Trees, especially if they are unhealthy, can cause a lot of damage during a hurricane — or even a strong summer thunderstorm.

The National Hurricane Center is now tracking four tropical waves with the development of a new one in the Caribbean.

As major home insurers flee storm-ravaged markets, Demotech’s ratings enable smaller ones to step in. A string of failures ...

The hurricane center warned of life-threatening storm surge along the Louisiana coast, prompting evacuation orders. "Damaging and life-threatening hurricane-force winds are expected in portions of ...

Francine made landfall early Wednesday evening in Louisiana at a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday afternoon before quickly weakening to a tropical storm. Francine, which developed in the Gulf of ...

Hurricane season stretches six months from June through November, but there is a distinct peak in activity that ramps up ...

The National Hurricane Center warned that there is a danger of both a “life-threatening” storm surge and damaging hurricane-force winds for the Louisiana coast. The surge — or rise in ocean ...

Ida is forecast to reach major hurricane status and close in on the Louisiana coastline Sunday morning, before making landfall between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. By early Monday morning, Ida will rapidly ...

The five-part documentary premiering Sunday on National Geographic is at once highly compelling and difficult to watch, ...

That's the latest a hurricane has made landfall in Louisiana. On Nov. 11, 2009, the first Hurricane Ida skirted Louisiana before making landfall near Mobile, Ala., as tropical depression.

MORGAN CITY, La. — Hurricane Francine struck Louisiana on Wednesday evening as a Category 2 storm that forecasters warned could bring deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive ...