The 2025 hurricane season likely will be active. Forecasting tropical storm intensity can be challenging for residents and ...

According to the National Hurricane Center, Irma started as a tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa on Aug. 27, 2017. By 12 a.m. UTC on Aug. 30, the NHC noted that satellite images ...

Forecasting storms and preparing the public requires coordination among labs, researchers, meteorologists, emergency managers ...

Sept. 7, 2017 satellite image made available by NOAA shows the eye of Hurricane Irma, left, just north of the island of ...

The total is likely higher because satellite monitoring technology ... The November 1932 Cuba hurricane and Hurricane Irma in 2007 spent the longest combined time at Category 5 strength at 78 ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

When a hurricane causes extreme damage or loss of life, its name is retired from future use out of respect and to avoid ...

"We are preparing, and I have the State Emergency Response Team preparing, for the largest evacuation that we have seen most likely since 2017 Hurricane Irma," Florida Division of Emergency ...

Hurricane Irma in 2017 wobbled east, which helped keep Tampa Bay from getting a projected storm surge of 12 feet or more. When the storm does reach the coast, the areas south of Milton’s ...

It’s also only the second October Category 5 hurricane in the satellite era since 1966 he said after 2018’s Hurricane Michael. The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has had 13 named storms ...

Satellite imagery showed Helene growing stronger ... The last few storms that size in the Gulf include Hurricane Irma in 2017 and Hurricane Ike in 2008. The outer bands of Helene began lashing ...