Hurricane Melissa, which claimed at least 95 lives last fall, got an upgrade from the National Hurricane Center in a post-season review. As the record-breaking hurricane approached Jamaica, its ...

Hurricane Preparedness Week runs from May 3-9 and focuses on a different topic each day. Day 1: Know your risk from water and wind associated with a hurricane. Here's how to find out whether you live ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Major Hurricane Melissa will be studied for years, not only for the extreme intensity it reached, but for how accurately it was predicted and what it revealed about the future of ...

As hurricane season begins, new research from Florida International University suggests one of South Florida’s most familiar landscape features could play a bigger role in protecting homes than ...

From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. The scale, known as the Saffir-Simpson ...