With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide in 2023. The agency began encouraging cities, towns and counties ...

Leaders in metro New Orleans say they have tested, checked and prepped everything they can for hurricane season, which starts ...

When a hurricane causes extreme damage or loss of life, its name is retired from future use out of respect and to avoid ...

Weathering and working through Hurricane Katrina sharpened me as a parent and a professional. Yet it's nothing compared to ...

Other top forecasters are predicting an active season. The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and continues through November 30.

The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina ... in their White population after 2005, while some Black neighborhoods on lower ground, which were hardest hit by Katrina, saw Black population increases.

Al Roker looks back at the most devastating hurricanes to hit the U.S. since the turn of the century, starting with Hurricane Katrina.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012, and Mayor David Holt says it marks a ...

An active hurricane season could raise home insurance rates in states like Louisiana, which are already facing soaring costs.

Across the United States, insurance markets are buckling under the pressure of more frequent and expensive climate events.

The second key ingredient that meteorologists have their eye on is the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which forecasters refer to as ENSO. ENSO is a climate cycle that shifts every few years between ...