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Debris from homes flooded in Hurricane Helene is piled curbside as Hurricane Milton approaches on Tuesday in Port Richey, Florida The US state of Florida is preparing for a second ferocious storm in as many weeks, as category four hurricane Milton is due to make landfall on Wednesday Winds of...

Floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday Sept 27, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/sep/27/hurricane-helene-storm-path-updates-us-weather-florida-georgia So far at least 30 people have been killed by the storm, which made landfall at about...

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to a Category 5 status as it crosses islands in the south-eastern Caribbean. In a post on X, the National Hurricane Center said “Beryl Becomes a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane In the Eastern Caribbean. Expected to bring life-threatening winds and...

Hurricane Otis knocked out all communications and unleashed a “nightmare scenario” in Acapulco in southern Mexico in Wednesday morning after the storm rapidly intensified into a Category 5 just before landfall and gave officials and residents little time to prepare. Otis strengthened from a...

Good evening. Hurricane Idalia continues to strengthen as it tracks toward the Florida coastline. The intensifying Category 1 hurricane now has sustained winds of 90 mph with higher gusts, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. Category 2 hurricanes have winds from...

Good afternoon. We are begining to track Hurricane Hilary - an active tropical cyclone in the Eastern Pacific Ocean which is currently threatening the Baja California peninsula and the Southwestern United States with catastrophic flooding and possibly direct hit on Los Angeles ot just east of...

A satellite image showing Hurricane Ian just after it reached Category 2 force on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. The storm underwent rapid intensification Sunday into Monday. Hurricane Ian keeps getting stronger as it barrels toward Florida, prompting urgent evacuations and threatening dangerous...

Some residents in Port aux Basques have been forced to flee and some have lost their homes. State of emergency has been declared. Towns in Cape Breton and on Newfoundland’s southern coast declared states of emergency on Saturday as post-tropical storm Fiona — one of the strongest storms to ever...

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the US state of Louisiana as Hurricane Ida closes in from the Gulf of Mexico. Ida is now a category four hurricane, one below the highest level, with up to 140mph (225km/h) sustained winds. It is expected to make landfall on Sunday evening, bringing a...

A State of Emergency has been declared for 24 counties in New York State as Hurricane Henri threatens to make landfall on Long Island Sunday morning, Aug. 22. The storm, which is expected to be near hurricane strength when it makes landfall, is forecast to affect coastal areas with dangerous...

After last year's record-breaking hurricane season, forecasters are expecting another overactive season. Colorado State University (CSU) released its 2021 Atlantic hurricane season forecast on Thursday morning and is predicting another above-average season this year. CSU is calling for 17 named...

Flood waters from Hurricane Delta in October surround buildings that were destroyed by Hurricane Laura in August in Creole, Louisiana. The annual record for the number of major storms forming in the Atlantic has been shattered, with Subtropical Storm Theta becoming the 29th named event in a...

Rescue working in a flooded area due to Hurricane Eta, in Tela, Honduras, on Monday. Eta, a powerful Category 4 hurricane, continued to gain strength as it neared the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, where it was expected to make landfall early Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said...

Hurricane Laura, still a high-end Category 4 storm, has made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana. There are already "catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding" taking place in some portions of the state, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane is now about 30...

A cyclone bringing winds of 135mph (215km/h) has arrived in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Cyclone Harold is a category five storm - the most severe - and has already killed 27 people in the neighbouring Solomon Islands. The victims were swept off a ferry that defied cyclone warnings...

Hurricane Dorian is strengthening and is now a Category 3 system. Further significant intensification is expected and it will likely track across the Bahamas and parts of Florida as a potentially devastating hurricane. <center> </center>Hurricane Dorian has, after a short pause, resumed...

Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu as seen by Himawari-8 satellite on October 24 at 8:00 UTC. When all the hurricanes and tropical storms that have formed in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans this year are added together, the 2018 hurricane season is the most active season ever recorded...

Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team check cars in a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, North Carolina The National Weather Service has declared a flash-flood emergency for...

Super Typhoon Maria now ranks among the fastest tropical storm to Category 5 intensification rates on record for a storm in the western Pacific Ocean. This storm has already placed itself in rare meteorological company. Last year, Hurricane Maria devastated parts of the Caribbean and Puerto...

People walk through floodwater near Interstate 10 in Houston on Aug. 27 in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria combined with devastating Western wildfires and other natural catastrophes to make 2017 the most expensive year on record for disasters in the United...