Meanwhile, in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term tropical cyclone is used, notwithstanding the strength of the wind associated with the weather system. Tornadoes A tornado ...

In 2018, Hurricane Florence slowed to a crawl near South Carolina, dropping up to 36 inches of rain over several days and earning the title of the "wettest tropical cyclone on record for the ...

Disease-causing microorganisms churn in the floodwaters after a hurricane and grow in people's homes long after the first ...

said on Sunday that potential Tropical Cyclone Eighteen has a near 100% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours. The system is currently about 325 miles (520 km) south of Kingston ...

Tropical Storm Rafael slipped by western Jamaica en route to the Cayman Islands and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday evening, federal forecasters said. Rafael, which formed ...

Most late season landfalls are focused on South ... into a tropical cyclone. Invests run from 90 to 99, followed by a letter: L for the Atlantic basin and E for those in the eastern Pacific.

Hainan, a palm-fringed island known as China’s Hawaii, sits in the warm tropical waters of the South China Sea east ... Protection of sea routes that fuel China’s economy.

and cyclones which begin in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. With some forecasts suggesting that the intensity of tropical cyclones will grow with rising ocean temperatures, understanding ...

a Southeast Asian archipelago which lies between the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, left more than 7,300 people ...

One of the tropical waves is just east of the Windward Islands, extending south of ... fuel tropical cyclone development in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and even the eastern Pacific.