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Hurricane Lee's ‘hyper-intensification' in Atlantic is rewriting rules for powerful storms
Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology. It left meteorologists astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.
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President Biden declares 3 Georgia counties eligible for disaster aid after Hurricane Idalia
President Joe Biden is approving a disaster declaration for three Georgia counties following Hurricane Idalia’s sprint across the state.
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Hurricane Lee rapidly strengthens to a Category 5 storm
Hurricane Lee rapidly strengthened to a Category 5 storm Thursday night, with wind speeds doubling in less than 36 hours.
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Florida's Horseshoe Beach hopes to maintain its charm after being walloped by Idalia
A remote seaside enclave known as “Florida’s Last Frontier” took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck the state’s west coast as a Category 3 storm last week.
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‘Heartbreaking damage': Residents find homes gone, towns devastated in Idalia's path
Florida residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction on Friday were still picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over ripped-apart roofs and gingerly navigating streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees and dangerous electric wires.
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Residents pick through rubble, navigate clogged roads and live without power after Hurricane Idalia
Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction on Thursday picked through piles of rubble where homes once stood, threw tarps over ripped-apart roofs and gingerly navigated streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees and dangerous electric wires.
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Idalia's life-threatening storm surge arrives in Florida
Hurricane Idalia hit Florida early Wednesday as a major Category 3 storm.
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Hurricane Idalia weakens to a tropical storm as it barrels into Georgia and South Carolina
The system remained a hurricane as it crossed into Georgia with top winds of 90 mph after drenching Florida mostly to the east of Tallahassee
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North Texans among mass relief effort stationed ahead of Idalia's arrival
As Idalia bears down on Florida’s northwest coast, its windspeeds intensified to more than 100 miles an hour.
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Texas sends resources to Florida ahead of Hurricane Idalia
On Tuesday morning, Governor Greg Abbott deployed response resources to Florida’s Gulf coast as Hurricane Idalia continued to intensify.
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Why do ‘I' named storms seem like the most dangerous and damaging? A meteorologist explains
The basic principle to assess a name’s retirement is if the storm was “so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity.”
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What to know about Disney World's hurricane policy as Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida
Walt Disney World Resort released a statement Monday night on its weather updates page, which includes the latest resort information in the event of a tropical storm, hurricane or other severe weather.
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Hurricane Idalia forecast to be ‘extremely dangerous' Category 4 at landfall
Idalia continued to strengthen Tuesday as it intensified on a path toward Florida’s Gulf coast, with forecasters warning of an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hurricane-force winds in the state.
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North Texas helpers gear up to assist in Florida as Tropical Storm Idalia nears landfall
Tropical Storm Idalia has already brought damage and flooding to Cuba, and it is expected to become a hurricane as it barrels toward Florida.
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Texas Baptist Men gear up to assist as Idalia barrels toward Florida
Tropical Storm Idalia has already brought damage and flooding to Cuba, and it is expected to become a hurricane as it barrels toward Florida.
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Hurricanes Idalia and Franklin set to disrupt travel plans ahead of Labor Day weekend
Labor Day travelers, beware: Hurricanes Idalia and Franklin could make traveling this weekend more complicated, and more expensive.
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Tropical storm Idalia expected to become a major hurricane before hitting Florida, forecasters say
Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit within days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges.
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Publix stops selling hurricane cakes, saying it will not ‘make light of a natural disaster'
Hurricane-themed cakes have been a popular way to make light of the serious weather threats we face each year — but Publix says the trend has come to an end.
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Depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes: What to know about these powerful weather systems
Depressions, storms and hurricanes are all types of tropical cyclones, with a few major differences. Here’s what you need to know.
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Hurricane Hilary weakens to Category 1 as Mexico and California brace for ‘catastrophic' impact
Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja California on Saturday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States