Tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes are all tropical cyclones, but there's one big thing that separates ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the eastern Gulf, becoming the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The lopsided storm is expected to bring big impacts to the Southeast.

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Fausto was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean early Monday Hawaii time, the National Hurricane Center said in its ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica, on Tuesday. With wind speeds of 185 miles per hour and sustained winds stronger than those of Hurricane Katrina, Melissa ...

During El Niño events, upper-level winds over the Atlantic tend to be stronger than usual, and thus stronger wind shear results. The faster air flow in the upper troposphere lead ...

With no hurricane landfalls in the United States so far, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has felt tame. It feels all the more incongruous to call the season historic, despite it being true.