Every year, news anchors around the world switch effortlessly between three different words to describe what is technically the same weather phenomenon. One season it's a hurricane barreling toward ...

A common question this time of year is, "What's the difference between a hurricane and a nor'easter?" ...

A new study examining how tropical cyclone activity near Hawai'i could change in a warmer future finds a shift toward ...

Hurricane Isaias is the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of 2026. Here’s a look at what that means and how hurricane ...

Hurricane Nolo, which recently threatened the Hawaiian Islands during an El Nino-fueled Pacific season, has become a typhoon after lingering west of Hawaii. As Nolo tracked westward and crossed the ...

A strengthening nor’easter will continue to impact to the mid-Atlantic and East Coast through Wednesday. Here's a look at the timeline and what to expect.

As a September nor’easter strengthens along the east coast this weekend, here’s what sets it apart from a hurricane ...

The events of this hurricane season make that especially tangible: storms do not need to make a conventional landfall to ...

A close-up satellite image of Hurricane Isabel taken on Sept. 15, 2003. The National Ocean Service helps coastal communities prepare for and recover from major coastal storms such as hurricanes.