Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities miles inland, ...

Hurricane Melissa became a hurricane on Saturday, Oct. 25, surged up into a Category 4 hurricane by Sunday, and by Monday morning strengthened into the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic ...

Editor's Note: Hurricane Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive ...

Catastrophic winds from Hurricane Melissa have started to move onshore in Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday morning, with the storm expected to soon make landfall. "THIS IS ...

Editor's Note: Hurricane Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hurricane Melissa continued to wreak a punishing path of damaging winds and rain across the island ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds. The storm is expected to cause catastrophic damage with life-threatening winds, rain, and storm surge ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalls in the Atlantic Basin since records began 174 years ago, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane made ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. Ricky Boyette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of ...

A forecast shows the water level on Lake Erie will differ by 11.5 feet (355 cm) tonight from the western to eastern shore. NOAA image People living on the east shore of Lake Erie may see the lake's ...

When hurricanes or strong storms sweep up the United States' East Coast and meet the shores of the country's largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay, the familiar pattern of storm activity gets a little more ...