In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conditions remain quiet in the tropics, with no activity expected for the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane ...

Tropical Storm Melissa, which is taking aim on the Caribbean, may strengthen to a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. The storm will stay away from the mainland United States. Instead, Melissa poses ...

In the middle of the south-central Indian Ocean, a powerful storm named Tropical Cyclone Dudzai formed and grew incredibly fast. Its winds jumped from 70 mph to more than 130 mph in just a few hours, ...

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday as forecasters warned it could strengthen and swipe Jamaica as a powerful hurricane and ...

Editor's Note: Tropical Storm Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 22. Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean. The storm became the 13th named storm of ...