FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Sam, the 18th named storm of the season, is expected to be at hurricane strength by Friday, and could be a major hurricane with top winds of 111 mph by late ...

MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Sam was a Category 4 storm early Sunday, but forecasters said the system could fluctuate in strength over the next day or so as it churns far from land over the Atlantic Ocean.

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Sam is a powerful Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, but it poses no threat to land as it loops northward in the Atlantic. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory ...