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National Hurricane Center
Mexico's $175 Million Hurricane Bond Turns on Where Simon Crosses a Line
Simon's eyewall sits very near Mexico's Pacific coast and forecasters can't say whether it will make landfall. The same few miles of track decide whether a World Bank catastrophe bond pays Mexico anything.
Isaias Came Within Hours of 1905's Latest-First-Hurricane Record
In the UTC time the hurricane record uses, Isaias was upgraded three and a half hours after 1905's first hurricane. Wind shear, El Niño's brake all season, now hinges on a trough as Isaias nears the Gulf Coast and Rachel heads for Southern California.
The Hurricane Cone Doesn't Show a Storm's Size
Most people assume the white cone on a hurricane graphic shows where the damage will land. It doesn't, and that mix-up has already cost lives.
Texas faces days of flooding as a Gulf system may become Arthur
The system may or may not earn a name. The flooding threat from the Texas coast into the Deep South is already here, the hurricane center says.