Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on Thursday. It has since weakened slightly to a Category 3.

Although typically calm right at the center, the strongest of the winds, 39 miles per hour or higher for a tropical storm and 74 m.p.h. or higher for a hurricane, are found closer to the center ...

At 8 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said its sustained winds had hit 180 mph. By barometric pressure — a measure of storm intensity — Milton is already the fourth strongest hurricane on ...

But this wasn't 2024 and the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene, which swamped much of Western North Carolina in late September. This was 1999, and Hurricane Floyd had just devastated much of ...