worry about clearing.

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