But how do hurricanes form? There are several conditions that need to be met for a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane to develop. Here’s a closer look at how these powerful and ...

Depending on where they form, tropical storms are also known as hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons. Tropical storms form over warm oceans and travel from east to west. Tropical storms bring with ...

Hurricanes, which scientists call “tropical cyclones,” vary in name by region: they're hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, but cyclones and typhoons elsewhere. A tropical wave ...

WHAT IS A STORM SURGE? As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric pressure from the storm also helps squeeze the water ashore.

an intense hurricane can form, although the exact causes of individual storms are complex. Globally, the frequency of tropical cyclones has not increased over the past century, and in fact the ...

They are all tropical storms, but they are only called hurricanes in the north Atlantic and north-eastern Pacific. Most hurricanes that form in the Atlantic are the result of an atmospheric ...

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) predicted that 19 to 20 tropical ...

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean begins on June 1st and in the Pacific Ocean on May 15th. Both end on November 30th, but tropical systems can form any time of the year. Stay up-to-date on ...

Tropical storms like hurricanes are not only terrifying, but also incredibly costly for coastal regions across the United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Beyond the immediate ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tropical Storm Oscar has formed in the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands and will continue to move ...

It's not great news for the Gulf Coast and other storm-prone regions: La Niña is associated with more tropical activity in ...