Palm Beach and Broward counties have been fortunate enough to miss the brunt of recent hurricane seasons, but officials are ...

Insured losses from hurricanes this year could rise due to the effects of inflation on building materials, labor, and other factors.

The 2025 hurricane season likely will be active. Forecasting tropical storm intensity can be challenging for residents and ...

Storm surge is often the greatest threat to life and property along the coast during and after a hurricane. A number of ...

An investigation continues at the scene of a crane collapse that killed two workers in Merritt Island June 4. At the time of ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

HOUSTON – I’ll never forget my first day on the job in Houston: July 15, 2003. It was supposed to be filled with HR meetings ...

A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to ...

As new buildings go up along the flood-prone Gulf coast at 15 to 20 feet off the ground, the future of Florida's ...

The 2024 hurricane season ended with 18 named storms, 11 of which were hurricanes, five were major hurricanes. Hurricane Helene, which first made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, caused ...

With hurricane season officially underway, we explore whether or not the Saffir-Simpson scale is the best way to rate a ...