Predicting hurricanes is a fascinating and complex process that combines science, technology, and a bit of art. When we think ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, these atmospheric heat engines, fueled by ocean water warmer than 80 degrees, are called hurricanes; in the South Pacific islands as well as near Australia and in the Indian ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - La Niña conditions have been present in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean since ...

An Australian warship on Monday rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who had encountered a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California. Aurimas Mockus was taken aboard ...

Surging tropical activity in the South Pacific Ocean produced a relatively rare ... The strongest are known as hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Western Pacific and simply tropical ...

The list of storm names is created by the World Meteorological Organization well in advance of the hurricane season.

There’s a better tool to get ice off your windshield. It’s shaped like a cone. Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to ...

The storms are called cyclones when they happen in the Southwest Pacific and hurricanes when they form in the North Atlantic, but are essentially the same phenomenon. "It's not incredibly unusual ...

The highest number of tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific since 1970 was in ... that El Nino conditions may set in this hurricane season and the ocean is already getting warmer.

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well ...