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Tropical Storm Fiona took aim at Bermuda early Friday, about 24 hours ahead of a forecast close encounter with the island nation.

A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern Seaboard braced for a stormy Friday.

Here are the latest developments on Hurricane Earl, set to affect the East Coast beginning Thursday afternoon. The next advisory from the National Hurricane Center is expected at 2 a.m. ET.

As Hurricane Earl approached the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean, with one prompting a tropical storm watch for Bermuda.

Hurricane Earl took aim on the Outer Banks of North Carolina early Thursday as the powerful storm prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard.

As Hurricane Earl continues to spin toward the East Coast, authorities in North Carolina are ordering more people to get out of the way.

A hurricane watch is now in effect for a section of the East Coast of the United States from north of Surf City, North Carolina, to Duck, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday. Earl remains a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph, the center added.

Hundreds of tourists remained stranded in east China on Tuesday, after two tropical storms and a typhoon cut off ferry service, according to a Chinese new agency.

After dealing a glancing blow to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Earl was heading back out into the open Atlantic Tuesday, but forecasters warned the large and dangerous storm could have the Carolinas in its sights later this week.

The cyclone known as Earl is now a Category 2 hurricane after strengthening in the Atlantic Ocean, with winds whipping at about 100 mph (160 kph) and even stronger gusts.

Forecast to gain "major" Category 3 status, Hurricane Earl was bearing down on the northern Leeward Islands Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Danielle became a powerful Category 3 storm early Friday, the National Hurricane Center reported.

As Hurricane Frank gained strength far from land over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday morning, southern Mexico dealt with the aftermath of the system's assault on the mainland earlier in the week.

A hurricane and a tropical storm spun through the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, and were expected to gain strength, but neither posed an immediate threat to land, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. update.

Tropical Depression 7 has intensified into Tropical Storm Earl in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

Tropical Depression 7 has intensified into Tropical Storm Earl in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

Hurricane Frank developed off the Pacific coast of Mexico on Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center said.

Once a sputtering tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean, the weather system known as Danielle is back with a vengeance.

Just five days before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating assault on the Gulf coast, millions of dollars are heading to public and private projects for Louisianans still trying to recover, two top Obama administration officials said Tuesday.

Danielle strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane early Tuesday as it churned through the middle of the Atlantic, far from land, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Hurricane Danielle strengthened early Tuesday as it churned through the middle of the Atlantic, far from land, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Tropical Storm Danielle was strengthening in the Atlantic on Monday, and could become a hurricane by Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Danielle has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, about 725 miles (1,165 kilometers) west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

A tropical depression moving through the Atlantic Ocean will likely become a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday, though the storm is not expected to make landfall.

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A weakened Tropical Depression Five will likely reach the northern Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday and will stall the crucial work of permanently sealing BP's ruptured oil well.

The "weakened " and "poorly organized" Tropical Depression Five was moving northwest through the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center said.

Strong thunderstorms and gusty winds could move over the site of BP's crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico starting Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico as the fifth tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed in the southeastern Gulf.

The man who has taken over the government agency that regulates offshore drilling said Tuesday he can't see the Obama administration's ban on the practice "lasting longer than November 30."