It keeps that name if it becomes a hurricane (sustained winds at 74 m.p.h. or greater) or if it dissipates. Some storms form and get a name but never approach land before weakening.

One of the three systems found in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean upgraded to a hurricane Saturday afternoon. The storm, now named Beryl, is forecast to bring life-threatening winds and ...

No major hurricane on record had struck before August on the Pacific coast of Mexico until Erick did so on this mid-June Thursday as a category 3, after peaking as a 145 mile-per-hour (mph ...

The 2025 hurricane season has had an unusually quiet start, with no storms so far. Stable air from ocean temperature patterns and Saharan dust are likely causes. Despite this, forecasts still call ...

In the proposed Action Plan for Disaster Recovery, the City of Houston plans to use half of the $314.6M provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on addressing infrastructure needs.

Forecasters from the National Weather Service predict another above-average hurricane season for 2025. Predictions are for 13 to 19 named storms, meaning winds of more than 38 miles an hour. The ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming an asset in hurricane forecasting. In 2024, an AI-based model created by Google correctly predicted Hurricane Beryl would make landfall in Texas while a top ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming an asset in hurricane forecasting. In 2024, an AI-based model created by Google correctly predicted Hurricane Beryl would make landfall in Texas while a top ...

Last year’s hurricane season was the third costliest on record, with Hurricane Beryl causing an estimated $1.5 billion in damages and 18 deaths as it barreled across the Caribbean.

As you might imagine, Beryl, Helene, and Milton were retired after the last hurricane season. Beryl, Helene and Milton are names that will never be used in a forecast.

Hurricane Beryl from 2024 is a good example of why the cone should be taken as guidance rather than gospel. In the 48 hours before some of Beryl’s strongest winds smashed into central Houston as the ...