There were 347 tropical cyclone forecasts made by the NHC in 2024 and the mean track errors at every forecast interval broke ...

How to understand a hurricane's "cone of uncertainty" People can misread the cone graphic, believing a hurricane’s damaging winds, storm surge and flooding rain will fit neatly inside the ...

Local experts estimate Hurricane Helene’s storm surge carried 50 to 100 gopher tortoises from Egmont Key to Fort DeSoto. Eckerd students are teaming up with the Egmont Key Alliance to see how ...

“A wave hitting a structure in a hurricane is like getting hit with an SUV or something. And it’s happening every few seconds,” Haus said. Storm surge can level coastal buildings and create ...

Storm surge is the leading cause of death in a hurricane, DNR said. South Carolina hurricanes Here are some major hurricanes to hit South Carolina: Aug. 28, 1893: The Sea Islands Hurricane ...

Storm surge is the leading cause of death in a hurricane, DNR said. South Carolina hurricanes Here are some major hurricanes to hit South Carolina: Aug. 28, 1893: The Sea Islands Hurricane ...

News World News Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico’s coast Forecasters predicted up to 20 inches of rain, strong wind, storm surge and possible mudslides.

A man crosses a storm surge flooded area on the coast of Gulfport, Florida, as Hurricane Helene passed through the Gulf of Mexico to the west on Sept. 26, 2024.

Erick — the fifth named storm of the 2025 Eastern Pacific hurricane season — made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in southern Mexico's Oaxaca on Thursday before later being downgraded to a ...

The storm surge figures seem miniscule upon first glance: less than one-millimeter more per year for the eastern Gulf. By contrast, sea level rise in the area is three and a half times that amount.