The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

When does a tropical depression become a tropical storm? And when does a tropical storm become a hurricane? What's the ...

Hurricane Sally in 2020 caused more than than $300 million in damage in Escambia County alone, with Pensacola’s Wayside Park still needing repair.

Tropical systems are categorized by wind speed, but experts say there's much more to the story when it comes to storm impacts ...

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

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Sunday marks the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30. Click here to download the free Live 5 First Alert Weather app so you can ...

Atlantic hurricane season has officially kicked off, and early forecasts indicate that disaster preparations should be made ...

Yonder examined how increasingly frequent and intense weather disasters impact pregnant people, mothers, and young families ...

While they may not reach us much up here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, hurricanes and tropical cyclones impact hundreds of millions ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to rank hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds. While the category ...

A look back at some of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana.