Rapid intensification is defined by the National Hurricane Center as an increase in the maximum sustained winds of a tropical ...

Milton was tracking across the Gulf of Mexico bound for what could be a devastating crash along Florida's already ...

Minimal tropical storm to category 5 hurricane in less than 48 hours. 60 kt of intensification in 12 hours alongside a 63-mb ...

Hurricane Milton began its turn toward Florida on Tuesday still a powerful Category 4 hurricane with a forecast landfall near ...

A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of at least 157 mph is considered to be a Category 5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson ...

While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at ...

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 ...

With Hurricane Milton strengthening on its path towards Florida, here's how storms are classified from a tropical depression to a Category 5.

Hurricane Milton went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than 24 hours as it headed ...

Hurricane Milton surged Monday into a monster Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds in the Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to ...

In addition, Helene stripped the area of local defenses such as sand dunes, leaving the region more vulnerable to future ...