Tornado Updates

Forecasters are tracking yet another tropical cyclone in the Pacific, with the system expected to make its closest approach to Hawaii by the start of next week.

On this day 32 years ago, Andrew became a hurricane – the first named storm and the first hurricane of the 1992 season. Hurricane Hunters flying through the storm overnight found strong winds north and south of the center, so the National Hurricane Center officially upgraded Andrew to a hurricane at 5:00 AM ET.

The National Park Service said they were alerted to two separate incidents of vandalism within Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, and now police say they have identified the person involved.

A stranded great white shark that washed ashore on the island of Nantucket was given a second chance at life thanks to concerned beachgoers who managed to push it back into the ocean.

Start your day with the latest weather news. Hawaii is monitoring the progress of tropical systems spinning in the Pacific Ocean, and Hurricane Hunters are now set to investigate.

One, if not two, tropical cyclones are expected to venture close to the islands during the remaining days of August. The closest feature to the islands is known as Invest EP91, which was about 1,000 miles away from Hawaii. Hurricane Gilma is the stronger and more organized of the two features.

The National Weather Service will revamp the Wind Chill, Extreme Cold and Freeze alerts starting this fall.

Scientists recently announced a new species of tarantula found crawling through the forests of the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. Their discovery could hint that more tarantula species may exist in the poorly sampled mountain range.

A woman climbed the fence to the Bengal tiger enclosure at a New Jersey zoo over the weekend and was nearly bitten by the 500-pound tiger, a now-deleted video by local police shows.