It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

Get expert tips from Consumer Reporter Heather Sullivan and Meteorologist John Dawson on how to prepare an essential ...

Hurricane season is half over, but officials say now more than ever, make sure you are staying prepared this season.

Hurricanes are becoming stronger and more disruptive than ever. They’re also getting more expensive. On average, the cost of damages caused by a single hurricane is more than $22 billion.

A number of facilities on Hawaii Island are designated as hurricane shelters. In case of a hurricane, announcements will be made listing which shelters are being opened. Residents should identify ...

It’s hurricane season and some storms can be unpredictable. Storms that may appear to avoid the Houston area can pivot and go directly over the city, like Hurricane Beryl. Less than a day after ...

LUMA is Prepared for Peak Hurricane Season LUMA has taken several key actions throughout the year to maintain a high level of ...

Sunny days and the slow creep of fall temperatures might have some minds on football and pumpkin patches, but hurricane ...

Forecasters are calling for the last two weeks of September — typically one of the busiest phases of any given hurricane season — to reach normal levels of activity. In their two-week outlook ...

Hours earlier, it made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Morgan City, Louisiana. The storm continues moving further inland over southeastern Louisiana and is expected to bring heavy rainfall ...

Hurricane forecasters are watching a new potential storm as the Atlantic hurricane season motors past its halfway point. So far, the season hasn't logged an exceptional number of storms, despite ...