Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which runs from Category 1 up to Category 5. According to The Weather Channel, the scale was developed in the 1970s by Miami ...

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita, ...

Horacio is spinning in the remote South Indian Ocean. It's a reminder that the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is only three months away.

Horacio became the world's first Category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 Monday, with winds hitting 160 mph over the southern ...

The updated assessment of Hurricane Melissa finds the storm reached sustained winds of 190 mph at peak intensity.

Its intensity at landfall appeared to tie an all-time Atlantic Basin record. But the devastation in Jamaica wasn't all Melissa brought to the Caribbean. Here is our recap of this historic hurricane.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

For quite a while this season, I thought I was going to be gleefully writing about a boring hurricane season where fish storm after fish storm went out to sea between Bermuda and the East Coast. 4 ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

Reality: in 2025, it was not very realistic. In a year when AI images of ALF dunking a basketball through Saturn’s rings overtook podcasts rating hot sauce as the most valuable economic sector, ...

A historic and downright odd Atlantic hurricane season ended on Sunday the same way it began—deceptively quiet. This was an all-or-nothing season that saw uncharacteristic lulls interrupted by some of ...