Category 1 Typhoon Fitow continues to track northward in the Philippine Sea and is expected to intensify. Forecasts indicate that the storm will turn westward as it approaches Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, passing south of Okinawa Oct. 5 and entering the East China Sea. The storm is then predicted to weaken …

Forecasts predict severe thunderstorms in a broad region of the central US Oct. 4-5. The potential for strong storms exists from north-central Texas to southern and central Wisconsin. Locations in the affected area include northern and eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Arkansas, eastern Kansas, western and northern Missouri, eastern Nebraska, Iowa, western …

Hurrican Karen is expected to make landfall near the Florida-Alabama border late Oct. 5 or early Oct. 6. Strong winds and heavy rainfall will begin affecting eastern Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast eastward to Panama City, Florida, many hours before the system crosses the coast. The storm …