Hurricane Paloma strengthened into a powerful storm in the Caribbean on Friday as it bore down on the wealthy British territory of the Cayman Islands.

Hurricane Dean skirted the Cayman Islands on Monday and raced toward Mexico’s resort-dotted Caribbean coast, where tens of thousands of tourists fled what could become a mammoth…

Authorities urged residents to be on alert as Tropical Storm Wilma’s outer edge neared the Cayman Islands on Monday, packing strong rain and wind as it cut a path that could…