Forecasters said Hurricane Hilary has strengthened into a small, but powerful Category Four storm in the Pacific.

Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane again today as it charted a course that could lead it to the Atlantic coast of the US.

Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane today as it stalled 70 miles off the north-east Florida coast, churning up waves that caused beach erosion and drenched Kennedy Space Centre with rain.

Florida’s Atlantic coast braced for the arrival of a tropical storm today, two weeks after Hurricane Katrina first hit the state.

A huge stretch of Florida’s Atlantic coast was under a tropical storm warning today as a new system formed just offshore and threatened to dump up to 15 inches of rain in parts of the state.