After a merciful lack of hurricanes in the U.S. and an unusually quiet Gulf of Mexico, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season wasn’t too memorable in Louisiana. But the season will be remembered for ...

Back in April, scientists read the tea leaves — or, more accurately, heaps of data — and predicted an above-average hurricane season over the summer and autumn, with nine or 10 named storms, four of ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was described as powerful and unique. Hurricane Melissa acted like a "30-mile wide top-end tornado." New this year was the use of AI in making hurricane forecasts.

For the first time in a decade, the United States has emerged from an Atlantic hurricane season without a single hurricane landfall. Although 2025 delivered a flurry of powerful storms, a combination ...

HEARD THE GUNFIRE. LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE OFFICIAL END OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON FOR 2025. AND IT’S BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET FOR US HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT THERE ARE RUMBLINGS NOW ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

With only two and a half weeks to go until the end of the 2025 hurricane season, chances are improving the last days of the season will count down without another major storm, or even a minor one. "It ...

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica late last month, it instantly became the strongest storm ever to strike the Caribbean island nation. The damage was devastating. According to the U.N., ...