Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans in August 2005. The storm caused enormous damage, displaced thousands of people and inspired a new era of hurricane ...

On October 28 Hurricane Melissa became one of the strongest hurricanes ever known in the Atlantic Ocean. The Category 5 hurricane has winds of 185 miles per hour and a central pressure of 892 ...

Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research. Hurricane science has come far since Katrina. That progress is now at risk In the 20 years ...