This year's first tropical storm in the eastern Pacific is shaping up to be a big one. Amanda reached Category 4 status Sunday, making it the strongest May hurricane ever recorded in that area.

On the penultimate day of the year, a tropical storm capped off an extraordinary hurricane season. Here's what happened.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall at noon today as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. Pressures this morning dropped to 892 mb by the time it made landfall near New Hope on the ...

When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have ...

For only the second time in the modern satellite era, which began in 1966, the Atlantic was completely quiet through the first half of September. Typically, this is the statistical peak of hurricane ...

As hurricane season approaches, many are wondering how frequently North Carolina is hit by hurricanes -- and just how destructive those hurricanes can be. We've taken a look back through the most ...