If correct, Tanya, might — just might — make the cut. In recent years, hurricanes have become increasingly destructive and common, climate scientists have said.

The large majority of those deaths were in Puerto Rico from 2017's Hurricane Maria (2,981), though two recent hurricanes - Helene (219 killed) and Ian (152 killed) - also claimed over 100 lives each.

The National Hurricane Center on Saturday increased the odds a new tropical wave that has ventured into the Atlantic will ...

And the most recent, Hurricane Michael in 2018 Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 10, 2018, as a Category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 161 mph.