El Niño and hurricane season: What it means and how similar circumstances have played out

The tropical Pacific trends toward a stronger El Niño—a change with significant implications for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane ...

What’s the difference between a hurricane, cyclone and typhoon?

Hurricanes, tropical cyclones and typhoons are all destructive windstorms, but how do they differ from one another? Learn more.

Meet the medicane, a hurricane’s Mediterranean cousin

The storm, which made landfall this week in Libya, is fairly infrequent, with only a dozen forming between 1982 and 2003.

New 5-day hurricane tracking cone will offer more details this season

Updated hurricane cone maps highlight inland watches and warnings to show storm impacts beyond the forecast cone track.
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"Melissa" retired from hurricane naming list after devastating strike

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Melissa from its Atlantic basin naming lists after the Category 5 devastated Jamaica in 2025.

15 of the Deadliest Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons Ever Recorded

Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions.

Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is currently a very dangerous Category 5 storm, sitting off the Far North Queensland Coast some 350 kilometres northeast of Cooktown. Formed in the Coral Sea, Narelle is ...