While wind can tear off roofs, knock down trees and snap power lines, storm surge can push buildings completely off their ...

The major impacts from Hurricane Helene will occur along and east of the storm’s track. Damaging hurricane-force winds are ...

Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore. The areas in the path of Hurricane Helene are ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale is how those categories work. In short, it places hurricanes in five classifications. The weakest of these includes hurricanes with winds as slow as 74 mph. Meanwhile, a ...

Helene is expected to make landfall in the Florida Big Bend region Thursday night before moving inland at a fast pace across the Southeast.

While few hurricanes leave the land or people unscathed, there are several hurricanes that have done so much damage in the ...

When a hurricane threatens the United States, a lot of attention is focused on the path and the wind speed. Storm surge can be just as important to monitor, because it can quickly cause extreme ...