Hotspots Capable of Driving Catastrophic Mega-Hurricanes Are Spreading Across the Oceans

This process, driven by climate change, is increasing the risk of “Category 6” tropical cyclones making landfall in densely ...

Malaysia skirts typhoon threat

Malaysia is generally safe from the direct formation of tropical storms due to the country's close location to the equator, ...

Oceans Are Supercharging Hurricanes. Scientists Warn “Category 6” Storms Are Becoming More Likely

Climate change is increasing the likelihood of massive hurricanes and typhoons in the western Pacific, North Atlantic, and Gulf regions. New research shows that the ocean conditions responsible for th ...

Ernesto now a post-tropical cyclone. Hurricane center warns of rough surf, rip currents

Ernesto remained far from Florida but swells generated by the storm, which battered Bermuda & roiled the Atlantic Ocean, are ...

The storm door opens: Pineapple Express set to drench Bay Area

The article The Storm Door Opens: Pineapple Express Set to Drench Bay Area appeared first on San Francisco Patch. SAN ...

Category '6' tropical cyclone hot spots are growing

The oceanic conditions that churn up the very strongest of hurricanes and typhoons are heating up in the North Atlantic and ...

Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds

Tropical storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are Earth's most powerful weather systems. Born over warm oceans, ...