The storm will remain a Cat. 2 when it makes landfall in western Cuba late tonight and into early Thursday morning. Rafael’s wind speeds are now at 100 mph and moving quickly to the NW at 14 mph.

We get it — the last thing that's on your mind is hurricanes; however, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is rapidly ...

Hurricane Sally, a slow-moving Category 2 hurricane, battered Alabama and Florida coastlines for more than six hours with sustained winds of 105 mph and devastating storm surge. On paper ...

a Category 2 has winds from 96 to 110 miles per hour; a Category 3 has winds from 111 to 129 miles per hour; a Category 4 is 130 to 156 miles per hour and a Category 5 hurricane has winds of 157 ...

The hurricane term generally refers to Category 1 and 2 hurricanes while major hurricanes are Category 3 storms and above. Here is now the National Hurricane Center describes each hurricane category.

Atlantic hurricane season having made its mark as the third-costliest on record featuring multiple Category 5 hurricanes, top ...

Another busy hurricane season could be in store with up to six tropical systems making an impact on the United States, ...

The storm strengthened on Tuesday into a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds on Tuesday, according to CNN. As of Tuesday, evacuation orders had been issued in 22 counties as of Tuesday ...

NC State University predicts that the Atlantic basin, which encompasses the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Gulf and Caribbean, will see 12-15 named storms, putting it just below Colorado State ...

Still, March systems are "quite rare," according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University. Klotzbach said the only tropical cyclone ever recorded over the Atlantic in ...

North Carolina ranked high on the list when it comes to the possibility a hurricane or tropical storm could come within 50 miles.