Meteorologists have now named the sixth Atlantic storm of 2021, hinting towards an above-average season ahead. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has bestowed the name Tropical Storm Fred on a low-pressure system barrelling through the Caribbean.

Sixth Atlantic storm may lead to above-average hurricane season

Hurricane Elsa churned through the Caribbean early Saturday, bringing powerful winds and threatening to pile further misery on violence-wracked Haiti. The Category 1 storm weakened slightly overnight and was packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometres) per hour.

Hurricane Elsa barrels toward Haiti

Tropical Storm Elsa battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it sped through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.

Three dead as Hurricane Elsa speeds through Caribbean

A group of researchers have found out that the much-talked-about space hurricanes do exist. Using satellite data, researchers from Shandong University identified a space hurricane and found that it was not simply a pattern of air but was a whirling pattern of plasma-ionised gas.

Scientists confirm existence of space hurricanes

Strong winds were observed in Brighton and Hove on the southern coast of the UK on December 26 as Storm Bella hit the British Isles. Aberdaron in northern Wales recorded some of the strongest winds with gusts of up to 69 miles per hour, according to the Met Office.

Storm Bella brings strong winds and heavy rain to UK

Iota made landfall Monday on Nicaragua's northern Caribbean coast as a maximum Category 5 hurricane, accompanied by catastrophic winds, rain and storm surge. As of 10:40 pm (0340 GMT Tuesday), it had dropped slightly to a Category 4, packing maximum sustained winds of 155 miles (250 kilometers) per hour.

Hurricane Iota weakens after making landfall in Nicaragua

Dramatic scenes in San Andres, Colombia on Monday (November 16) as a strengthening Hurricane Iota churned towards the region.

Colombia: Hurricane Iota makes landfall on coast Nicaragua

Iota has strengthened into a category 2 hurricane as it barrels toward Central America, a region still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Eta, and experts predict this year`s unprecedented storm season will force more people to migrate.

Iota grows to category 2 hurricane as it nears Central America

Iota became the 13th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season early Sunday -- less than two weeks after powerful storm Eta killed more than 200 people -- and is expected to become a major hurricane as it approaches Central America.

Iota strengthens into hurricane, bears down on Central America

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Tropical Storm Eta headed towards Florida on Sunday and was set to strengthen into a hurricane again after slamming Cuba and earlier cutting a deadly path through Central America and southern Mexico.

Storm Eta lashes Cuba, tracks towards Florida

Torrential rain and a bitter cold front linked to storm system Eta have claimed at least 20 lives in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said Saturday.

Storm Eta death tolls rise in Mexico, Honduras

The death toll from Eta in Central America has leapt to over 100. On Friday, the Guatemalan military reached a remote mountain village where torrential rains caused mudslides that killed the estimated 100 people.

Guatemalan mudslides push storm Eta death toll near 150

More than 50 people in Guatemala were killed in landslides unleashed by hurricane Eta, according to President Alejandro Giammattei, who said mudslides around the town of San Cristobal Verapaz had swallowed about 25 homes.

Eta wreaks devastation in Central America, kills 50 in Gautemala

Eta was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane Tuesday even as it continued to pummel Nicaragua, killing two people there and one in neighboring Honduras as it unleashed fierce winds and heavy downpours.

Three dead as Category 2 hurricane Eta batters Nicaragua

Tropical Storm Eta has formed in the Caribbean, tying the historic 2005 season for total number of storms in a season. Eta is the 28th named Atlantic storm this Atlantic hurricane season.

Tropical Storm Eta becomes record-tying 28th storm of the season

At least six people were killed in the southeast of the United States and more than two million people were without power on Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the Gulf Coast and moved northeast.

US death toll from Hurricane Zeta rises to six, millions without power

Hurricane Zeta, the 11th of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, has made landfall in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Mexico; expected to hit US as Category 1 hurricane

Tropical Storm Zeta, which strengthened Sunday morning in the Caribbean Sea, is set to enter the Gulf of Mexico in a few days. It is forecast to strengthen and to become a hurricane by early Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Zeta forms, expected to be hurricane by Tuesday

The effects of the hurricane Delta are beginning to be felt in southwestern Louisiana. Watch report.

Hurricane Delta: Locals survey damage inflicted by Delta

Hurricane Delta is bearing down on Louisiana after sweeping over western part of Gulf of Mexico. US national guard has been mobilised and people on Louisiana coast have been evacuated from their homes.

Hurricane Delta heads towards Louisiana

Mexico braces for category-3 Hurricane Delta. Governor urges the residents to stock up food and supplies. Meanwhile, panic buying leaves shelves empty in Cancun city.

Hurricane Delta to hit Mexican Coast, resident & tourists evacuated

Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm ahead of its expected landfall Wednesday on the Yucatan peninsula.

Mexico braces for 'catastrophic' hurricane Delta

Even as it moved to hit Cancun in Mexico, Hurricane Delta weakened to a category 3 hurricane on Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center released the information.

Hurricane Delta weakens into a category 3 hurricane

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