Posted: 10:26 AM A businessman and his partners in Mississippi say waterproof, windproof video cameras, mounted on utility poles could help ease the filing and awarding of insurance claims.

Updated: 2:16 PM Today marks the official start to the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Forecasters are predicting that this season will be above-average and could be quite similar to the 2005 season.

Updated: 11:15 AM NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) forecasters are once again predicting an active 2011 Hurricane Season in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Updated: 11:37 AM More than 1.8 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are at great risk of being damaged by a hurricane, three times the number located in federally defined flood zones.

Updated: 9:53 AM The Colorado State University forecast team today predicted an above-average 2011 Atlantic basin hurricane season.

Posted: 4:13 PM Tropical Storm Karl has formed in the Caribbean and is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico later this week.

Updated: 9:05 PM Tropical Storm Hermine moved ashore, and plenty of tropical moisture moved into the Brazos Valley, bringing with it severe weather on Tuesday and more heavy rains possible for Wednesday.

Updated: 3:01 PM North Carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency as evacuation of the coast ahead of Hurricane Earl continues.

Updated: 4:06 PM The fifth Tropical Depression of the 2010 hurricane season has formed and could strengthen into Tropical Storm Danielle by the early hours of Thursday morning.

Updated: 5:51 PM After falling apart shortly after it was declared a Tropical Storm, Colin has redeveloped in the Atlantic.

Updated: 9:47 PM Tropical Depression Bonnie continues to move toward the Gulf coast. The system is expected to make landfall Saturday night.

Updated: 4:08 PM It's been less than a week since Hurricane Alex brought torrential rain and strong winds to parts of the lower Texas coast, but our second tropical storm of the season could already be forming in the Caribbean.

Updated: 2:16 PM Gov. Rick Perry has issued a disaster proclamation for 19 Texas counties as the state prepares for what could turn into Hurricane Alex.

Updated: 5:38 PM A tropical storm slamming into parts of Mexico isn't taking aim at the massive Gulf oil spill — for now — though any system can quickly change course and send cleanup efforts grinding to a halt.

Updated: 9:43 AM A tropical storm churning in the Caribbean could be the latest bad news for BP crews trying to contain and clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf, an effort that has been plagued by setbacks for more than two months.

Posted: 6:09 PM The first Tropical Depression of 2010 has formed in the Caribbean.

Posted: 3:39 PM Tropical Storm Celia has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, though forecasters say it is expected to remain well offshore.

Updated: 1:06 PM Tropical Storm Blas has now formed in the Eastern Pacific.

Updated: 8:22 PM A hurricane moving through Northern areas of the Gulf of Mexico will almost certainly affect the oil spill. However, the news may not be all bad.

Updated: 5:30 PM A recent Speakout Poll showed 81% of voters say we're too far inland to worry about the hurricane threat here in the Brazos Valley, but several storms in recent memory could have been much worse.

Updated: 2:16 PM While storm surges, evacuations and major flooding is not of normal concern when a Hurricane threatens the Texas Coast, here in the Brazos Valley, given the right conditions, we are not totally immune to tropical damage ourselves.

Updated: 2:16 PM Now that we are into Hurricane Season, it is time to start thinking of the little things you can do right now to prepare in order to avoid the rush and chaos should a hurricane hit the Texas Coast.

Updated: 2:16 PM It is June 1st, which means it is the official start to the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Posted: 8:09 PM Central American authorities say at least 83 people have been killed in flooding and landslides associated with the region's first tropical storm of the year.

Updated: 9:09 PM Tropical Storm Agatha, the first of the season, slammed into Guatemala's Pacific coast on Saturday, its torrential rains triggering landslides and floods that left at least 12 people dead.