When a strong storm is predicted for your area, you need to be prepared. That doesn’t just mean charging your phone and digging out the flashlights: It also means paying attention to weather reports ...

Hurricane Milton, Typhoon Meranti, and Cyclone Winston all rank among the strongest storms ever observed around the world. Each system had an ominous eye, tremendous winds, and caused significant ...

Editor's note: The original version of this story was published on Aug. 18, 2023. Hurricane Milton has strengthened to a Category 5 storm just days before it is expected to make landfall in Florida.

You may know the difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane, but what about these other words used to describe tropical activity? Massive winter storm could snarl travel across eastern U.S.

When spiral formations appear on weather radars and satellite images, it can be easy to jump at the thought of an impending tropical cyclone. Heavy rain and strong winds are part of northern Australia ...

With Hurricane Milton strengthening on its path towards Florida, here's how storms are classified from a tropical depression to a Category 5. NBC Universal, Inc. Editor's note: The original version of ...

Just like in real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. Both typhoons and hurricanes are tropical cyclones: storms that are rotating, organized, and form over tropical or subtropical ...

Hurricane season has started to ramp up in the North Atlantic as the National Hurricane Center monitors two tropical storms, a post-tropical cyclone and a potential tropical cyclone on Monday.