Like Rafael, stronger storms with staying power that form late in the season often originate in the Caribbean Sea. Here's ...

Hurricane Oscar, now downgraded to a tropical storm over Cuba, was the smallest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic ... "Even our most state-of-the art, highest fidelity global forecast ...

Workers remove fallen trees over electrical cables in Havana a day after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country's ...

Hurricane Hazel made landfall on Oct. 15, 1954, in Brunswick County, North Carolina, near Calabash. Its landfall occurred during a full-moon high tide, which severely increased the amount of storm ...

Homeowners who live in areas at high risk of flooding are often required ... But it could still make Milton one of the 10 costliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States in terms of insured ...

The NHC's 10 a.m. forecast track included a significant shift to the south, with Rafael taking a sharp turn toward the Texas ...

Fast-forward to Wednesday morning, and Rafael had intensified into a high-end Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of ...