It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

Expect an above-average hurricane season, forecasters say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hurricane season in the Atlantic ...

Tropical Storm Francine formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and could be a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds as it approaches landfall along the Louisiana coast on Wednesday afternoon.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Each year, the Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. This year is expected to be very active, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A week ago, forecasters were discussing a significant lull at the height of what was supposed to be a very active hurricane season. On Wednesday, with Francine barreling toward the Gulf Coast ...

It’s early September – what should be the busiest stretch of hurricane season. Forecasters predicted this one was going to be bad: storm after storm, the most bullish forecasts on record.

Fallen trees, debris, and downed power lines are littered across parts of the capital region after Hurricane Francine moved through the area on Wednesday night, Sept. 11. Deputies had to rescue 26 ...

Francine—the first hurricane to form in four weeks—is expected to make landfall Wednesday along the Louisiana coast, bringing up to a foot of rainfall, damaging winds and a storm surge ...

By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Adeel Hassan The second week of September is considered by meteorologists to be the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June to November. Experts ...

Farther out at sea, Gordon strengthened a bit this morning as a tropical depression but could drop down to post-tropical remnant at any time, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest ...

As Hurricane Francine approaches the Gulf Coast, its powerful winds are about to start lashing against Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Category 1 hurricane, which upgraded from a tropical ...

All six named storms that formed this hurricane season have made landfall somewhere, including Francine, which crashed into Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday evening. The next ...