Hurricanes & Storms

As the East Coast gears up for another Atlantic hurricane season, this one coming 20 years after Isabel devastated parts of Hampton Roads, meteorologists locally and nationally are looking for signals of how 2023 may go. Here’s how they do it.

Archive photos from The Virginian-Pilot coverage of Hurricane Isabel after it struck coastal Virginia and North Carolina in 2003.

In the case of a major weather event, a good emergency kit can be critical for sustaining your family and keeping safe. So here’s a checklist of things to have on hand. But remember to keep your family’s unique needs in mind.

An evacuation order doesn’t mean everyone must leave – sometimes you are safer at home.

The best way to come out ahead after a hurricane is to take a few simple precautions before the storm. Here are some tips to make sure your family is ready – just in case.

Having a “grab-and-go” kit will make your evacuation easier, whether it’s because of a hurricane or other threat.

We’re here to help you prepare and have compiled a list of useful tips for staying safe in the event of a storm.

Here are some tips for staying safe throughout the storm.

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The first version of P-Surge was developed in 2008 in response to significant impacts of storm surge on communities along the Outer Banks and Hampton Roads following Hurricane Isabel in 2003.

Toni and Charlie Cortellini want to thank their neighbor and the firefighters who rescued their two dogs after a tornado pummeled their home while they were away visiting family.

The tornado that ravaged Virginia Beach on Sunday formed, touched down and left within about 10 minutes.

Residents said the 2200 block of Haversham Close saw some of the worst damage, with some roofs partially removed and windows shattered. Dozens of firefighters worked Sunday night to cut down trees, and some stood atop roofs to assess damage.

The tornado that impacted Fort Story was the same cell that damaged as many as 100 homes in the Great Neck area.

A late afternoon storm the day before brought severe damage to the Great Neck section of Virginia Beach, Virginia, as seen on May 1, 2023.

An EF-3 tornado ripped through a Great Neck neighborhood in Virginia Beach Sunday night, April 30, 2023. The media took a tour of some of the damage on May 1.

Though the official start of hurricane season does not start for another couple months, weather experts at Accuweather are encouraging East Coast residents to begin preparations for this summer’s storms.

They estimate there will be 11 to 15 named storms in the Atlantic basin, which covers the entire Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, according to their 2023 Atlantic hurricane season prediction models.