It made landfall with winds reaching 140 miles per hour, making it a major storm and a Category 4 out of 5 on the ...

We need a new hurricane rating scale. What worked in 1971 won’t work in 2024. The Saffir-Simpson scale quantifies the impact of high winds on coastal communities. Category 1-5 storms are ranked based ...

An atmospheric scientist and weathercaster explains why his warnings about Hurricane Helene were not universally ...

On the evening of September 30th, the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration issued an alert regarding the ...

Helene is the eighth Category 4 or 5 Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the US in the last eight years. That’s as many of ...

Atmospheric rivers are often described as “rivers in the sky”; they’re narrow, flowing columns of condensed water vapor up in the atmosphere that can stretch over 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) long.

The frightful images from Helene were sadly familiar. Mobile homes pushed around and flooded out in Florida. Cars submerged ...

Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds ...

Georgia's own Waffle House, a diner-style restaurant known for its 24-hour service, uses an index that many others turn to ...

NOAA announced Friday it awarded a contract to Georgia-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for two specialized C-130J Hercules ...

And in the case of Hurricane Helene, experts were predicting that the storm surge would be devastating in the coastal areas ...

Climate change is making hurricanes like Hurricane Helene more intense, scientific research shows. Helene has unleashed high ...