In preparation for the 2025 hurricane season, Colorado State University projects 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes. In 2025, it is ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season from June 1 ...

Tropical systems are categorized by wind speed, but experts say there's much more to the story when it comes to storm impacts ...

What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale? The scale rates the potential for damage from hurricanes based on the storm’s sustained wind speed. Who were Saffir and Simpson?

However, the waves are particularly important for forecasters to observe because "most of the hurricanes that get strongest ...

Rapid intensification of storms occurs when sea surface temperatures are at or above record-breaking highs, as was the case ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes ...

A controversial study concluded that AccuWeather's 2024 hurricane forecasts were more accurate than those from the National Weather Service.

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says ...

The butterfly effect suggests that small changes in a system can have a large impact on eventual outcomes. One metaphor used ...

It's a staple each hurricane season that warns where a tropical storm or hurricane is headed, but did you know it often won't ...