An Oct. 8 Threads post (direct link, archive link) claims a hurricane reached a new level of intensity as it approached Florida. “Hurricane Milton is now a Category 6,” the post’s text states. There ...

A woman walks through debris after Hurricane Iniki swept through Kapaa, Kauai, in 1992. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber?

A year ago, Hurricane Helene drove its way up from the Gulf of Mexico through Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia, devastating areas that have rarely — if ever — endured so ...

In October 2024, as Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida, a viral rumor claimed it had been renamed to "Hurricane Millicent." According to a set of viral screenshots, the World Meteorological ...

With hurricane season entering its second half, communities along the Atlantic coast are being urged to "prepare now" for an above-average number of storms. NOAA experts also say that the likelihood ...

For people who live in the path of Hurricane Helene, the storm has changed their thinking about being prepared for and living through the next disaster. It's been a year since Hurricane Helene struck ...

So far, five homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks have collapsed due to the surf conditions both Imelda and Hurricane Humberto passed. the U.S. East Coast, officials said Tuesday. As of now, ...

MIAMI — Fifth time's the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped ghost storms going viral on social media, the Atlantic has its first real hurricane of the year: Erin. Erin ...

Former “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Nneka Ihim and her family may be stranded in Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa—which left a trail of destruction through the Caribbean after making ...

This year's hurricane season, which forecasters say is very likely to be above average, could exacerbate the fragility laid bare in the Florida condo market by the turmoil that followed the ...