The storm rapidly picked up major hurricane status early Monday morning, with additional strengthening that led to a Category 5 upgrade by 12 p.m. A landfall along Florida's west coast is likely ...

Hurricane Milton surged Monday into a monster Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds in the Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane ahead of landfall on Florida’s Gulf ...

The widespread loss of inventory will impact customers. "Plants could be in low supply," he said. "There's going to be some supply-chain issues." ...

Egg prices are (still) up. Here are 5 easy substitutes. Florida's storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against a Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted to pick up debris left over from Helene ...

it is considered a major hurricane. Category 3 hurricanes start with maximum sustained winds of 111 mph (180 kph). How serious is a Category 5 hurricane? Catastrophic. A Category 5 hurricane ...

A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher based on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane Intensity and, according to previous USA TODAY reporting, only four Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall ...

NOAA's Hurricane Charley page. Hurricane Andrew was one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in the US. It was a Category 5 hurricane when it hit Dade County, Florida in August 1992.

A 23-year-old Florida man is facing a felony aggravated animal cruelty charge in a case that drew the attention of Gov. Ron ...

Thieves attempt a major heist against the US Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its mint facilities in this action thriller starring Toby Kebbell ...

Streetleaf’s solar streetlights can withstand Category 5 hurricanes, and it aims to deploy them across Florida to boost storm resilience.

Of those, 8 to 13 should become hurricanes, with winds of at least 74 mph, and 4 to 7 major Category 3 to 5 hurricanes, with winds blasting away at minimums of 111 mph. Given private insurers ...

To answer these fundamental questions, they turn to data from places like University of Miami's Sustain Laboratory, where a $15 million machine can mimic the conditions of a Category 5 hurricane.