Hurricane Otis struck very near Acapulco, Mexico, as a monster 165 mile-per-hour category 5 cyclone. About 24-hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was predicting it would do so ...
Latest news on Hurricane Milton as it heads toward Florida, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene just days ago. Follow live as the storm approaches landfall.
As Hurricane Florence neared the North Carolina coast in 2018, it was repeatedly "downgraded"—from a Category ... and 5—lesser-ranked storms can still cause catastrophic damage.
That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage ... Category5 hurricane in just 24 hours. With maximum sustained winds ...
One of the scariest things about Hurricane Helene — an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane ... winds in a tropical cyclone increase at least 30 knots (34.5 mph) in 24 hours.