Names for tropical cyclones are maintained and updated by the World Meteorological Organization. Names are retired if they are so deadly and costly reusing the name could be considered insensitive.

Imelda is the name that's up in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and so far this century, storms beginning with "I" have often been the most damaging. Eleven "I" hurricanes retired: In the past 24 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hurricane Humberto intensified to a Category 5 storm, creating life-threatening conditions across the Caribbean ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Heather Anne Boles and Donna Fagersten were best friends and lived near each other on Indian Rocks Beach for years. Boles says she’s lived on the Pinellas Beaches for ...

The strongest hurricanes in Atlantic Basin history span the gamut from the Great Depression to present day. Improvements in technology, including satellites and Hurricane Hunter aircraft instruments, ...

Florida is three months into the Atlantic hurricane season and so far, it's been spared one making landfall. But the state isn't in the clear yet just yet. With about two months left to go of ...

A federal judge in Puerto Rico has tossed out a climate lawsuit against a slate of oil and gas majors, ending a challenge brought by nearly 80 municipalities five years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sept. 10 is considered the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. It is also a notable date for Floridians: eight years ago, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the ...

You wouldn’t know it by the rather tranquil Atlantic waters, but it’s “peak week,” the height of the tropical storm and hurricane season. No storms have surfaced this week. What was known as Invest ...

Eight years ago, Hurricane Irma tore through Southwest Florida, leaving flooding, wind damage, and weeks of cleanup. In Lehigh Acres, roads like Buckingham were underwater, and families were forced to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Wednesday is the statistical peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season, which also happens to mark eight years since Hurricane Irma devastated in the Florida Keys. The season begins in June ...