Hurricane Zeta smashed into Louisiana on Wednesday with 110-mile-per-hour (175 kph) winds and what government trackers called "a life-threatening storm surge," the third hurricane to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast state this year.

Up to 5 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 60 mph are among the threats from a dangerous weekend nor'easter headed to New Jersey, forecasters say

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old classification system,

Tropical Storm Eta neared hurricane strength as it rumbled west through the Caribbean on Sunday en route to Nicaragua and Honduras, which it is expected to pound with potentially deadly wind and rain,