A study comparing evacuation patterns in response to two 2024 hurricanes, Milton and Helene, found that people in coastal areas with frequent hurricane exposure were much more likely to travel out of ...

Forecasters are monitoring Hurricane Imelda, which was a tropical storm and then became a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday morning, Sept. 30, according to the National Hurricane Center. According to a ...

Hurricane Gabrielle continues to pick up strength in the Atlantic and move away from the U.S. towards Portugal and Spain. The hurricane, now a Category 3, is expected to reach the Azores, an ...

Much of the area has come back after last hurricane season, but hard-hit spots are still picking up the pieces. Here are the latest evacuation maps (interactive and printable), shelter locations and ...

As the Atlantic Basin primes itself to stir up the storms this month, local emergency managers advise people to familiarize themselves with their evacuation zones well before a storm starts bearing ...

Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer ...

Wind alone does not account for all hurricane-related fatalities. Storm surge and rainfall do as well. Yet the current warning system—the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale—measures a storm's ...

HOUSTON — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Rita triggered the largest and deadliest evacuation in U.S. history. More than 3.7 million people fled Houston and southeast Texas as the storm approached, ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Twenty years ago tonight, Hurricane Rita struck Southeast Texas with devastating force, but for many residents, memories center on the chaotic mass evacuation that preceded the storm ...

NOAA says the best time to prepare for oncoming storms is now – well before the official start of Hurricane season.