Hurricane season is shaped by the ingredients needed to produce a tropical cyclone, and this year the Atlantic may be relatively quiet ...

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are not just focused on this season’s storms. They are also rethinking how past hurricanes were measured — and working with new tools that could change how ...

Climate change is not thought to increase the number of hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones worldwide. But rising temperatures ...

How do hurricanes get named? Hurricanes, aka tropical cyclones, are powerful storms that form over warm ocean waters and can cause serious damage. When you hear about the name of a new hurricane on ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa was an eye-popping storm, smashing historical records - and the western end of Jamaica - last week. A rapid fire series of new scientific studies also suggest that climate ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Hurricane Melissa has often been described as a “monster hurricane.” In terms of intensity, that characterization is certainly accurate. However, when discussing a storm’s magnitude, ...

A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it ...

A calmer hurricane season could be in store for Louisiana and other coastal states, based on predictions by forecasters with ...

Three studies found that Melissa would have probably been a weaker, drier storm if it weren’t for decades of human-caused warming of the atmosphere. This satellite image was provided by the National ...