The history of naming hurricanes spans decades and is expansive in nature. There is quite a bit of criteria when it comes to naming hurricanes, as these storms, should they be devastating, will be ...

Hurricane season starts on June 1 and runs through November 30. The odds that a major hurricane develops outside that window ...

In the 1950s, storm names were named all female names. In the 1940s the weather agency proposed using the military phonetic ...

Katrina, Sandy, Andrew — some names are inextricably linked with some of the most devastating hurricanes in recent U.S. history. But how do hurricanes and other tropical storms get their names? First, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1, but history shows tropical systems can and do develop before the calendar reaches the start of the season. Over the past ...

A scene of the wreckage left behind by a hurricane that swept through the Florida Keys in 1935. Bettmann / CORBIS / Bettmann Archive Bryan Norcross remembers the moment well. It was 3:30 a.m. on ...

Hurricane Melissa is expected to crash into Jamaica with a strength reserved for a tiny percentage of Atlantic hurricanes. A hurricane reaching Category 4 or 5 strength is quite a feat in itself. The ...