Tropical systems are categorized by wind speed, but experts say there's much more to the story when it comes to storm impacts.

Hurricane Erick rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours, growing into a powerful Category 4 storm but weakening slightly ...

If it’s able to create enough pressure to push out winds reaching 39 mph, it becomes a tropical storm and it’s given a name. Inside these storms, wind speeds start to twist and turn around the ...

All other areas, including Dorchester County, coastal Georgetown, and inland Colleton Counties remain under a tropical storm watch. Heavy rain, gusty wind, and isolated tornadoes are likely ...

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Tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain could develop on the Treasure Coast by early Thursday as Tropical Storm Helene is expected to approach the Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, meteorologists ...

Nevertheless, the Panama City to Gainesville region should prepare for at least lower-end tropical-storm-force wind gusts, which are also probable along most of the Florida peninsula Gulf Coast ...

Known as Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 8, the system never organized enough to become the eighth named tropical storm of the season ... Wrightsville Beach had a wind gust of 65 mph (105 kph).