Tropical Storm Sara made landfall late Thursday near ... If a hurricane strengthens sufficiently, it can reach up to Category 5. These classifications help officials predict the possible risks ...

A tropical storm is a very powerful revolving storm with strong winds and heavy rainfall that forms over warm tropical oceans. Depending where they occur they are also known as hurricanes ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to make landfall somewhere between the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast on Thursday.

Once it reaches 39 mph for at least one minute, it is classified as a tropical storm and given a name; at 74 mph, the storm becomes a Category 1 hurricane, and the classifications get upgraded up ...