In late October 2023, Hurricane Otis unleashed devastation on Acapulco, Mexico, making landfall on October 25 as a Category 5 ...

Category 5: 157 mph or higher Catastrophic damage will occur: A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse.

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross joins Weather Command to look back at Hurricane Andrew. It was one for the record books, devastating South Florida as a Category 5 hurricane.

Hurricane Dorian strengthened into a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sept. 1, 2019, packing 160 mph winds as it was about to slam into the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.

The only Category 5 hurricane not to get its name retired: Emily of 2005 There have been 23 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since we began naming hurricanes in 1950. Only two of those mighty ...

Texans could see earlier storm warnings, a tighter "cone of uncertainty," and better risk mapping in the 2025 hurricane season, NHC says.

On July 16, 2005, 20 years ago this evening, Hurricane Emily strengthened to Cat 5 intensity with peak winds of 160 mph as it was southwest of Jamaica in the western Caribbean Sea.