In our latest Beyond the Forecast special, Meteorologists Tony Petrarca and T.J. Del Santo look ahead at what may be in store for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.

These storms have the potential to impact millions of people, NOAA leaders say. "As we witnessed last year with significant ...

NOAA issued their 2025 Atlantic hurricane season outlook and forecasts above-normal activity. They predict 13-19 named storms ...

Atlantic Hurricane Season is underway as of June 1. History says odds are against a Category 5 hurricane hitting Florida.

Its wind speeds have been ranked as high as a Category 5 hurricane. But as the storm weakens slightly to a Category 4 Wednesday morning, forecasters say that ranking doesn't capture the storm's ...

Preparations and evacuations are under way on Florida’s west coast, where Category 5 Hurricane Milton with sustained wind speeds of 258km/h (160mph) is expected to make landfall over the next 24 ...

Hurricane categories are ranked on a scale of 1-5. A hurricane’s category is based on its wind speed. Each category is associated with damage that get progressively worse as the number increases.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a Category 5 storm, the highest possible on the Saffir-Simpson strength scale.

Hurricane Katrina was categorized as a Category 5 hurricane at its peak intensity. However, when it made landfall on August 29, 2005, near New Orleans, Louisiana, it was classified as a Category 3 ...

This year, the 2024 season was expected to be extremely active, and it supplied the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record. Hurricanes often start as tropical waves that combine with ...

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This year, the 2024 season was expected to be extremely active, and it supplied the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record. But how do these hurricanes form, and what do the categories mean?