Neil L. Frank succeeded the retired Robert Simpson as director of the National Hurricane Center in 1974. During his tenure, ...

Though there are systems brewing, all is quiet in the tropics − for now. On Sunday, Oct. 5, experts were tracking a broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave, referred to as Invest ...

Neil Frank, a former head of the National Hurricane Center credited with working to increase the country’s readiness for major storms, has died ...

Read full article: The Caribbean could be our final hot spot for this hurricane season ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Thursday tagged a tropical wave moving west through the Atlantic ...

Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate northeastward over the Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said. Melissa ...

Hurricane Imelda is moving away from Bermuda after bringing hurricane-force winds and flooding. The National Hurricane Center is tracking two new disturbances, one of which could move across Florida.

Category 4 Hurricane Gabrielle is moving into the North Atlantic, prompting a hurricane watch for the Azores. Swells from Gabrielle are expected to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents along ...

Former director of the National Hurricane Center and longtime KHOU Chief Meteorologist Neil Frank has died.

Colorado State University forecasters predicted activity will pick up over the next couple of weeks. Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to become a hurricane later this weekend or early next week.

Charlotte should stay alert to a tropical disturbance near Cuba expected to become Hurricane Imelda, a National Weather Service forecaster said Friday. Much uncertainty remained Friday as to the track ...

Should another weather system develop into a tropical storm, the system would be named Melissa. The USA TODAY Network in Florida provides daily tropics watch reports during hurricane season (June ...

Dr. Frank was part of our KHOU 11 family for more than two decades. He was a pioneer in hurricane forecasting.