It's a confusing time when a hurricane threatens, and some terms used by officials aren't known by everyone, so here's a ...

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce.

Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida as a Category 2. The storm is bringing the Gulf Coast dangerous winds, flood risks.

But storm surge forecasts at high resolution can be slow. As a coastal engineer, I study how storm surge and waves interact with natural and human-made features on the ocean floor and coast and ways ...

When a hurricane roars toward land, forecasters try to predict how high sea levels will rise to help coastal communities prepare for the worst impacts. But peak storm surge isn't always the biggest ...

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than ...