Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Hurricane Center storm tracking map, a feature as familiar to Floridians as tourist season traffic, now calls the ...

The changes are to make the maps easier to understand and more precise.

When a hurricane approaches the U.S., forecasts for high winds and intense rain often grab the attention, but rip currents far away from the landfall location also present a deadly hazard. To place ...

The National Hurricane Center storm tracking map, a feature as familiar to Floridians as tourist season traffic, now calls the yawning sea cradled between Mexico and the Keys the Gulf of America.