With thousands of miles of ocean water above the 80-degree Fahrenheit temperature needed to fuel hurricanes, Cape Verde storms are some of the most dangerous that threaten North America. About 85% of ...

Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and raising the risk of life-threatening ...

The eye of Hurricane Erin was located 365 miles SE of Hatteras, N.C., at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds have ...

Erin was a Category 1 hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean Friday morning Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said ...

Hurricane Erin on Thursday began to move away from the U.S. East Coast while the National Hurricane Center tracked three more Atlantic systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next … ...

Hurricane Erin is not only getting bigger, but beginning to cause trouble for parts of the U.S. East Coast. It's one of ...

Erin became a Category 5 hurricane Saturday morning in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean but has now weakened to a Category 2.

A hurricane's category only measures wind speed, not how far those winds extend from the center. The size of a storm's wind field is crucial for predicting storm surge and overall reach.

On Thursday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina and pushing storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Three other systems may form right behind.

A few Jersey Shore communities have banned swimming at their beaches on Monday due to dangerous surf conditions caused by Hurricane Erin and strong winds blowing in off the ocean, authorities said.