Ropical Storms News Today

Historically storms can develop before June 1.

The National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory of the year on Wednesday, a month before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Weather forecasters at the University of Pennsylvania predicted a record hurricane season for 2024 on Thursday, a “hyperactive” season that could threaten the Gulf Coast. The Penn forecast predicts between 27 and 39 named tropical storms, with the best estimate at 33 storms — the most of any forecast in the 15-year history of the…

Drivers in Biloxi and Gulfport will need to be cautious around workers as roads are closed to complete the years-long project.

The Florida Panhandle, South Florida, and the Texas coast are also in the path of direct impact.

NASA has recently captured a rare tropical storm swirling in the South Atlantic Ocean. NASA's attention has recently been drawn to an unusual event unfolding off the coast of Brazil—a rare tropical storm swirling in the South Atlantic Ocean, a region where such phenomena are infrequent.

While the Atlantic hurricane season does not officially start until June 1, there are already "serious and growing concerns" about the impending season, AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter said. There are two key factors that have AccuWeather forecasters sounding the early warning of a potentially super-charged season: The return of La Niña and historically warm water across the Atlantic Ocean. "The current El Niño pattern that is in place is forecast to tran...

Study finds climate crisis driving risk of storms that defy our current scale

The new, more colorful map is part of a multiyear effort from the National Hurricane Center to better communicate with the public.

Currently the Saffir-Simpson scale stops at Category 5, which are storms with winds of 157 mph or greater.