Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have categorized a unique, previously unclassified type of heat wave in Japan, so-called "moist heat waves" which are accompanied by an approaching ...

A new Monte Carlo framework combines synthetic tropical cyclone tracks, adapted wave modeling, swell statistics, and ERA5 ...

Today’s Image of the Day from the European Space Agency offers a rare look beneath the clouds of a powerful Pacific typhoon. Most satellite views of tropical cyclones show enormous white cloud bands ...

Every summer, communities across northern Australia brace for the tropical cyclone season. Tropical cyclones draw their power from the warm seas, extracting heat and moisture from ocean water. To ...

Marine heat waves are supercharging damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe, a new study found.Researchers looked at 1,600 tropical cyclones — the broader category of storms ...

Humidity during two distinct types of heat wave. While the presence of a high-pressure system in a typical heat wave leads to low humidity (left), the tropical cyclone heatwave pattern brings both ...