Twenty years ago, meteorologists could sketch the rough geography of risk almost from memory. Gulf Coast states from Texas to ...

Overall, the IPCC concludes that there is "high confidence" that humans have contributed to increases in precipitation ...

How do hurricanes get named? Hurricanes, aka tropical cyclones, are powerful storms that form over warm ocean waters and can cause serious damage. When you hear about the name of a new hurricane on ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Hurricane Melissa has often been described as a “monster hurricane.” In terms of intensity, that characterization is certainly accurate. However, when discussing a storm’s magnitude, ...

Three studies found that Melissa would have probably been a weaker, drier storm if it weren’t for decades of human-caused warming of the atmosphere. This satellite image was provided by the National ...

This year’s expected El Niño could hamper hurricanes in the Atlantic but boost them in the central and eastern Pacific ...

Thanks to the workings of an as-yet-to-form El Niño, the Atlantic basin is expected to see a quieter-than-normal hurricane ...

It’s hurricane season again, and once again climate change will have no impact on claim the number and sevirity of storms.

Americans rely on accurate forecasts when hurricanes might be developing to know when to stock up on supplies, prepare for ...