The three are almost identical, but there is one factor that determines if it is a hurricane, a typhoon or a cyclone -- and ...

Australia has been warned to prepare for the “worst-case scenario” as Cyclone Alfred heads Down Under. The rare Category 2 storm is nearing the Australian coast and residents are being warned to act ...

A massive, swirling storm system is expected to rake across the United States this week, bringing with it a threat of hurricane-force winds, floods, blizzard conditions and severe thunderstorms that ...

Cyclones, typhoons, hurricanes: these extreme tropical storms often make headlines as they disrupt lives and leave devastation in their wake. But what is the difference between them, and what causes ...

As a major winter storm moves across the U.S. this week, it could undergo bombogenesis, or "bomb out," in the Midwest and the Plains. Bombogenesis -- or a "bomb cyclone" -- occurs when the pressure of ...

And while it may seem like quite the meteorological mouthful, this designation could make your hurricane season even safer. So, What Is A Potential Tropical Cyclone? A potential tropical cyclone, or ...

A visit to the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte, which were struck by Cyclone Chido last weekend, reveals the devastating toll of the storm on an impoverished territory that belongs to France.

The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) reported on Friday that it is monitoring an active tropical wave that could ...