Helene reached hurricane status Wednesday and was forecast to grow more powerful and dangerous before making landfall late Thursday on Florida's Gulf Coast as a devastating, Category 3 hurricane.

The first thing that differentiates a hurricane from a normal area of low pressure is a specific list of ingredients. Hurricanes form almost exclusively over oceans as opposed to other storm systems.

Thousands of residents on Wednesday began evacuating parts of coastal Florida as the US state braces for Hurricane Helene, ...

Thousands of Florida residents have been forced to evacuate as the state and the Southeast prepare for an exceptionally massive storm.

The storm is forecast to be “near hurricane strength” when it passes near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula early Wednesday, the US ...

Warming oceans are fueling stronger tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones are the most costly weather disasters in the U.S.

A shallow coastal shelf makes cities along the Gulf of Mexico more vulnerable to storm surges during hurricanes.

John’s abrupt, unpredicted rapid intensification from a tropical storm to major hurricane was eerily reminiscent of Hurricane ...

Heavy rainfall also is forecast for the southeast U.S. starting on Wednesday, threatening flash and river flooding, according ...

Instruments in space have studied the planet's atmosphere and surface, and are now being joined by powerful new ones, finds ...

"This has the potential to rapidly intensify into a powerful hurricane," said AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist ... The Atlantic basin includes the northern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of ...