A foolhardy Florida marathoner was busted trying to run across the Atlantic in what is effectively a giant hamster wheel — and with a hurricane racing in. Reza Baluchi, 44, was spotted late last month about 70 miles off the coast of Tybee Island, Georgia, as Hurricane Franklin caused life-threatening surf and rip current conditions, in a criminal complaint shared by Fox News. Photos showed him in the middle of the quirky homemade contraption, or Hydro Pod, consisting of a metal drum with inflatable buoys on each side, as well...

NEW JERSEY — As another potential Category 4 hurricane is on track to affect Florida, forecasters have an eye on how Lee (currently a tropical storm) could impact the East Coast and the Jersey Shore. On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Lee is now close to hurricane strength with 70 mph maximum sustained winds with higher gusts, "and is likely to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous major hurricane by Saturday," said NHC senior hurricane specialist and warning coordination meteorologist Daniel Brown. Once sustained winds reach 74...

ATLANTA, GA — As Tropical Storm Lee is forecast to become a major hurricane, weather officials told Patch that Georgia should not be concerned as the Peach State is not in the path of the storm. The National Weather Service's Peachtree City office said Wednesday Lee is expected to turn right in the Atlantic, avoiding Georgia altogether. Forecasters say there are no major storms heading Georgia's way aside from the state's usual weekend rain pattern. The National Hurricane Center reported Lee is nearing hurricane strength and could develop into "an...

Tropical Storm Lee is expected to become a major hurricane in the coming days, which would make it the fourth hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean this year. Forecasters say it is too early to predict the storm’s path, but some are urging people on the U.S. East Coast to keep an eye on its movement. Lee could be the most intense hurricane so far this year as it travels from the northern Caribbean to a spot next week several hundred miles off the Carolinas, said Jonathan Porter, chief meteorologist at...

During its 11 a.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Lee is now close to hurricane strength with 70 mph maximum sustained winds with higher gusts, "and is likely to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous major hurricane by Saturday," said NHC senior hurricane specialist and warning coordination meteorologist Daniel Brown. Once sustained winds reach 74 mph, Lee will be a category 1 hurricane. Tropical Storm Lee is located at 1,200 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving west-northwest at 14 mph to the south...

The national hurricane center in Miami is forecasting the tropical system Lee to become a hurricane on Wednesday as it moves westward toward the Leeward Islands. The hurricane is expected to rapidly intensify in the warm, open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, classified as the Main Development Region for tropical systems. Over the weekend it will be south of Bermuda as a Category 4 out of 5 major hurricane. A turn to the north is forecast next week that would keep the entire East Coast of the United States on...

As Florida and the Southeast continue cleaning up after Hurricane Idalia, another potentially major storm could be headed that way. The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Lee, which is currently in the heart of the Atlantic. The storm, forecasters say, will “intensify into an extremely dangerous major hurricane by Saturday.” While it’s still a long way off the U.S. coast, meteorologists say it should continue on a westward track and could impact Florida or the east coast. Forecasters note, however, it’s possible the storm could loop out to...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized claims that climate change was responsible for Hurricane Idalia, which caused extensive damage in northwestern Florida last month. During a tour on Sunday, the governor and GOP presidential candidate responded to a question about President Joe Biden's statement that the climate was allegedly responsible for a spate of natural disasters, including Idalia. "Well, I think if you look, there was a storm that went on this almost exact track in 1896. And it had 125-mile-an-hour winds just like this one," Mr. DeSantis said in response....

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday scoffed at the notion that wild weather such as Hurricane Idalia has anything to do with climate change, while blasting President Biden and others for claiming it does. “If you look, there was a storm that went on this almost exact track in 1896, and it had 125 mph winds just like this one,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Yankeetown, Fla., when asked about the role of climate change in the deadly ‘cane that just pelted his state. “If you look at...