It's September, usually a busy month for tropical systems. The African monsoon is the factory of tropical waves, and the ...

Record warm ocean temperatures in the subtropics may be having the counterintuitive effect of reducing the number of hurricanes.

Balmy temperatures and warm ocean waters make summer a very popular time of year. But the conditions that can make a day at the beach inviting also tend to fuel strong storms that peak during this ...

Typically, the first hurricane of the season forms in July or August, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Nearly 60 years of data shows that the average date of the first ...

Hurricanes are the most powerful storms on Earth, but are often steered around the globe by just a gentle breeze. A hurricane is a spinning area of low pressure over warm ocean waters featuring ...