A panel discussion at an Alabama university covered the lessons of Katrina, the importance of communicators -- and a wave of new jobs for meteorologists.

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

In August 2005, a Category 3 hurricane hit the Gulf coast, with winds raging between 120 and 140 mph. Despite a mandatory evacuation order, tens of thousands of residents remained, either unable or ...

My worry for the 2025 hurricane season was what I labeled early-on as an “incendiary” mix of more frequent and extreme weather events with a degraded ability to save life and property. With the end of ...

The Atlantic hurricane season is drawing to a close, and with the tropics quieting down for a winter slumber, the focus of forecasters turns to evaluating what worked and what did not during the ...

The National Hurricane Center is watching a tropical wave in the Caribbean. If a storm were to develop, where is it most likely to go? Will cool weather continue in Florida? What to expect this week.

Hurricane Melissa caused widespread damage and deaths across the Caribbean. The storm has since dissipated and is no longer being tracked by the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters are not ...

On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 superstorm with sustained winds of 185 mph, bore down on Jamaica, threatening the island's 2.8 million residents with what officials called ...

Hurricane Melissa's reign of terror over the Caribbean appears to be coming to an end. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory on Oct. 31 Melissa ...