With the tropics likely ramping up through August, Meteorologist Ryan Dugger reviews the Saffir-Simpson Scale and the wind speeds of each hurricane category.

A tropical rainstorm that has formed near the Cabo Verde Islands is being monitored by AccuWeather hurricane experts, who are ...

Tropical Storm Erin formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning and is forecast to strengthen, likely becoming the Atlantic season's first major hurricane. The National Hurricane Center ...

Erin was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean Monday morning Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its ...

Meteorologist Zack Webster breaks down the number of hurricanes that have developed in the Atlantic over the last ten years, ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says atmospheric and oceanic conditions are continuing to favor ...

But the season is still expected to be above normal. An average Atlantic hurricane season generates 14 named storms. NOAA ...

In May, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but so far it’s been pretty tame. However, that could end very soon. And people had ...

Three of those, on average, become major hurricanes, meaning a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained wind speeds of at least 111 miles per hour.

Authorities say the groups flooded Montgomery County and surrounding areas with cocaine and crack cocaine.