Category Five Storm

Hurricane Idalia slammed into northwest Florida as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm early Wednesday, as officials warned of catastrophic impacts including storm surges of up to 16 feet (about five meters).

Four of the five cyclones that originated either in the Bay of Bengal or in the Arabian Sea this year were in the category of severe cyclonic storm or above including Amphan which had escalated into a super cyclone.

A cyclonic storm equivalent of a category 5 hurricane is gathering strength and is set to hit coasts of India and Bangladesh late on Wednesday, with authorities making preparations to evacuate more than five million people to safer places.

With Hurricane Michael swirling around her, Loren Beltran thought the safest place would be her boyfriend's apartment, in a sturdy building designed to withstand a Category Five storm -- the maximum. But it never occurred to her, in the rushing and the chaos and the wet, that the building was surrounded by trees and pines.

Hurricane Maria strengthened into a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five storm as it barrelled into eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Hurricane Irma, forcing residents to evacuate in powerful winds and lashing rain. Caught up in the storm was Roosevelt Skerrit,the prime minister of Dominica. He took to Facebook to post real-time upda...

Hurricane Irma made landfall as a maximum-strength Category Five storm late Friday, US forecasters said, after leaving a trail of death and destruction on a string of Caribbean islands.

Patricia flattened a fishing hamlet on Mexico's Pacific coast, but authorities were relieved to see on Saturday that the record-breaking hurricane largely spared the country and dissipated as it moved north.

A "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Patricia roared toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday, officials said, prompting authorities to evacuate some villagers, close ports and urge tourists to cancel trips.

Marcia, a category five tempest, slammed into the Queensland coast just after 2200 GMT Thursday with its landfall coming just hours after a second big storm - Cyclone Lam - hit further north in Australia.

A "destructive" cyclone roaring towards a heavily-populated Australian province has intensified to a category five, the most severe ranking, meteorologists said early Friday as a second powerful storm made landfall further north.

Hurricane Idalia slammed into northwest Florida as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm early Wednesday, as officials warned of catastrophic impacts including storm surges of up to 16 feet (about five meters).

Four of the five cyclones that originated either in the Bay of Bengal or in the Arabian Sea this year were in the category of severe cyclonic storm or above including Amphan which had escalated into a super cyclone.

A cyclonic storm equivalent of a category 5 hurricane is gathering strength and is set to hit coasts of India and Bangladesh late on Wednesday, with authorities making preparations to evacuate more than five million people to safer places.

With Hurricane Michael swirling around her, Loren Beltran thought the safest place would be her boyfriend's apartment, in a sturdy building designed to withstand a Category Five storm -- the maximum. But it never occurred to her, in the rushing and the chaos and the wet, that the building was surrounded by trees and pines.

Hurricane Maria strengthened into a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five storm as it barrelled into eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Hurricane Irma, forcing residents to evacuate in powerful winds and lashing rain. Caught up in the storm was Roosevelt Skerrit,the prime minister of Dominica. He took to Facebook to post real-time upda...

Hurricane Irma made landfall as a maximum-strength Category Five storm late Friday, US forecasters said, after leaving a trail of death and destruction on a string of Caribbean islands.

Patricia flattened a fishing hamlet on Mexico's Pacific coast, but authorities were relieved to see on Saturday that the record-breaking hurricane largely spared the country and dissipated as it moved north.

A "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Patricia roared toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday, officials said, prompting authorities to evacuate some villagers, close ports and urge tourists to cancel trips.

Marcia, a category five tempest, slammed into the Queensland coast just after 2200 GMT Thursday with its landfall coming just hours after a second big storm - Cyclone Lam - hit further north in Australia.

A "destructive" cyclone roaring towards a heavily-populated Australian province has intensified to a category five, the most severe ranking, meteorologists said early Friday as a second powerful storm made landfall further north.