Hurricanes

Hurricane Laura "continues to rapidly strengthen" over the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical storm Laura is now a hurricane, and it's expected to grow even stronger as it whirls toward Louisiana and Texas.

There's no record of two hurricanes being in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. Next week, that could change.

NOAA experts predict an "extremely active" hurricane season, with as many as 25 named storms.

Tropical storm Isaias strengthened into a category 1 hurricane before hitting North Carolina last night, bringing rapid flooding

Isaias is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic coast

Hanna, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, is walloping southeast Texas and northeast Mexico with heavy rains and dangerous flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Hanna, now packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h), has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, as it treks west toward the coast of Texas

The authors of a new paper studied 4,000 tropical cyclones spanning 39 years, and showed that major hurricanes are coming more frequently as Earth cooks.

Government satellites have spotted the first named storm of the 2020 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, Tropical Storm Arthur, swirling off the coast of North Carolina.