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.

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.

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

Forecasts for Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville, Panama City, Tallahassee, Macon, Atlanta, Savannah, Charlotte, Asheville and ...

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.

Helene is expected to rapidly intensify into a major and massive hurricane with 115-mph winds by the time it makes landfall ...

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