Stay up to date with WRAL’s 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season news and reporting coverage
Explore how WRAL's 2025 hurricane season predictions stacked up against reality. From unusual storm paths to local impacts, find out where the meteorologists hit the mark and where surprises lurked.
A brand-new AI forecast model has been the top performer in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, according to an expert at the University of Miami.
WRAL Meteorologist, Chris Michaels
Raleigh police officer Raul Francis is awaiting word from his parents in Jamaica after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa left the island without power or internet.
Bridgette and Wayne Todd are newlyweds who spent their delayed honeymoon in Jamaica.
The record for longest consecutive hours at Category 5 was set by a hurricane in the 1930s.
Hurricane Melissa is battering Jamaica with winds at 150 mph, with several people from the Triangle stranded there until it passes. WRAL News takes an inside look at their experience and how resort staff are keeping vacationers safe.
Hurricane Melissa makes landfall on Tuesday as the deadliest Category 5 storm to slam Jamaica.
A woman from the Triangle is having a memorable trip experience in Jamaica, just not for reasons she predicted thanks to Hurricane Melissa.
Crystal Walker should have landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Sunday. Instead, she's posted up at the highest level of a convention center after her hotel in Jamaica was evacuated.
Wayne and Bridgette Todd were on their delayed honeymoon for their one-year anniversary in Jamaica when they learned Melissa would not only disrupt their fun, but also put them in the middle of a life-threatening situation.
Melissa is just the ninth Category 5 hurricane to happen in the Atlantic in October (or later).
There are less than 50 days left for the 2025 hurricane season, and so far there have been 12 named storms and almost all have stayed out to sea. WRAL's Kat Campbell explains why.
Why did almost all the tropical systems stay offshore? There are a couple of factors that played a huge role in steering storms out to sea.
The storms behave similarly at times, but there is one key difference between the two.
The track of Imelda looks odd, doesn't it? We show you the storm that took an eerily similar and unique path.
Chris Michaels, WRAL meteorologist
Imelda's path went from a projected South Carolina landfall to out-to-sea in a matter of a day. Why?
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist
Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday in the Bahamas, and there are a lot of questions about it. Let's help answer those in this Q&A.
There is one key global factor that could lead to more tropical development in the coming weeks.
Colorado State researchers found 2025 to be only the 2nd year since 1950 with no Atlantic activity during Aug 29-Sept 16.
North Carolina's disaster savings fund has dropped from $700 million to $100 million this year, raising questions about preparedness amid funding delays by state and federal officials.
Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter
We're entering the peak of Atlantic hurricane season, and there are other systems to monitor for now.
Eyewall replacement cycles are common in strong hurricanes, including ones like Erin.
Spaghetti models are used to show the possibilities (not pastabilities) for a tropical system.
Experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an update Thursday to their seasonal hurricane forecast, with a very slight adjustment down from their initial estimates in May. They said that the forecast remains on track for an above-average season.
