As climate change intensifies, back-to-back hurricanes like Imelda and Humberto may become more common. In a paper published

American hurricane losses are no longer counted in the millions; the worst storms now run past $100 billion apiece. Dense coastal development, aging levees and inland rainfall flooding have pushed those totals far higher than wind speed alone would suggest.

A scene of the wreckage left behind by a hurricane that swept through the Florida Keys in 1935. Bettmann / CORBIS / Bettmann Archive Bryan Norcross remembers the moment well. It was 3:30 a.m. on August 24, 1992, and the meteorologist was in the midst of a ...

As of September 10, the Atlantic hurricane season has reached its climatological peak with something notably absent: hurricanes. Five named storms have formed so far in 2026, but none has strengthened into a hurricane, and overall storm energy remains far ...

Forecasters say no tropical development is expected over the next week, but are watching the southern Gulf for a possible system later in October.

NORFOLK, Va. — This week marks two years since Hurricane Beryl broke Atlantic hurricane records, becoming the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever observed in the basin. Beryl formed into a tropical depression over the central Atlantic on June 28, 2024.