Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans in August 2005. The storm caused enormous damage, displaced thousands of people and inspired a new era of hurricane ...

In 1947, Project Cirrus attempted to weaken a hurricane with dry ice. Project STORMFURY later used silver iodide to try to disrupt hurricane eyewalls. Modification failed, but the research advanced ...

On October 28 Hurricane Melissa became one of the strongest hurricanes ever known in the Atlantic Ocean. The Category 5 hurricane has winds of 185 miles per hour and a central pressure of 892 ...

Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research. Hurricane science has come far since Katrina. That progress is now at risk In the 20 years ...