Milton’s race from a Category 2 to a Category 5 hurricane in just a few hours has left people wondering if the powerhouse storm could possibly become a Category 6.. The hurricane grew very ...

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified over a matter of hours Monday from a Category 2 storm to a dangerous Category 5. With the intense strengthening of Milton, many people are wondering if there's ...

It was the first Category 5 storm to make landfall on mainland U.S. since Andrew 26 years earlier. Mary Battles, left, and Shenike Bishop rest in a bus stop damaged by Hurricane Michael on Oct. 20 ...

Hurricane Milton, after it decreased to a Category 4 storm, has gathered its strength and is back to Category 5 with sustained winds of 165 mph, according to a National Hurricane Center advisory.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a Category 5 storm, the highest possible on the Saffir-Simpson strength scale ...

Category 5 hurricanes are the most powerful type of storm on Earth. They can cause catastrophic damage with wind speeds of more than 157 mph. These storms are rare, but when they form they can be ...

Hurricane Milton has now become a dangerous Category 5 storm as it heads toward Florida, but what does that mean exactly?. The atypical storm strengthened from a Category 3 up to a Category 5 in a ...

What about Category 5 hurricanes in outside of Florida? There's only be one. Hurricane Camille in 1969. Camille had sustained winds of more than 170 mph when it hit Mississippi on Aug. 17, 1969.

Hurricane Beryl was the earliest Category 5 storm. What could that mean for NC? Hurricane Beryl, which was the eastern-most hurricane ever to form, saw wind speeds rapidly intensify by 95 mph in ...

Category 5, July 2 UTC: Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, beating Emily's record of July 17, 2005. Beryl becomes hurricane farthest east in Atlantic since 1933.