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Hurricane hunters
Hurricane hunters are U.S. Air Force Reserve and NOAA aircrews who fly instrumented aircraft directly into tropical cyclones, measuring a storm's position, structure, and intensity since 1944.
Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian was a powerful Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in September 2022 that struck western Cuba, southwestern Florida, and South Carolina, causing over 150 deaths and more than $112 billion in damage.
Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida was a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that struck southeastern Louisiana near Port Fourchon on August 29, 2021, with 150 mph winds, causing 87 deaths and about $75 billion in damage.
Hurricane Idalia
Hurricane Idalia was a 2023 Atlantic hurricane that rapidly intensified over the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in Florida's Big Bend, causing 12 deaths and $3.6 billion in damage.
Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike was a large, destructive Cape Verde hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season that struck Galveston, Texas, on September 13, driving a deadly storm surge.
Hurricane Imelda
Hurricane Imelda is the name of two Atlantic storms: a 2019 tropical storm that flooded southeast Texas with record rainfall, and a 2025 Category 2 hurricane that passed near Bermuda.
Hurricane Inez
Hurricane Inez was a deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane of the 1966 season whose erratic three-week path crossed the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Cuba, Florida, and Mexico.
Hurricane Iniki
Hurricane Iniki was a Category 4 hurricane that passed directly over Kauai, Hawaii, on September 12, 1992, the most destructive hurricane in the state's recorded history.
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene was a large Cape Verde-type Atlantic tropical cyclone in August 2011. It was the only storm of the 2011 Atlantic season to make landfall in the US, causing $15.8 billion in damage.
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was a powerful category 5 Atlantic hurricane of 2017 that made seven landfalls, devastating the Caribbean and Florida and causing about $50 billion in damage.
Hurricane Isaac
Hurricane Isaac was a Category 1 hurricane that struck southeastern Louisiana in late August 2012, causing widespread flooding and $2.8 billion in damage on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Isabel was a Category 5 Cape Verde hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic season that struck North Carolina on September 18, 2003, causing $5 billion in damage.
Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic season that hit Category 5 three times, devastated Grenada and the Cayman Islands, and struck Alabama, killing 124.
Hurricane Janet
Hurricane Janet was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane of the 1955 season, the strongest of that season, which devastated Barbados and Grenada and killed 681 people.
Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Jeanne was a deadly 2004 Atlantic hurricane that killed more than 3,000 people in Haiti through flooding and then struck central Florida as a Category 3.
Hurricane Joaquin
Hurricane Joaquin was a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2015 that devastated the central and southeastern Bahamas and sank the cargo ship El Faro, killing all 33 aboard.
Hurricane John (1994)
Hurricane John, also known as Typhoon John, was a 1994 Pacific tropical cyclone that crossed the International Dateline and lasted nearly 30 days, forming on 11 August.
Hurricane John (2024)
Hurricane John was a 2024 Pacific hurricane that struck Mexico's southern coast twice in late September 2024, and its name was retired in 2025 after 29 deaths.
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful Category 5 Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 season that flooded New Orleans when its levees failed, killing at least 1,844 people.
Hurricane Kirk (2024)
Hurricane Kirk was a Category 4 Cabo Verde hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with 150 mph winds, that crossed the Atlantic and hit western Europe in October 2024.
Hurricane Lala
Hurricane Lala was a long-lived 2026 Pacific hurricane that hit Hawaii's Big Island with flooding, sweeping about 100 homes off their foundations before becoming the Central Pacific's first major hurricane of 2026.
Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura was a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, on August 27, 2020, with 150 mph winds and a 937 millibar pressure.
Hurricane Lenny
Hurricane Lenny was a late-season Category 4 hurricane of November 1999, the first in the Atlantic record to cross the Caribbean from west to east, striking islands' sheltered coasts.
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane of 2017 that devastated Dominica and Puerto Rico, causing about $90 billion in damage and an 11-month blackout.
Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew was a deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane of 2016 that struck Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas before landfalling in South Carolina, killing 585 people.
Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck southwestern Jamaica on October 28, 2025, with 185 mph winds, tying the strongest Atlantic landfall on record.
Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, in October 2018, causing 16 direct US deaths and about $25 billion in damage.
Hurricane Michelle
Hurricane Michelle was a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that struck central Cuba on 4 November 2001, the strongest there since 1952, killing 17 and causing about $2 billion in damage.
Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton was a powerful 2024 Atlantic hurricane that rapidly intensified to Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico and struck Florida near Siesta Key.
Hurricane Milton tornado outbreak
The Hurricane Milton tornado outbreak was a prolific series of 45 tornadoes across Florida on October 9, 2024, including three EF-3 tornadoes and five deaths near Fort Pierce.