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As the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season quickly approach, conditions for tropical development become more likely.
Forecasters are warning of early signs of a potential tropical cyclone developing along the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. A ...
The chances of invest 93L—a disturbance over the Gulf Coast with the potential to become Tropical Storm Dexter—developing ...
Invest 93L has moved inland over the Gulf Coast, bringing days of heavy rain, flash flooding and isolated severe weather for ...
It's not that often we see a hurricane name so early in the alphabet that we haven't seen anywhere before on Earth. Such is ...
A disturbance in the Atlantic could develop into a tropical depression on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the ...
If a tropical cyclone's max sustained winds reach or surpass 111 miles per hour, it's then classified as a major hurricane. This is typically the most destructive and most deadly type of storm ...
When a tropical cyclone forms in the western Pacific between 180 degrees and 100 degrees East longitude, it's called a typhoon. So, Japan, China, the Philippines, etc., get typhoons.
Numbers vs. words. The term hurricane derives from hurakan, an Arawak word for a storm god. It applies to tropical cyclones that have maximum sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour and ...