It may seem like meteorologists use these terms interchangeably, but is there actually a difference between them? And should you worry about one more than another? That may be a trick question: All of ...

More than 1,900 disasters have been attributed to tropical cyclones worldwide since 1970, resulting in more than 790,000 ...

Hurricane Michael is making history as one of the strongest storms to make landfall in the United States. The Category 4 hurricane has barreled through five states, hitting the Florida Panhandle ...

Hurricane Milton, Typhoon Meranti, and Cyclone Winston all rank among the strongest storms ever observed around the world. Each system had an ominous eye, tremendous winds, and caused significant ...

You may know the difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane, but what about these other words used to describe ...

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 ...

The last time a tropical storm made landfall in California, Franklin D. Roosevelt was U.S. president, the movie "The Wizard of Oz" had just been released and the Dodgers still called Brooklyn home.

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In the peak of Atlantic hurricane season, words matter. And using the right ones at the right time can be the difference between alerting of a far-out rotating storm system to a nearer full-blown ...

Cyclones, typhoons, hurricanes: these extreme tropical storms often make headlines as they disrupt lives and leave devastation in their wake. The term cyclone is used when the storms occur in the ...

Some have had to be winched from the rooftops of their flooded homes. The government declared a state of national emergency for only the third time in its history after the cyclone caused widespread ...

If you've ever wondered what separates hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons from one another, the only difference is that they happen in different geographical locations. "We call a tropical system a ...