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 ...

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph ...

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...