The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and lasts through November 30. There have been 13 named storms so far this season.

Forecasters are watching a tropical wave in the Caribbean, where waters remain warm enough to support tropical development.

Melissa developed into a deadly Category 5 hurricane Monday, Oct. 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern Caribbean.

However, scientists said, the world is measurably warmer than it was a century ago. Hurricane hotspots like the Caribbean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean are hotter, giving Melissa additional fuel to become powerful. That warmer water also makes for a more humid atmosphere; storms can more easily wring more rain out of wetter air.

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened back into a Category 2 storm and is heading toward Bermuda. The storm caused widespread destruction and dozens of deaths across Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba. Florida will be spared from the storm's wind and rain but will ...

Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky ordered penalties against two insurance companies for their claims-handling practices during hurricanes in recent years.

Florida residents can expect warmer temperatures this week before another cold front moves down the state later this weekend and early next week. The first freeze of the season is becoming increasingly probable Nov. 10-11, across the western Panhandle, according to the National Weather Service Mobile.

It was the only tropical cyclone to ever strike Miami from this direction in November. And its name might just give it away.