After a Dozen Hurricanes and 40 Years, What Has Changed and What Has Not.

By JOSEPH B. TREASTER September 12, 2017 MIAMI — Every hurricane tells a story. Hurricane Andrew in 1992, with a 17-foot storm surge and winds so intense that they destroyed the gauges meant to measure them, was the disaster that changed...

My (Surprisingly Calm) Flight Through Hurricane Irma

We embedded with the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters. On a 12-hour flight, the crew gathered data on Hurricane Irma as it made landfall over Cuba on its way to Florida.

Florida Keys Battered but Still Standing After Irma’s Rampage

By FRANCES ROBLES September 11, 2017 CUDJOE KEY, Fla. — You pay a price for paradise. In the Florida Keys, it’s hurricanes. The stretch of highway that leads to the continental United States’ southernmost point was riddled Monday with Jet...

The Monster Surge That Wasn’t: Why Irma Caused Less Flooding Than Expected

By HENRY FOUNTAIN and BRAD PLUMER September 11, 2017 NAPLES, Fla. — Across coastal Florida, the dreaded storm surge from Hurricane Irma — caused when ferocious winds pile up ocean water and push it onshore — was not as bad as...

Hurricane Irma Live Updates: Storm Weakens, but Still Packs a Punch

By THE NEW YORK TIMES September 11, 2017 Hurricane Irma, now 400 miles wide, continued its march of devastation on Monday morning, dumping rain across the width of Florida and lashing the state with powerful winds that downed power lines and left...