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How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names and Why Are Some Names Retired? Here's What to Know
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) forms a list of 21 names for tropical storms using almost every letter of the alphabet.
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When is the Atlantic Hurricane Season?
Hurricane season occurs every year and lasts six months. Here is why it begins June 1.
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Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation
A Louisiana nursing home owner is facing a new lawsuit over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021.
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Gov't Report: 2022 Had 18 Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looked back at U.S. weather events in 2022 and found the year was third most expensive for the country in 43 years.
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Cost of 2022 Extreme Weather Disasters in the US Totaled $165 Billion, NOAA Says
America’s onslaught of mega costly weather disasters remains stuck in high gear.
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‘Full of Tourists': Category 4 Roslyn Barrels Toward Mexico's Coast
Hurricane Roslyn has grown to Category 4 force as it heads for a collision with Mexico’s Pacific coast, likely north of the resort of Puerto Vallarta.
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Orlene Hits Mexico's Pacific Coast Near Mazatlan as Hurricane, Slows to Tropical Storm
Authorities did not immediately report any damage, but along the coast they suspended classes, closed seaports and set up shelters.
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What Do the Hurricane Categories Mean? The Saffir Simpson Scale Explained
The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale for hurricane categories. Here’s how the wind speeds break down in terms of intensity and damage.
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Officials Warn Florida Residents to Prepare for Evacuations Ahead of Hurricane Ian
At a press briefing at the National Hurricane Center Monday, NOAA and FEMA officials urged Florida residents to prepare for the impact of Hurricane Ian.
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Pictures: ‘Catastrophic' Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall in Florida
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a “catastrophic” category 4 storm on Wednesday – one of the strongest recorded storms to ever hit the Sunshine State. The storm first landed in Cayo Costa with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, just 7 mph shy of becoming a category 5 storm.
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‘I' Named Atlantic Hurricanes Are Notoriously Destructive
Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida, and storm names that start with the letter ‘I’ seem to have a lock on notoriety.
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How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names? Here's What You Need to Know
A tropical depression has formed in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to be a named storm later Friday. Here’s what name is next on the list and how hurricanes get their names.
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Bonnie Grows Into a Hurricane in Pacific Off Southern Mexico, But Poses No Threat to Land
Forecasters say they expect the hurricane to stay well out to sea and pose no threat to land as it moves generally northwestward off the coast of southern Mexico.