Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.
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Freak tropical-like storms are highly sensitive to climate change and as a result, could be coming soon to the Mediterranean.
Tropical storms are guided by many different wind patterns: big, like the Bermuda high, and small. A hurricane researcher explains their role in why so many storms veered off into the Atlantic in 2025.
Storm surge is the No. 1 cause of deaths and damage during a hurricane, yet detailed storm surge forecasts are difficult to create. AI could turn that around.
Species-rich islands are in the crosshairs of stronger storms as the climate crisis escalates.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
If your area experiences a 1,000-year rainfall event, don’t assume that you’re off the hook for the next 999 years.
The answer is found on the other side of the Atlantic, where the Sahara Desert just had weeks of unprecedented rainfall.
New techniques are helping forecasters spot potentially dangerous storms earlier than ever.
With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.
Hardening electric transmission systems and monitoring ocean temperatures are two key priorities.
Vertical wind shear can keep tropical storms in check, particularly during El Niño years. When El Niño is gone, it’s a different story.
Cyclones and hurricanes are getting more intense. But introducing new categories of storm may not be the answer.
An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.
A deadly hurricane developed in just 12 hours.
We all know climate change makes extreme weather more likely. But it’s also loading the dice for quick-forming drought, sudden and intense rainfall and fast-forming tropical storms.
A hurricane scientist explains the conflict between 2023’s abnormally high ocean heat and the storm-disrupting wind shear accompanying El Niño.
An El Niño weather-warming phase is underway in the Pacific – but what does this mean for the weather in Europe?
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
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