Marco and Laura may be the intended names of a pair of tropical disturbances, and now they're part of weather history. "Official records go back to 1851. Based on the WPC (Weather Prediction Center) ...

The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Jerry in the Atlantic and a trough of low pressure in the southwestern Gulf, along with three tropical waves. Jerry is expected to strengthen ...

A mix of dry winds, a low-pressure trough, a quiet Gulf, and a healthy dose of luck have apparently shielded the U.S. East Coast from hurricanes this year. And as winds die down toward the end of ...

Three Category 5 storms formed in the Gulf during the blockbuster 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, each more intense than the last, and each about a month apart. Wilma was the last of the three, and it ...

As Hurricane Humberto was rapidly gathering strength just east of the Caribbean late last month, researchers with the University of Southern Mississippi were busy preparing an experiment. Leila Hamdan ...

In November, most people are bundled up in warm clothes, beginning to scrape ice off their cars and turning on their fireplaces. Nary a thought about destructive hurricanes enters the mind -- and for ...

One doesn’t have to kick over many rocks to find examples of dangerous late-season hurricanes. Take last year’s Hurricane Milton, which hit in October. Tampa Bay is still recovering a year later. A ...

Ah, October: Pumpkins, falling leaves, Halloween decorations … and hurricanes? Yes, October is still hurricane season, and there have been no shortage of destructive, deadly storms in past Octobers.

Experts report that deep ocean heat fueled by climate change is making Category 6- level hurricanes increasingly possible.