Major hurricane Erick made landfall as a Category 3 storm in extreme western Oaxaca, Mexico, about 7:40 a.m. ET, according to the National Hurricane Center. A major hurricane is a Category 3 or ...

A shaky truce between Israel and Iran, announced after U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, appeared to be holding. By Farnaz Fassihi David E. Sanger and Aaron Boxerman A fragile cease-fire ...

The collapse of a crucial network of Atlantic Ocean currents could push parts of the world into a deep freeze, with winter temperatures plunging to around minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit in some ...

The system, currently designated as Invest 94L, is not expected to develop any further due to strong upper-level winds, the NHC said Friday. The hurricane center gives the system just a 10 percent ...

Hurricane Helene is strengthening as it moves toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. Now a Category 1 storm, it is expected to hit Florida's Big Bend on Thursday.

It is now the Atlantic Ocean’s third-earliest major hurricane. The earliest was Hurricane Alma on June 8, 1966, followed by Hurricane Audrey, which reached major hurricane status on June 27, 1957.

Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean are now twice as likely to grow from a weak storm into a major Category 3 or higher hurricane within just 24 hours, according to a study published Thursday ...