Hurricanes
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![Tropical Storm Theta](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UUaew2jtr9ysL7EeZgHUuC-320-80.jpg)
2020 Atlantic hurricane season shatters record
By Rafi Letzter published
Tropical storm Theta cements the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season's status as a record-breaker. And there's still time to run up the score.
![Satellite imagery shows Hurricane Zeta approaching Louisiana.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RkwC6YH4PDcQhLytSPwTgW-320-80.jpg)
How Hurricane Zeta rapidly strengthened before slamming New Orleans
By Rafi Letzter published
Zeta was a weakened tropical storm just yesterday. Now it threatens a huge swath of the United States.
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Major Hurricane Delta set to batter Louisiana, where many are still homeless after Laura
By Rafi Letzter published
Delta will landfall just miles from the still-devastated Lousiana area where Laura hit in August, continuing a devastating hurricane season.
![Hurricane Delta](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nAFPHEtfz6eCLUkDaGzCfj-320-80.jpg)
Louisiana braces for its 3rd dangerous hurricane in only 6 weeks
By Rafi Letzter published
People in Louisiana are still living in tents after Hurricane Laura made landfall in August.
![Infrared satellite imagery of Hurricane Dorian as it made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane over three islands in the Bahamas on the morning of Sep. 2, 2019.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wRaqxVSrtnajEKmaT7Z6ud-320-80.jpg)
Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones: Earth's tropical windstorms
By Tiffany Means published
Hurricanes and typhoons — or more broadly, tropical cyclones — begin as clusters of thunderstorms over tropical ocean waters, taking anywhere from several hours to days to become organized.
![Post tropical storm Paulette captured on Sept. 23. after it returned from the dead.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AeQK47NY6QuCeKHC8rrzZM-320-80.gif)
Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead.
![Tropical Storm Beta nears the Texas coast on Sept. 21.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xniVuuv3DB3ekSKYC4D9gd-320-80.gif)
Hurricane season is so active in 2020, we ran out of names
By Mindy Weisberger published
With the formation of Tropical Storm Wilfred on Sept. 18, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season reached the end of its storm names list and will now "go Greek."
![Wildfire smoke from California charges across the country, meeting hurricanes along the way.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YTNv8o5PixqzaaJMLY6o38-320-80.jpg)
Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image
By Brandon Specktor published
An epic series of satellite images shows smokes from the California wildfires clashing with hurricanes in the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast.
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