Five monster storms have slammed into the United States with sustained winds 155 mph or higher. Here's how they rank.

A survivor tells his experience of being jailed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, while officials and experts look at jails and natural disasters today.

Hurricane Wilma tapped into the warm Caribbean waters, and paired with low wind shear in the atmosphere, and the storm underwent a record-setting and staggering period of intensification. The storm's central pressure bottomed out at 26.04 inches of mercury (882 mb), a record that still stands for Atlantic hurricanes 20 years later.

Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of the year, is moving across the Caribbean Sea on approach to Jamaica. The Category 5 storm is set for landfall this morning, with the country's leader sounding the alarm on the damage it will bring.

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina sparked sweeping changes in hurricane forecasting and emergency preparedness. Forecast models, satellite imagery, and real-time data from Hurricane Hunter aircraft have advanced significantly, experts say. Improved high ...

Hurricane Maria in 2017 leads the list of hurricanes that had the highest wind speeds when making landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Twenty years ago this week, back in 2005, Hurricane Wilma was raging across the Caribbean Sea, and bringing devastating impacts to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Afterwards, Wilma would turn northeastward and quickly impact the Florida peninsula later on the 24th of October.

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina changed the Gulf Coast—and the nation—forever, we gather to reflect, reckon, and look forward. “The Lingering Storm: Climate Change, Displacement, and Action” explores how communities such as Houston have not only responded to the challenges of climate change and displacement but also become stronger,