From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. The scale, known as the Saffir-Simpson ...

Hurricane Erin has dramatically intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in just 24 hours, the National Hurricane Center confirmed on Saturday.

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These regions, especially near the Philippines and the Caribbean, are expanding ...

Despite a quiet start and a lull during the peak, the season produced three Category 5 hurricanes. Most storms were steered away from the continental U.S., but Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as ...

We may be months away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, but tropical cyclones are spinning somewhere on the planet. Indeed, on the other side of the world, "Tropical Cyclone Horacio ...

HAVANA — The first season in a decade without a U.S. hurricane landfall also featured three Category 5 hurricanes, including Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. The 2025 ...

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concluded on Sunday, marking a year that produced 13 named storms, five hurricanes and four major hurricanes — but none of those storms made landfall in ...