Hurricane Melissa has often been described as a “monster hurricane.” In terms of intensity, that characterization is certainly accurate. However, when discussing a storm’s magnitude, it is important ...

A hurricane’s category is one of the most well-known metrics to describe how dangerous a storm is, but that single number only tells part of the story. Another key bit of information about a storm is ...

Milton made landfall at around 8:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, slamming into Florida's western coast near Tampa Bay as a Category 3 carrying sustained winds of 120 mph. Tampa's last direct hit by a major ...

Melissa is among three Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall with 185 mph winds. Another storm to do so was the Labor Day ...

Hurricane Erin continues to track northeast, and although it isn’t a major hurricane anymore, its size has drastically increased over the past few days, bringing coastal flooding, life-threatening rip ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5 in the matter of 24 hours. To give you some perspective, this is an increase of nearly 100mph in just 24 hours, ...

Hurricanes are mighty storms that can roar ashore with winds in excess of 250 km/h. But even the strongest hurricanes are remarkably fragile structures despite their ferocity. Most strong hurricanes ...

Hurricane Erin has been talked about for the past several weeks as it moves along into the Atlantic. It became the first Hurricane of the Atlantic season and the first major hurricane intensifying ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — After going through an ...