Storm shelters in South Mississippi will be opening to provide a safe space for residents evacuating ahead of potential severe weather from Hurricane Francine.

“I don’t get mad when people rip me off. I actually think its kinda cool, because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” — Ben Heckendorn For some “hacking things together” can ...

It’s early September – what should be the busiest stretch of hurricane season. Forecasters predicted this one was going to be bad: storm after storm, the most bullish forecasts on record.

It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck released a public statement Wednesday criticizing the unfounded rumors spread by conservative figures, including former President Donald Trump, that Haitian ...

Hurricane forecasters are watching a new potential storm as the Atlantic hurricane season motors past its halfway point. So far, the season hasn't logged an exceptional number of storms, despite ...

Atlantic hurricane activity is usually nearing its peak at this time of year, and it seemed as if this August would be no ...

Robin Givhan is Washington Post senior critic-at-large writing about politics, race and the arts. Previously, she covered the fashion industry as a business, as a cultural institution and as pure ...