National Hurricane Center News
Idalia Threatens Florida’s Gulf Coast With Storm Surges
Hurricane Idalia was strengthening on Tuesday as it lumbered toward Florida's Gulf Coast, where officials ordered evacuations and urged millions of residents to brace for a possible major Category 3 ...
New NOAA Hurricane Model Launched
A new hurricane model released last month by NOAA's National Hurricane Center, a division of the National Weather Service, has proved better at predicting rapid intensification. The Hurricane ...
Hurricane Ophelia Would Tie a 124-Year ‘Gee-Whiz’ Record
Tropical Storm Ophelia won't come anywhere near U.S. shores, but when it strengthens to a hurricane sometime Thursday, it will achieve another distinction. Ophelia will be the 10th straight Atlantic ...
Mexico Cat Bond Likely to Pay on Hurricane Patricia Losses: S&P
Bonds sold by Mexico to shield it from the cost of repairing hurricane damage are closer to paying out after the biggest storm ever measured in the Americas struck the country last month, Standard ...
New Online Tool Helps Predicts Risk For Deadly Coastal Hurricanes
When a hurricane comes ashore, there are so many dangers: tree-snapping winds, torrential downpours and even tornadoes spawned by the tempest itself. But it's the wall of water that tropical systems ...
National Hurricane Center Focuses on Improving Long Term Forecasts
Advancements in weather prediction tools have allowed the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to introduce two new products, a storm surge flood prediction map and a five day tropical weather graphical ...
Forecasters to Issue Special Maps, Warnings on Storm Surge
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center hope new color-coded maps they're trying out this year will simplify two important points about storm surge for coastal residents: how far from the beach ...
Weak 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Draws to Close
The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season has delivered the fewest hurricanes since 1982, U.S. forecasters said Monday, despite their predictions in May that it would be a busier than normal year. ...