A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area—and the results were chilling.
The North Carolina State Climate Office estimates that Hurricane Matthew is the fifth-deadliest and fourth-costliest North Carolina tropical cyclone on record.
Live updates tracking news and messaging from Collier County officials as Hurricane Milton makes its way toward the west ...
Milton has rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming a Category 5 storm Monday on a path toward Florida ...
The most likely path suggests Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves ...
Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened into a major hurricane on a ...
“Water in every way is the deadliest part of a hurricane,” said Austen Flannery, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service for the Tampa Bay region. “Everything from the storm surge piece to the ...
Spread the loveIn a stunning display of raw power, Hurricane Milton, a seemingly innocuous tropical storm just hours ago, has ...
A sculpture of Poseidon stands in the ocean before the arrival of Hurricane Milton in Progreso, Yucatan state, Mexico, Monday ...
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity.
As Monday progressed, Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified into a powerful Category 5 storm, with sustained winds reaching ...
H​urricane Milton put its name on the rare list of Atlantic Basin Category 5 hurricanes Monday, joining Beryl from earlier ...