Meteorology

More than 80,000 lightning strikes shook Florida over the weekend following intense storms

Meteorologist warns golfers in Florida: "No game is worth getting struck by lightning."

A lightning strike hits a wooden pole in Güira de Melena during heavy storms

Severe storm with hail strikes Perico García in Pinar del Río, causing damage to banana crops

Storms, extreme heat, and localized flooding: South Florida is facing a high-impact weekend

Severe local storm with hail hits central Camagüey

Perceptible earthquake in Santiago de Cuba: the ninth of the year 2026

"It will be a rain machine for Florida": Monitoring possible tropical development in the Gulf

The highest concentration of Saharan dust covers Cuba

Storm with hail strikes Camagüey: knocks down trees and leaves hospitals without electricity

Florida recorded a million lightning strikes in 2026, with over 200,000 occurring in just one week, according to a local meteorologist

Bad news for Florida: the largest dust cloud from the Sahara of the year has arrived

José Rubiera successfully launches a science popularization podcast

Impressive mammatus clouds surprise the sky of Matanzas: what do they mean?

Unusual: two "cloud tails" form from the same cloud in Camagüey

Bad news for Cuba: El Niño threatens to intensify and increase the risk of drought and extreme heat

El Niño brings a breath of fresh air: Experts predict the calmest hurricane season since 2015

Severe local storm with hail hits Camagüey

Florida authorities urge preparedness for hurricane season and reveal their main concern

Saharan dust returns: it could reach the Caribbean and the United States

Cuban meteorologist clarifies whether a heat wave is really coming to Cuba

Waterspout surprises residents of Nuevitas in Camagüey

Insmet predicts a less active hurricane season for Cuba in 2026

Summer 2026 in Cuba: hotter than usual and intense rains

Unusual phenomenon in Cuba: funnel clouds appear in two provinces

Severe local storm with large hail in Camagüey

Special warning issued for cold front and storms in several regions of Cuba

A cold front will bring heavy rains to much of Cuba during the coming week

Cubans capture impressive funnel cloud formation during severe storm in Matanzas

Total lunar eclipse will be visible in Cuba

Cuba modernizes its network of weather stations with UN funding to tackle hurricanes

New cold front with extreme temperatures for South Florida

Has the cold come to an end this year in Cuba?

More than 30 aftershocks following the 5.6 earthquake have been recorded in eastern Cuba

A noticeable earthquake has been reported in several provinces in the eastern part of Cuba

Remarkably cold dawn in western Cuba: 4.4 °C in Indio Hatuey, Matanzas

Extreme cold in Cuba: 0°C in Matanzas would break national record

Historic cold in Cuba: thermometers drop to 1.4 °C in Matanzas

Cubans face a dangerous wave of Arctic cold: What is the record low temperature in Cuba?

Civil Defense activates alert: Urges to protect children and the elderly during frosty early mornings

Cuba will face early mornings with temperatures below 10 °C and coastal flooding

Extreme cold in the United States: The number of fatalities from the winter storm Fern rises

José Rubiera turns 80: The man who taught Cuba to understand cyclones

Spectacular marine lightning and storm clouds put on a show along the coasts of Florida

Snow in Florida!: The northern part of the state wakes up to white landscapes

Sudden change in weather: A cold front will hit Cuba with rain and thunderstorms

The most intense cold in nearly four years arrives in South Florida

Cuba will say goodbye to the year with a cold front that will drop temperatures right on December 31st

A waterspout surprises Pinar del Río

A cold front is approaching: Cuba prepares for cooler and rainier days

Sancti Spíritus experienced the driest wet season in 10 years and enters a critical period with struggling reservoirs

Intense rains cause flooding and new damage in Granma and Holguín

The Malecón in Havana is closed due to strong waves and sea incursions

Melissa is heading northeast and could leave Cuba through Cayo Saetía

This is how Baracoa wakes up after the passage of Melissa

Melissa turns northeast and prepares to leave Cuba headed for the Bahamas

Stunning images show Jamaica battered by Hurricane Melissa

INSMET updates: Melissa continues to be a dangerous hurricane of high intensity after making landfall in Jamaica

NHC extends hurricane alert to Las Tunas and Camagüey as Melissa fiercely strikes Jamaica

Hurricane hunter records one of the highest wind gusts ever measured in Melissa