The impacts of Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila, which is looming about 1,300 kilometres off Queensland, will be largely confined to the Far North, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). The ...

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle has been upgraded to a category three system as it moves closer to the Far North Queensland coast. The cyclone is expected to cross the coast between Lochart River and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane season starts June 1, and for Delaware and other states along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines, this year ...

The oceanic conditions that churn up the very strongest of hurricanes and typhoons are heating up in the North Atlantic and Western Pacific, fueled by warm water that extends well below the surface.

When a tropical cyclone reaches Category 5, it has entered the highest classification on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. These are the most powerful storms on Earth, capable of flattening ...

Forecasters say that an oncoming El Niño will likely play a significant role in the strength and activity of the 2026 hurricane seasons, both in the Atlantic and Pacific basins. El Niño, a natural ...

When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know. It's important to understand what the ratings really mean.

Hurricane Erin, the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 cyclone as it stayed safely north of the Caribbean islands ...

This is a digital-exclusive feature of our First Alert Hurricane Season 2025 special. View the full episode here. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Tropical cyclones are like engines over the ocean that can ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a hurricane is a tropical cyclone or a rotating low-pressure system that does not have a boundary separating two air masses. When the ...

We may be months away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, but tropical cyclones are spinning somewhere on the planet. Indeed, on the other side of the world, "Tropical Cyclone Horacio ...