Biden gets hurricane season briefing at FEMA, doubles funding for extreme weather

President Joe Biden visited FEMA headquarters to receive a briefing on the 2021 hurricane season and preparedness efforts. He also announced plans to increase funding to better prepare for extreme weather.

NOAA predicts active hurricane season as forecasters eye 2 Atlantic disturbances

Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced their 2021 hurricane season outlook, which suggests the United States should brace for another active season. Meanwhile, forecasters were watching two disturbances in the Atlantic.

NOAA expects above-average hurricane season in 2021

The 2021 hurricane season will be another busy one, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but probably not quite as busy as last year’s record-shattering season.

‘Average’ Atlantic hurricane season will bring more storms, 2021 no exception

After 2020’s record-breaking hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, it would be nice to catch a weather break in 2021 — but hurricane activity is showing no signs of slowing down.

'Space hurricane' seen in Earth's upper atmosphere for first time

For the first time in history, astronomers have detected what they've deemed a "space hurricane" in Earth's upper atmosphere.

2020 hurricane season, the most active on record, comes to an end

A record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to an end on Nov. 30, and it was one of the history books. However, it's important to note tropical storms could continue to develop past Monday, reports NOAA.

Canton police, citizens help hurricane victims in Central America

Canton police officers spent the weekend before Thanksgiving hustling to collect clothing, shoes, blankets, pillows, and nonperishable food for the survivors in hurricane-ravaged sections of Honduras and Nicaragua. Within two days, Canton residents and businesses donated enough items to fill a 20-foot U-Haul truck.

2020 Hurricane Season breaks numerous records

This year's hurricane season not only surpassed the forecast, it shattered multiple records.

Iota makes landfall; Nicaragua struck by 2nd hurricane in 2 weeks

Hurricane Iota has roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful Hurricane Eta 13 days earlier.

Hurricane Iota reaches Category 5 strength as it moves toward Central America

Hurricane Iota is now a dangerous Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered this month by powerful Hurricane Eta.

Tropical Storm Iota forms in Caribbean

The record-breaking 2020 hurricane season continues, as Tropical Storm Iota has formed in the Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Eta headed for landfall on Florida's west coast

Eta has weakened to a tropical storm just hours after regaining hurricane strength as Florida braces for a second hit from the storm.

Family still displaced after Tropical Storm Zeta damages home

Valerie Smith's six children were asleep in different parts of their home off Campbellton Road when Tropical Storm Zeta swept through metro Atlanta in late October. The huge tree that crushed a corner of the roof is still lodged into the living room downstairs and bedroom upstairs where her 11-year-old daughter became entrapped.