It keeps that name if it becomes a hurricane (sustained winds at 74 m.p.h. or greater) or if it dissipates. Some storms form and get a name but never approach land before weakening.

As expected, Hurricane Erick rapidly intensified, which means it gained at least 35 mph of sustained wind speed in less than 24 hours. This is a familiar story with landfalling hurricanes these ...

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico — Powerful Hurricane Erick has made landfall in Mexico’s western state of Oaxaca. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Early Thursday, the ...

Erick — the fifth named storm of the 2025 Eastern Pacific hurricane season — made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in southern Mexico's Oaxaca on Thursday before later being downgraded to a ...

The Category 3 hurricane made landfall at Ossabaw Island, Georgia, at high tide before moving into South Carolina, killing at least 2,000 people $334.1 million (inflation-adjusted to 2023) of damage.

Being a major hurricane, Erick will set the record for being the strongest June cyclone to make landfall along Mexico's Pacific coast, triggering some memories of Hurricane Otis in 2023.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1, and we know the names of all the storms. Full list of potential ones, how each are pronounced.

USA TODAY spoke with National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan about what you should do to prepare for hurricane season, which starts June 1.

The first hurricane of 2025 has formed in the Pacific off Mexico’s west coast, with a second storm expected to reach minimal hurricane strength later today. The National Hurricane Center is ...

Location: 155 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph Movement: northwest at 10 mph At 11 a.m. ET June 9, the center of Hurricane Barbara was located 155 miles ...

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

WASHINGTON—Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scrapping a hurricane-response plan that its recently appointed leader, David Richardson, had said was close to completion, according ...