Hurricanes are among the most powerful and destructive natural disasters on Earth. But how do hurricanes form, and which ...

Hurricane Gilbert ripped up the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in 1988 with 185-mph winds and 888 millibars of pressure, the second-lowest recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm left ...

According to NOAA’s website, the mission of the U.S. government agency is, “To understand and predict changes in climate, ...

Formation Requires Warm Ocean Water Hurricanes are born over the tropical oceans, where the water temperature is a balmy 26°C ...

Hurricanes are among the strongest storms on earth ... but are most active when ocean waters are warmest in the Atlantic Basin, between June 1 and November 30. The climatological peak for tropical ...

Storm Éowyn has led to calls from the national forecaster to "batten down the hatches", with fears it will be one of the most extreme storms seen in modern times. However, you would need to go back ...

Harvey is easily the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Wilma in 2005. Here are photos of Hurricane Harvey from above and on the ground. See more photos as Hurricane Harvey reaches ...