Do Tornadoes Travel Counter Clockwise?
10 facts about tornadoes that you should know.

How are Hurricane Categories Determined?
Here is a quick chart that helps you understand how hurricane categories are determined. Read More

How are Hurricanes Named?
Katrina, Wilma, Ernesto... Who comes up with these hurricane names? Read More

Tornado Truths: Test Your Tornado Knowledge.
The Farmers' Almanac is expecting an active tornado season across Tornado Alley this spring. Do you know the warning signs or what you're supposed to do if there's one predicted in your area?

Katrina Cottage
Learn about this innovative solution to the Gulf Region's housing crisis in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

How are Hurricanes Named?
Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women’s names until 1979. After that,...

Hurricane Categories
source FEMA) Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Scale Number (Category) Sustained Winds (MPH) Damage Storm Surge174-95Minimal: Unanchored mobile homes, vegetation and signs.4-5 feet296-110Moderate: All mobile homes, roofs, small crafts, flooding.6-8 feet3111-130Extensive: Small buildings, low-lying roads cut off.9-12 feet4131-155Extreme: Roofs destroyed,...