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 ...

There have been some truly devastating hurricanes over the years. These, however, were the most damaging hurricanes of all time.

Storms are the engines that create swell. When a powerful low-pressure system starts spinning off the coastline of any part ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph -- the most powerful hurricane to strike the Caribbean island nation ...

September is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. This is because wind shear, the change of speed and/or direction of the wind with height, is weaker, and the ocean waters are extremely warm.