Hurricane Beryl upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm late Monday night ... across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea, the NHC said. A west-northwest track is a ...

Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean ... drier air and cooler sea surface temperatures along the forecast track of Kristy," the NHC said.

Hurricane Milton evolved from a Category 1 to Category 5 storm in under 12 hours – one ... Dramatic pressure changes over the sea are set to cause an abnormal rise in sea levels that will ...

Hurricane Milton, a powerful storm that fluctuated between a Category 4 and 5 in the Gulf of Mexico ... Since April 2023, global sea surface temperatures have been hotter than any other period ...

Unprecedented sea surface temperatures have ... Here’s how it works. Hurricane Beryl has become the earliest Category 5 storm on record, as unprecedentedly warm oceans cause powerful storms ...

Milton has re-strengthened to a Category 5 ... open central Atlantic. No direct impacts to land are expected from this storm, but shipping interests should monitor its progression. AccuWeather ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and others warned people Tuesday to finish their storm preparations and evacuate as Hurricane Milton approached the state as a Category 5 storm. “Milton has the potential to be ...

Milton, which battered Florida just a few weeks after Hurricane Helene, seemed to come out of nowhere, intensifying rapidly from a tropical depression to a Category 5 over the space of 2 days.

The other reason they are forecasting an active hurricane season is that the sea surface temperatures in the Gulf and the Atlantic are warmer than normal.

Many factors go into this forecast, including the ENSO, or El-Niño Southern Oscillation, pattern, sea surface temperatures, ...