Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions.

Winds gusted well over 60 mph across the state and reached up to 85 mph.

Hurricane Milton is barreling toward Florida, where it is projected to make landfall Wednesday night. The storm has been downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane, but the National Hurricane Center (NHC) ...

El Niño is typically associated with a less active hurricane season but damaging storms do hit regardless of its ...

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Over the past five years, the U.S. has experienced an ...

Houston's windiest season begins well before hurricane season. Here's why March is so windy, how strong gusts can get and ...

The storm stunned many by decimating communities far inland and long after landfall, hitting places rarely impacted by ...

Hurricane Wind Damage Home insurance policies in areas prone to destructive hurricanes, such as parts of Florida and Texas, may exclude windstorm damage or have a windstorm deductible, which is higher ...

Hurricanes are expected to threaten more than 32 million homes across the coastal United States this year. A report released Wednesday from real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said the homes – ...

The National Weather Service said that the blizzard has reached Category 1 hurricane strength in much of southeastern Massachusetts. The strongest gust so far was an 83-mph wind recorded off of ...

According to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a category 1 hurricane (the lowest on the scale) has sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour. That’s enough to damage your roof, shingles, ...