Experts have linked the size and strength of last year’s Hurricane Erin, which was in the 90th percentile of the largest hurricanes recorded in the Western Atlantic, to human-caused climate change.

The numbers from recent hurricane seasons are staggering, and they keep climbing. The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season alone was estimated to have caused somewhere between $457 billion and $506 billion ...

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It’s been nearly six years since Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, flooding neighborhoods, toppling trees and leaving thousands without power across coastal Alabama. Since then, ...

On Monday, June 1, the 2026 hurricane season officially began in the United States. Lasting each year from the beginning of June through the end of November, hurricane season is a six month period ...

Hurricanes are measured by their wind speed, which tells scientists how powerful they are. The Saffir-Simpson scale is used to rank them from Category 1 to Category 5. A Category 1 hurricane starts at ...

Brevard residents should evaluate individual hurricane risks, make a plan and execute it, rather than focus on storms' strength categories or projected landfall targets. Past hurricanes like Frances, ...

SANIBEL, Fla. (WINK) — Mangroves play a critical role in protecting Southwest Florida’s coastlines, but recent hurricanes have taken a toll on these natural defenses. Now, hundreds of local volunteers ...