The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to rank hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds. While the category ...

The beginning of June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the six-month period when strong storms can brew in ...

As the climate warms, hurricanes are becoming more intense, and sea levels are rising. Both of these effects are likely to ...

Our data team examined hurricanes that made landfall or caused hurricane-strength winds in the continental ... land.Explore the data in the interactive charts and maps below.

Helene then downgraded to a tropical storm but still produced hurricane-strength wind speeds ... region had never seen before. Here’s a chart of top wind gusts recorded for our area.

with four of those expected to reach “major” hurricane strength. That would mean a few more tropical storms and hurricanes than in an average year, yet slightly quieter conditions than those ...

“This is definitely off the charts” “This is almost like ... are still recovering from Hurricane Helene’s wrath. Hurricanes draw strength from heat energy at the surface of the sea.

The energy that supercharged Hurricane Milton into a Category 5 storm ... though, Milton gained strength over the western Gulf, whereas Helene did so over the eastern Gulf. That means they tapped ...

four of which are expected to reach “major” hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) — just shy of last year’s hyperactive season that churned out 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes with five ...