Tropical Weather & Hurricanes

Rare February tropical disturbance drenching the Florida Keys

By Dr. Jeff Masters

8:51 AM EST on February 06, 2012

Our calendars may say it's February, but Mother Nature's calendar says it's more like May in the waters of South Florida, where the year's first significant tropical disturbance is drenching the Keys. The disturbance, de... Continue Reading

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