Volusia County has been hit by many deadly hurricanes over the years, but never a hit from a Category 5 monster. What would ...

“Milton is a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson ... The NHC also has its eyes on a tropical wave expected to move off the west coast of Africa in the next ...

UVA environmental scientist Kevin Grise discusses regional impacts of climate change and the fastest-warming areas.

The heat waves are characterized by an ocean area ... It leaped from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 24 hours. Across all the tropical systems that the Times analyzed, the ...

Again, Milton’s rapid intensification into a Category 5 hurricane was surprising but ... U.S. cities soaring above 110°F. But the heat wave lasted days and months for several cities straining ...

Jan–Nov 2024 was the warmest such period on record—2.30°F (1.28°C) above the 20th-century average. According to the #NCEI ...

To answer these fundamental questions, they turn to data from places like University of Miami's Sustain Laboratory, where a $15 million machine can mimic the conditions of a Category 5 hurricane.

All of this continued an unprecedented wave of natural disasters that featured Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022, the third costliest storm in U.S. history. Ian was just short of a Category 5 storm.

There were several impactful nor’westers, two tropical weather systems that brought torrential rain and a direct hit from a ...