Hurricane Webcam Tracker

Live Hurricane Webcams

Track hurricanes and tropical storms with the most up-to-date live streaming webcams of beaches in the U.S. Use this page as a guide to track the weather and view live cams along the U.S. coast and Caribbean.

Hurricane Facts

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 scale based on the sustained wind speed of a hurricane. The scale provides general public with a good indication of the intensity of the hurricane and what people can expect for property damage.

Storms start as a tropical wave or depression before developing into a tropical storm. Warm ocean waters and wind speeds will fuel a tropical storm, if wind speeds reach more than 74 miles per hour, a hurricane forms.

Hurricane Category Scale

Hurricane Category Wind Speeds

CATEGORY	WIND SPEED	DAMAGE
	0-38 MPH	Tropical Depression
	39-73 MPH	Tropical Storm
	74-95 MPH	Dangerous winds will produce some damage
	96-110 MPH	Extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage
	111-129 MPH	Devastating damage will occur
	130-156 MPH	Catastrophic damage will occur
	157+ MPH	Catastrophic damage to homes; long-lasting power outages causing affected areas to be uninhabitable

The World Meteorological Organization is responsible for assigning names to tropical storms that form in the Atlantic Ocean and reach a sustained wind speed of 39 miles per hour. Any storm that reaches a sustained wind speed of 74 miles per hour qualifies as a “Hurricane”. Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm name lists repeat every six years, unless the World Meteorological Organization votes to retire a catastrophic hurricane from future lists. For example, in 2018, Sara replaced name “Sandy” from 2012.

Hurricane Information & Resources

• National Hurricane Center
• AccuWeather.com Atlantic Hurricane Center
• Hurricane Central – The Weather Channel
• NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center on Facebook
• Official Twitter account for the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center – @NWSNHC