Hurricane Erin became the Atlantic Ocean’s first hurricane of the season – which runs from June 1 to November 30 – rapidly intensifying to Category 5 on Saturday before weakening to Category 2 on ...

When does a tropical depression become a tropical storm? And when does a tropical storm become a hurricane? What's the difference between a Category 1 and a Category 3 hurricane? It's all about ...

Erin intensified rapidly during the early hours of Saturday. It went from being a tropical storm on Friday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, to a category 5 hurricane by 11 a.m. on ...

Hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30, and so far this year there have been 13 named storms, beginning with Tropical Storm Andrea in June and, most recently, Hurricane Melissa, according to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — With hurricane season now in its peak, you may hear meteorologists talk about the so-called “dirty side” of a storm. But what does that phrase really mean, and why does it matter for ...

FALMOUTH, Mass. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - June 1st marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, a five-month stretch where we keep a close eye on the tropical Atlantic. Forecasters are ...

Adam Robinson stands on a pile of beach sand inside his unit caused by the storm surge from hurricanes Helene and Milton at the Fisherman’s Cove beachfront condominium in Siesta Key, Florida on ...

As Category 4 Hurricane Laura crashed onshore in Louisiana, it packed winds of 150 mph and caused destruction along its path. But, as hundreds of thousands of residents were evacuated and many more ...

Americans got lucky this Atlantic hurricane season. The season wraps in under a month, but no hurricanes have directly struck the contiguous U.S. “We haven’t had a landfall of anything higher than a ...