hurricanes

A Louisiana nursing home owner is facing a new lawsuit over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021.

A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looked back at U.S. weather events in 2022 and found the year was third most expensive for the country in 43 years.

America’s onslaught of mega costly weather disasters remains stuck in high gear.

Hurricane Roslyn has grown to Category 4 force as it heads for a collision with Mexico’s Pacific coast, likely north of the resort of Puerto Vallarta.

Authorities did not immediately report any damage, but along the coast they suspended classes, closed seaports and set up shelters.

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale for hurricane categories. Here’s how the wind speeds break down in terms of intensity and damage.

At a press briefing at the National Hurricane Center Monday, NOAA and FEMA officials urged Florida residents to prepare for the impact of Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida, and storm names that start with the letter ‘I’ seem to have a lock on notoriety.

A tropical depression has formed in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to be a named storm later Friday. Here’s what name is next on the list and how hurricanes get their names.

Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a monster Category 4 storm early Wednesday, becoming the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season after devastating Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with feet of rain and catastrophic flooding. The brutal system thrashed Turks and Caicos for most of the day Tuesday, and the National Hurricane Center says Fiona is expected to strengthen through…

Hurricane Fiona has continued to intensify and reached Category 4 strength early Wednesday, just days after devastating Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with feet of rain and catastrophic flooding. The storm moved on to thrash Turks and Caicos for most of Tuesday, and the National Hurricane Center says the brutal system is expected to strengthen even more in the…

Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a Category 2 storm after moving out over the Atlantic and could further intensify (possibly to Category 4) just days after it devastated a blacked-out Puerto Rico with life-threatening floods and catastrophic rainfall that upended the power grid, triggered mudslides and had millions in the U.S. shouting out prayers for the island. Puerto Rico endured life-threatening…

Forecasters say they expect the hurricane to stay well out to sea and pose no threat to land as it moves generally northwestward off the coast of southern Mexico.

Federal meteorologists say there’s another La Niña, which can be bad news for parts of the parched West.

The Treasury Department is looking at the impact of climate change on American households’ finances, as well as how to address those risks.