The safest place to be when a hurricane approaches is somewhere else; so you should definitely evacuate when you are told to.

The National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin issued on Monday evening: “Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica and southeastern Cuba as an extremely powerful major hurricane, and will still be at ...

When hurricane season rolls around, Brian Murray, the deputy emergency coordinator for Harris County, never lets his gas tank get less than halfway full. "Just because you never know," he said. If a ...

Where is Hurricane Imelda, and what is the cone of uncertainty? In just a few days, the storm strengthened from tropical depression to hurricane, and as of Tuesday, Sept. 30, Hurricane Imelda was a ...

Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their reconnaissance mission into the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning, Oct. 27.

A tropical storm swirling in the Caribbean is on track to explode into a major hurricane — and while its path remains unclear, forecasters warn the East Coast could be hit with torrential rain and ...

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Conditions remain quiet in the tropics, with no activity expected for the next seven days. But don't let your guard down yet.

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...

November is the final month of hurricane season, but just because it's at the end doesn't mean hurricanes won't strike the ...