Hurricane Irma was a monster storm — one of the most powerful ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean — and it left a path of destruction as it swept through the Caribbean and into Florida. Its torrential ...

But while Katrina had declined to a Category 3 storm by the time it struck the Gulf Coast, Andrew strengthened to a Category 5 just before it barreled into Florida. (Exact numbers for Andrew are ...

In the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey, and in light of the increasing strength of Hurricane Irma, numerous alarmist headlines have suggested that Irma is so strong that it should ...

CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil reports from San Juan that hotels in Puerto Rico's capital had folded up their operations and stores were boarded up or completely stripped clean of supplies in ...

Hurricane Irma, which has killed at least 21 people and displaced thousands more on its path through the Caribbean, was downgraded to a Category 3 storm with winds of 125 mph on Saturday but could ...

Breaking down the destruction Irma has wrought and the preparations taken. — -- Irma was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone Tuesday morning as it continued to weaken after leaving a terrifying ...