Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly intensify before it arrives in Mexico later this week, with some meteorologists anticipating the storm to reach major hurricane strength before landfall. Animated weather footage from windy.

Erick, now a tropical storm, is forecast to become a hurricane before making landfall southeast of Acapulco on Thursday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three tropical waves in the Atlantic basin, including one in the western Caribbean.

You often hear meteorologists talk about categories of storms. Here's what different storms can do at different categories.

Hurricane season is underway, but the Atlantic Basin remains quiet. What's going on out there? Since the start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center has reported no tropical cyclone development (aside from a tropical wave or two) in the Atlantic Basin - an area that includes the tropical Atlantic Ocean,

In the early days of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season the list of names are (happily) unused. Here are the 21 prepared names.

In the Eastern Pacific, where hurricane season began on May 15 and where storms typically form before they do in the Atlantic, has been off to a busy start. Four storms have already formed off the west coast of North America: Alvin, Barbara, Cosme and Dalila. Both seasons run through Nov. 30.

After issues during the last hurricane season, Bulloch County will negotiate with multiple storm repair contractors.

KHOU Chief Meteorologist David Paul and Meteorologist Chita Craft join Deborah Duncan ahead of this year's Hurricane Season.