That disorganized tropical disturbance we've been watching has been designated Invest 91L by the National Hurricane Center. The system is crawling in the general direction of the Caribbean Islands.

Researchers are pushing to replace the wind-only hurricane scale with a new system that also measures storm surge and ...

As Tropical Storm Debby grazed the Tampa Bay area last August, many Floridians treated it like any other summer rainstorm: Inflatable floats dotted Bayshore Boulevard, curious onlookers flocked to the ...

Tropical cyclones have a greater propensity to rapidly intensify as the planet warms, studies have shown, which could imperil ...

Peak hurricane season is here, and though forecasters see a lull for the next two weeks, they also said things could get “interesting” by mid-September. There are several key forces at play, from ...

One example is 2005's Hurricane Katrina, which was listed as a Category 3 based on wind speeds. But storm surge and rainfall were responsible for most of the 1,800 deaths caused by Katrina and ...

Hurricane Erin is not making landfall in the U.S. Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a ...

Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm Friday. While the storm moves away from the United States, don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet: The massive hurricane is still churning up the ...

Every hurricane comes from modest beginnings —often just a patch of the atmosphere over a particular spot in the ocean that meteorologists believe could have the makings of a storm. These areas are ...

After causing flooding surf on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Hurricane Erin began pulling away from the U.S. East Coast Thursday, but officials warned that that rip currents remain a threat going into ...