Hurricane Andrew, one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in U.S. history, ravaged Elliott Key, Florida. “Most of the island was covered in seawater, and about a quarter of the trees were either ...

One of the strongest on record, Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992 Hurricane Andrew was a monster hurricane and is one of only four storms on record to make landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, alongside the ...

Earlier this week, the World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee retired three hurricane names. Beryl, Helene, ...

Also, Hurricane Andrew, among the most destructive United States hurricanes on record, made landfall during a neutral phase of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation in 1992, the weather service said.

That means most names used in the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, for example, will be used again in 2030. But when a storm is particularly powerful, destructive or deadly, the name is “retired ...