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An ambitious project to weaken or divert hurricanes generated decades of suspicion and disagreement. What did we learn – and will it ever be revived?
USA TODAY spoke with National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan about what you should do to prepare for hurricane season, which starts June 1.
Whether you have summer travel plans or family and friends in states that experience hurricanes, here's what you should know.
Storm surge is a dome of water that is pushed ashore by the oncoming hurricane’s winds. Storm surge and large battering waves ...
If the system, which was moving at 10 to 15 mph, spends time offshore, it could develop subtropical characteristics, ...
A massive dust cloud from the Sahara Desert has swept through the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean and is now starting to spread across Florida.
When does a tropical depression become a tropical storm? And when does a tropical storm become a hurricane? What's the ...
As hurricane season begins, low pressure over Southeastern states will develop and bring heavy rain, windy beaches and risk ...
Learn how hurricanes are named, see the 2025 storm name list, and discover why some names are retired. Explore the history ...
The dust from Africa spreads across the Atlantic during the early part of each hurricane season. Some of it is now reaching ...
We looked at National Hurricane Center records to see when the first named tropical storm and hurricane has formed over the ...
The low-pressure area the NHC has been monitoring off Florida's eastern coast will bring heavy rain to the Carolinas before ...