Hurricane Bertha weakened back into a less-menacing tropical storm Sunday after stalling for a day near the British colony of Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said....

Hurricane Bertha has weakened back to a Category 1 storm as it heads toward Bermuda, but it could gain strength in the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday....

There's no explanation for why Bertha went from barely a hurricane to a Category Three storm in just a few hours, highlighting a need for more research into rapid intensification, meteorologists say....

Less than a day after it became a hurricane, Bertha surprised forecasters by quickly growing to become a major storm with sustained speeds of 115 mph....

Hurricane Bertha is 2008's first hurricane in the Atlantic hurricane season, upgraded at 5 AM this morning and (as of the time of this post) sporting 75 mph maximum winds. It's in the middle of the Atlantic, about 800 miles east northeast of St. Martin, and moving west-northwest. The position of the...

Well, it only took a couple hours for the latest Tropical Storm to be given a cable news calling card. First came the howitzer, then the golf club, then the Nintendo character. Now Fox News has dubbed the second named storm of the season, Big Bertha. Here's to a hurricane-free Fourth for one and all...

charlie meets orlando, taken by orangejack June 1. Yay. It’s officially the start of the 2008 Hurricane Season. So I’ve added a widget to the sidebar of this blog to help track the storms. And I’ll probably post updates about new storms as they have any effect (or is it affect?) th...