Unprecedented impacts from Hurricane Sandy are expected along the East Coast of the U.S.

Even though Hurricane Sandy is not forecasted to effect Alabama, the American Red Cross encourages Alabama residents to download its Hurricane App, create or update their family disaster plan, and restock their emergency preparedness kits. Also, our staff and volunteers are monitoring the progress of this and other storm systems and if need be, we are on standby to deploy trained Red Cross volunteers to help in other areas of the country.

Hurricane Sandy has lost some its power, but is still raking over the central Bahamas. The storm is blamed for at least 21 deaths in the Caribbean, eleven of them in Cuba.

As of 11pm Eastern Time, Hurricane Sandy was approaching the Southeastern Coast of Cuba.

Tony is the 19th named storm in the Atlantic Basin this year.

The east coast of Florida braces for Tropical Storm conditions.

Parts of southern and eastern Florida are now under Tropical Storm Watches due to the potential impact of Tropical Storm Sandy.

Tropical Storm Tony has formed in the Atlantic, more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) west of the Azores. Forecasters say it poses no threat to land.

Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are monitoring two systems in the Atlantic, one of which could later pose a threat to the eastern coast of the United States.

Sandy is the 18th named storm of the season.

Hurricane Paul has weakened to a Category 2 storm in the eastern Pacific but is still swirling near Mexico's western coast.

Rafael was upgraded to a hurricane earlier tonight.

Hurricane Paul has formed in the Pacific off Mexico's coast and a tropical storm watch has been issued for a portion of Baja California.

The outer bands of Tropical Storm Rafael are drenching the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands as its center steadily moves over open ocean on a possible track toward Bermuda.

Tropical Storm Patty has strengthened in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas, but forecasters expect the storm to be short-lived.

Tropical Storm Patty forms in the Atlantic.

The only active Tropical cyclone in the Pacific Ocean is not expected to pose a threat to land.

Nadine spent more than 21 days in the Atlantic.

Public Advisory from the National Hurricane Center for the 15th tropical cyclone of the season has formed in the Atlantic.

Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are closely watching a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic that could become a new Tropical Depression or Tropical Storm.

Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday submitted a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency requesting a Public Assistance declaration for five additional counties affected by Hurricane Isaac.

Nadine was first classified as a Tropical Cyclone on September 11th. Now, three weeks and seventy-eight advisories later, she could threaten the Azores Islands once more.

Forecasters say Hurricane Nadine is making a loop while out in the eastern Atlantic far from land.

After forming on September 11th, fading briefly and then returning, Nadine could become a hurricane once more.

The fifty-ninth advisory on the storm known as Nadine shows the long-running tropical system is regaining strength once more.