Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are all the same tropical storms, distinguished only by their geographical formation.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 114 people in the Philippines with even more missing and then hit Vietnam Friday. A ...

Hurricane Milton, Typhoon Meranti, and Cyclone Winston all rank among the strongest storms ever observed around the world. Each system had an ominous eye, tremendous winds, and caused significant ...

Subtropical storms in the Atlantic Basin can occur one or more times each hurricane season, and are a mix of two different, familiar storm types. To explain subtropical storms, we need to start by ...

The simplest definition of wind is air in motion. Wind is generated by uneven pressure in the atmosphere, which is caused by uneven heating by the Sun, land, and oceans. The air closest to the ground ...

Hurricane season in the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans wraps up around Nov. 1. Though some in Western Washington ask, “Do we get hurricanes here?” The short answer is no, but we do get ...

As Hurricane Gabrielle moves toward Europe, the focus is turning to two tropical waves that are expected to become cyclones, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 8 a.m. Sept. 24, ...