From El Niño forecasts to Hurricane Wilma’s record power, here’s how Atlantic storms are born, how they’re ranked and where they light up surf coasts.

El Niño has been hitting the snooze button on Atlantic hurricane season for weeks, but now it’s been shaken out of its slumber.

A tropical system that could eventually become Hurricane Bertha isn't expected to make a direct impact on Georgia right now, but forecasters are keeping a close eye on a developing area of low pressure off the Southeast coast. The National Hurricane Center ...

As the Atlantic enters peak hurricane season, more tropical activity could develop into storms. Will any reach South Carolina?

Tropical Storm Cristobal, which formed Wednesday, is no more. But the National Hurricane Center says the next named storm of the season could step up to replace it soon. As of Thursday mid-morning, Cristobal weakened down to a remnant low in the colder ...

A tropical depression is expected to form over the central Atlantic later this week, according to forecasters with the National Hurricane Center.

ATLANTA — When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know, and it's important to understand what the ratings really mean. Hurricanes are ranked on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which classifies storms ...

The Atlantic hurricane basin is finally awakening from its slumber. The Hurricane Center is watching 3 areas. What are the chances any of them develop?

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be quieter than usual, according to the US science agency NOAA. It has forecast between three and six hurricanes between June and November - compared with the average of seven. Meanwhile the hurricane ...

Forecasters are tracking an 80 percent chance that a tropical wave in the central Atlantic develops into at least a tropical depression by later this week, as it moves toward the northeastern Caribbean.