Hurricane Iota made landfall late Monday as a strong Category 4 hurricane with top sustained winds of 155 mph. The power hurricane was downgraded to Category 4 status just moments before landfall after spending most of the day as a Category 5. According to ...

Melissa is likely to become a major hurricane by this weekend, but this isn't unheard of so late in the season.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hurricane Iota has battered Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast and flooded some stretches of neighboring Honduras that were still under water from Hurricane Eta two weeks earlier. The extent of the damage was unclear because much ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tropical Storm Iota formed Friday in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches Central America. This is the 30th named storm in 2020's record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season. The National ...

One recent study of 35 years of tropical cyclones around the world found an increased chance of rapid intensification from 1982 through 2017. One of the authors of the study, James Kossin, said in an American Meteorological Society talk the chance of rapid intensification increased by a factor of 5 in that period.

Lots of factors in play but Tropical Storm Sara is expected to form this week and could become a major hurricane threatening the US next week.

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iota has strengthened into the 13th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and is expected to become a major hurricane as it approaches Central America, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. "Reconnaissance ...