Hurricanes are strong storms that wreak havoc in tropical areas and beyond, but there’s more to them than meets the eye. The word hurricane is believed to come from the indigenous Caribbean Taino word ...

To figure out how something mechanical works, people take it apart and look at its components, then try and put it back together. That's what NASA researchers are doing with hurricanes, to try to ...

CLEVELAND — When you hear the word hurricane, you probably imagine roofs ripped off homes, flooded streets and families forced to evacuate to higher ground. These storms are often deadly and ...

The Colorado State University forecast predicts 13 tropical storms, of which six will become hurricanes. How many could hit ...

Heat fuels hurricanes, but it isn’t the full story. This short documentary explains the other forces — from wind shear to atmospheric moisture — that drive the most powerful storms. Iran sends first ...