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Milton Barrels Towards Tampa-Area As A Cat. 5 Hurricane   Milton strengthened overnight into a devastating Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds in excess of 160 mph. The National Hurricane Center reported early Wednseday that Milton was located about 300 miles southwest

Death Valley, the driest place in the United States, has been receiving an extraordinary amount of rain in the past year. Averaging just 2.2 inches or rain per year, Death Valley has received about 5 inches of rain since storms began in August. The rare torrential downpours have caused an ancient

Hurricane Lee is a storm of epic proportions and though it’s weakening now it was at one point 640 miles wide with a 210-mile diameter of hurricane-force winds. That is absolutely massive as far as hurricanes go and NOAA hurricane hunters didn’t want to miss the opportunity to study this storm.

Hurricane Lee Strengthens To Cat. 5 Storm, Could Reach Winds Of 180 Mph; East Coast Impact Uncertain Lee was only a Category 1 storm Thursday morning. In the last 24 hours, the hurricane traversing the warm Atlantic Ocean waters has doubled in wind speeds -- now a dangerous Category

Nicole's Landfall On Florida's East Coast Is A Super Rare Event For November Hurricane Nicole made landfall on Florida's east coast early Thursday as a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.  Nicole made landfall on