Stream Team: Roanoke’s Plan to Weather Helene
Roanoke City prepares for Hurricane Helene with swift water rescue teams, advanced stormwater monitoring, and coordinated emergency management efforts, urging residents to stay home and stay safe.
Storm Surge: What is it? And what types of hurricanes create the most devastating and deadly surge?
When a hurricane threatens the United States, a lot of attention is focused on the path and the wind speed. Storm surge can be just as important to monitor, because it can quickly cause extreme destruction and death.
Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect
Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida’s northwestern coast and then continue on to torment parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee with heavy rain, flash floods and gusty winds.
Tropical Weather Latest: Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward Florida
Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida.
Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane as it nears Florida's Gulf Coast
Tropical storm force winds are battering Florida's northwestern coast with Hurricane Helene close to making landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm.
Governor Youngkin Declares State of Emergency in advance of Hurricane Helene
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that he would be declaring a state of Emergency for the Commonwealth in anticipation of impacts from Hurricane Helene.
Tropical Weather Latest: Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is expected to be a major storm upon landfall
Helene has strengthened into a hurricane with forecasters warning that the storm would intensify as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico on a path to Florida.
A huge Hurricane Helene is expected to hit Florida as a major storm and strike far inland
Forecasters are warning that Hurricane Helene will intensify into a major storm before striking Florida and further inland as it heads northward across the Gulf of Mexico.
Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico
Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast.