Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions.

The storm stunned many by decimating communities far inland and long after landfall, hitting places rarely impacted by ...

A scene of the wreckage left behind by a hurricane that swept through the Florida Keys in 1935. Bettmann / CORBIS / Bettmann Archive Bryan Norcross remembers the moment well. It was 3:30 a.m. on ...

It is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of East Tennessee, but hurricanes are not unheard of in the region. Within the past 30 years, at least five hurricanes have ...

Hurricane Melissa is expected to crash into Jamaica with a strength reserved for a tiny percentage of Atlantic hurricanes. A hurricane reaching Category 4 or 5 strength is quite a feat in itself. The ...