Hurricane Melissa is expected to crash into Jamaica with a strength reserved for a tiny percentage of Atlantic hurricanes. A hurricane reaching Category 4 or 5 strength is quite a feat in itself. The ...

In November, most people are bundled up in warm clothes, beginning to scrape ice off their cars and turning on their fireplaces. Nary a thought about destructive hurricanes enters the mind -- and for ...

WATER WAS SO DEEP. JUST LIKE THAT. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENING. YEAH. IT WAS WORRY ABOUT THESE ICE STORMS AND I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT SEPTEMBER 10. >> YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET THROUGH IS IS THERE A ...

Katrina. Sandy. Helene. Just hearing the names of these hurricanes brings to mind scenes of destruction in New Orleans, New York City and North Carolina, respectively. But it’s more than putting a ...

For only the second time in the modern satellite era, which began in 1966, the Atlantic was completely quiet through the first half of September. Typically, this is the statistical peak of hurricane ...

A Category 4 hurricane making direct landfall on New York City could cause as much as $500 billion in insured damage.

The 2025 hurricane season was a study in contrasts. In one way, it felt very quiet in the United States. No storms made landfall in the U.S. for the first time since 2015. And, for about three weeks ...

A group of doctors is urging federal lawmakers to help improve access to substance use medications in severe weather emergencies.

Freshwater flooding has caused over half of all direct hurricane deaths since 2013. The threat will increase as climate change makes hurricanes wetter and potentially slower-moving.