Here's a look at the many surprising dangers caused by these monster storms: Storm surge, the massive amount of water that builds up and comes ashore during a hurricane, is often the deadliest and ...

Exploring whether Hurricane Milton represents the physical limits of hurricane intensity and the factors that define the ...

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean is fast approaching, with experts predicting 13 named storms including two major events that could cause significant damage. Hurricane Katrina: scars are ...

Hurricane Helene created an estimated nearly $80 billion in damage from Florida through North Carolina.

With more than 200 people dead – 104 in North Carolina – Hurricane Helene is the deadliest U.S. hurricane in decades. With ...

The U.S. was pummeled by five landfalling hurricanes and a stream of atmospheric rivers, heat waves and droughts. That final burst of twisters is expected to make 2024 the second-worst year on ...

Helene’s intense rains didn’t just threaten homes and lives with rising floodwaters but also spawned fatal landslides. According to the USGS, Helene triggered more than 2,000 landslides, most of them ...

because Florida is one of the handful of places that frequently see some of the worst storms on the planet: hurricanes. As a Floridian myself, perhaps I can shed some light on some of the ways ...

Bill Read of the National Hurricane Center says, "I would prepare for the worst and hope for the best." What exactly is the worst? Currently, Hurricane Irene is enormous. It's the size of several ...

Of the various fires that have ignited around Los Angeles since last Tuesday, the two biggest have been the Palisades Fire, ...