Houston’s National Weather Service office has lost its head meteorologist amid a federal requirement to cut 10% of NOAA’s staff.

Eleven months ago this week, Hurricane Beryl tore through Houston and Southeast Texas, coming ashore from the Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph near Matagorda. Beryl's landfall date of July 8,

Hurricane Barbara has formed in the Pacific as the first hurricane in 2025. The National Hurricane Center is also tracking Tropical Storm Cosme.

In focus: Storms that stall or move at a snail's pace near the coastline pile up water and prolong the coastal flooding potential. In addition, large battering waves over a longer period can worsen damage to the coastline, including severe beach erosion. This is because the winds blow onshore for a longer period.

The low-pressure area the NHC has been monitoring off Florida's eastern coast will bring heavy rain to the Carolinas before fizzling out.

Inside the University of Miami's SUSTAIN Laboratory, scientists are creating Category 5 hurricanes on demand in the world's largest hurricane simulator, leading to breakthrough discoveries about deadly storm surge that could revolutionize how coastal cities protect themselves against increasingly powerful storms.

Atlantic hurricanes in June are infrequent overall, but it's even rarer to see a U.S. landfall from one in the month.

What non-basics do you grab when a big storm is roaring toward the Gulf Coast? The answer can be intensely personal. (And funny.)