Here are the top 5 U.S. states hit with the most hurricanes, based on The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Heavy hitters like Helene and Milton characterized an Atlantic storm season that was especially moist, breeding tornadoes on ...

Emergency workers are still searching for survivors Tuesday after Cyclone Chido slammed into the French territory of Mayotte, ...

Officials fear hundreds of people could be dead as a result of the cyclone, which ravaged France’s poorest department.

Authorities are now battling to prevent hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading across the island. View on euronews ...

"We hope it gets people to stop fixating on less reliable tools like the Saffir-Simpson Scale. There are more accurate ways to convey actual wind impacts in your community and at your home.

Hurricane Categories - Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale The typical maximum wind speed limit for storms in the Pacific is about 322 km/h, while the maximum limit in the Atlantic is about 290 km/h.

Cyclone Chido left the French island of Mayotte devastated, with new images capturing the raw power of the storm as it made landfall.

Also above average was the number of major hurricanes, defined as Category 3 strength or higher on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. There were five of those, compared to the three we’d expect ...

The scientists defined a major typhoon as having the equivalent strength of a Category 3 hurricane or above on the five-step ...