Morning Brief reader Dick in Illinois writes in to ask "Where does 'cats and dogs,' describing heavy rain, come from?" Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's ...

A zone that has been on AccuWeather meteorologists' radar since mid-June is on the verge of evolving into a tropical rainstorm, which may be the first step toward becoming a tropical depression or ...

Tropical storms are named once winds pass 39 miles per hour, and are deemed hurricanes when winds pass 74 miles per hour. Hurricanes are rated by categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale.