Forecasters closely watch a region of the ocean where many hurricanes are born. Warm water temperatures signal trouble.

Rapidly intensifying storms dramatically increase in August and September. With warming oceans, the Atlantic is primed for an ...

The upper-level winds over the Atlantic Basin, which includes the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, are influenced by wind shear and Saharan Desert dust plumes.

The National Hurricane Center is now tracking four tropical waves with the development of a new one in the Caribbean.

Hurricane Erick rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours, growing into a powerful Category 4 storm but weakening slightly before making landfall.

Typhoon Wipha will skirt around 50 km to the south of the observatory, the warning showed. Hurricane-force wind is affecting ...

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. -- Hurricane Dorian brought life-threatening conditions along the North Carolina coast, but it also uncovered one of the beach's most captivating sights, often hidden. Rain and ...

The most intense storms, with wind gusts potentially exceeding 75 m.p.h., were forecast for central and eastern South Dakota, ...