A spokesperson said that David Richardson, acting administrator of FEMA as of early May, was joking. During the briefing, staff weren't so sure.

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and ends November 30, and impacts everywhere from the Gulf of Mexico to the Eastern Seaboard. Storms are named when they have winds b

Atlantic Hurricane Season began yesterday. Most of the Atlantic basin is quiet for now with thick Saharan dust moving across the Atlantic Ocean. However, we are monitoring an area of disorganized showers and storms around the Florida peninsula.