Twenty-one years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast continue to reflect on the storm’s devastating toll ...

Here's when hurricane season peaks in Florida, the average number of named storms Florida sees each year and the list of 2026 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by John Middelkoop on Unsplash As climate change intensifies, back-to-back hurricanes like Imelda and Humberto may become ...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, causing catastrophic flooding as numerous levees failed around New Orleans. Nearly 1,400 people died and more than 1 million people were ...

Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions. Some storms intensified with little warning, catching residents off guard ...

Hurricane Milton is approaching Florida as a Category 4 storm with sustained maximum winds of around 155 mph. It is expected to weaken before it hits, likely becoming a strong Category 3 at the time ...

Over the past week the big weather story has been Hurricane Dorian. Early predictions estimated this storm would be the strongest hurricane to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Obviously ...

From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. The scale, known as the Saffir-Simpson ...

Hurricane Helene, one of the deadliest hurricanes in US history, did not affect people's views on climate change or their intentions to vote for politicians advocating stricter climate policies. This ...

For U.S. coastal residents, storm surge is among the deadliest hurricane hazards, causing catastrophic property damage and loss of life, and scientists expect tropical storms to grow more intense.

As climate change intensifies, back-to-back hurricanes like Imelda and Humberto may become more common. In a paper published in the Nature Climate Change journal in February 2023, researchers found ...