Hurricane Erin a Category 4
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Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
The first hurricane of the 2025 season intensified into a Category 5 storm Saturday before reverting back to Category 4 status Saturday night. The storm is forecast to turn north just before the
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The Weather Channel on MSNOn This Date: Hurricane Charley Tears Across Florida With Extreme Wind Damage After Category 4 Landfall
Charley roared ashore near Cayo Costa, Florida, or west of Fort Myers, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph on the afternoon of Aug. 13, 2004. The intensification of Charley prior to landfall was a worst-case scenario since nearly eight hours earlier over the eastern Gulf, it was a Category 2 with 110 mph winds.