The National Hurricane Center started using name lists in 1953. At first, storms were only categorized with women's names. In 1979, the lists started alternating between women and men's names. That's also when the six current lists entered the rotation....
Two hurricanes were off the southeastern U.S. Tuesday as theAtlantic hurricane seasonwas getting into full swing. Hurricane Idalia was off the coast of Cuba on apotential trackto come ashore as a major hurricane over the Florida Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. At a Monday new...
Hurricane Idalia (2023) – a hurricane that had a similar trajectory Hurricane Helene (2024) – another hurricane that had a similar path and intensity Hurricane Milton (2024) – another October Gulf of Mexico Category 5 hurricane that also struck Florida Notes ^ The position of Michael's Cate...
“An early example of the use of a woman’s name for a storm was in the novelStormby George R. Stewart, published by Random House in 1941, and since filmed by Walt Disney. During World War II this practice became widespread in weather map discussions among forecasters, especially US Army...
The 2023 seasonsaw its first major storm in late Augustwith Hurricane Franklin, a Category 4 hurricane that did not make landfall but still led to "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along the U.S. East Coast. That was followed byIdaliawhich hit Florida's Gulf Coast as a ...
Idalia has rapidly intensified over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane as it bears down on Florida’s west coast. The storm was packing 110 mph winds as of 11 p.m. ET, already causing flooding in some coastal...
Idalia is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane along Florida’s Big Bend, a natural, storm-surge-prone divot along the coast stretching from Tampa to just south of Tallahassee. The current track of Idalia has the cyclone making landfall there Wednesday north of Cedar Key as a ...