After undergoing rapid intensification, Erick made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday as a Category 3 hurricane.

Hurricane Flossie experienced a period of rapid intensification on Tuesday and is now a Category 3 hurricane as it moves away ...

Hurricane Flossie has strengthened to a Category 2 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast. The National Hurricane Center reports ...

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds Thursday.

A Category 3 storm surge is 9-12 feet, so these flood walls failed in a Category 3 level storm surge, even though they were supposedly designed to withstand that type of storm surge.

Hurricane Lee has grown back into a Category 3 major hurricane expected to gain some strength this week as Hurricane Margot formed in the Atlantic while the National Hurricane Center keeps tabs ...

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Erick powered up into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds, flash ...

In a Category 3 hurricane, winds range from 111 to 129 mph. There is a high risk of injury or death to people, livestock and pets from flying and falling debris.

The last Category 3 hurricane to hit Florida was Wilma in October 2005. Wilma hit the Keys and parts of South Florida, including Collier and Miami-Dade counties.

Hurricane Milton is now a Category 2 hurricane, with 110 mph winds as it continues moving inland after making landfall in Florida as a Category 3. Roughly 1.5 million homes and businesses in the ...

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 ...