Hurricanes are among the strongest storms on earth. Fueled by warm tropical waters, they can bring devastating winds and storm surge to coastal areas, and torrential rain well inland. Hurricanes ...

Warming oceans fuel stronger tropical cyclones that bring more heavy rainfall and higher storm surge ... of the 10 most costly weather disasters in the U.S. were hurricanes.

Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone. Here is an ...

Hurricanes began getting names in 1950, when the U.S. Weather Bureau began using the phonetic alphabet (Able-Baker-Charlie). The storm with the most appearances so far is Arlene, which has ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is chugging past the western tip of Jamaica and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it heads toward Cuba. READ MORE HERE: https://www ...

Additionally, all eleven hurricanes this season formed before the average date for each respective storm number. The first named storm of the year was Tropical Storm Alberto. Alberto was rather ...

As the 2024 hurricane ... the weather system has been classified all week, having increased from 30 percent on Sunday ...

A weather system growing more powerful over the central Caribbean was designated Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday, becoming the 18th named storm of what has been a brutal hurricane season for ...

NOAA's May forecast counted on the development of El Niño this summer to help offset favorable tropical storm conditions ... means for the world's weather A major hurricane is one where maximum ...