Of the strongest hurricanes to occur in the 20th or 21st ... Hurricanes are named by the World Meteorological Organization.

Hurricane Milton is one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Basin. The storm became a category 5 hurricane on Monday afternoon, and is still a category 5 as of Tuesday afternoon.

Here's what NOAA says. Strongest hurricanes to make landfall in continental U.S. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines ...

After reaching peak intensity with wind speeds of 180 m.p.h. (285 km/h) on Monday night, Milton became the strongest ... World Magazine. Of the 11 previous closures, nine were due to hurricanes ...

Deaths, power outages, and billions in destruction; the damage of Hurricane Milton is still unfolding, but is it one of the worst this century? Alicja Hagopian and Julia Musto report ...

Here are some basic facts to know about hurricanes. Hurricanes form over the ocean and typically start as a tropical wave. The weather system moves across the tropics. Warm ocean air will rise ...

Here's what NOAA says. Strongest hurricanes to make landfall in continental U.S. 1. Unnamed -- Sept. 2, 1935: This one came before hurricanes were even given names, but it's referred to as the ...