The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while a developing El Niño might result in a tamer season than in the past few years, all it takes is one big storm hitting a populated area to make it a bad hurricane season.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa was an eye-popping storm, smashing historical records - and the western end of Jamaica - last week. A rapid fire series of new scientific studies also suggest that climate change helped the fearsome storm become such a monster.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Hurricane Melissa has often been described as a “monster hurricane.” In terms of intensity, that characterization is certainly accurate. However, when discussing a storm’s magnitude, it is important to distinguish between ...

MIAMI (AP) — People in the Azores archipelago were advised Monday to monitor the progress of Hurricane Gabrielle which is now a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. Gabrielle had maximum sustained winds of 140 ...

Located in a landlocked town about 5,000 feet above sea level and an hour's drive from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado State University is often subject to freezing temperatures and snowy winters. But it's certainly never taken a direct ...