RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a Category 5 storm, the highest possible on the Saffir-Simpson strength scale.

Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's west coast near Siesta Key on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as a powerful Category 3, pushing a massive storm surge in front of it. The storm, which stayed relatively ...

The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, according to an update from the National ...

Hurricanes have been wreaking havoc suddenly and ruthlessly. Helene made landfall on September 26 as a Category 4 storm, leaving a wide swath of destruction as it moved northward from Florida, washing ...

Major Hurricane Milton was churning towards Florida's west coast as a Category 5 storm early Wednesday, but it was downgraded to a Category 4 just before 7 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Milton, now barreling toward an expected landfall on Florida's west coast late Wednesday into early Thursday, has been rapidly upgraded and downgraded in the past few days as meteorologists ...

As fearsome as Category 5 hurricanes can be for people living in harm's way, a new study reports global warming is supercharging some of the most intense cyclones with winds high enough to merit a ...

It’s hurricane season for the East Coast of the United States, and, as usual, the Southeast is taking the brunt of new storms. Now that Hurricane Helene has passed, Florida is bracing for Hurricane ...

In 2009, a simulation was conducted to imagine what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area. The result? A chilling scenario with tens of thousands missing, hundreds ...