Storm Watch

Like big-wave surfers or daring meteorologists, shearwaters in the Sea of Japan deliberately head toward powerful (and dangerous) storms. When hurricanes strike, most birds either evacuate or take shelter. After...

A flag flies at a mobile home park on San Carlos Island in the Fort Myers area days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida in late September 2022. (Octavio Jones/for The...

Bomb cyclones, intense winter storms with high winds, heavy blizzards and sub-zero temperatures, are basically winter hurricanes that are created through a process known as bombogenesis.Bombogenesis is a weather term that combines "bomb"...

With a direct hit by Category 4 Hurricane Ian in September and two unusual late-season storms, the state of Florida saw an active hurricane season this year. Severe beach erosion...

Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the east coast of the Florida peninsula, just south of Vero Beach, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph about 3am...

A hurricane by the name of Lisa is brewing in the western Caribbean Sea, and it's likely headed for a landfall Wednesday afternoon. Tropical Storm Lisa hasn't been upgraded into...

Brittany Ward’s rental unit already had a crack in the roof before Hurricane Ian. The storm split it into seven more. With other damage, it wasn’t habitable.Ms. Ward is one...

“Sea level rise, even under the most pessimistic scenarios, occurs slowly enough that U.S. nuclear power plants will have ample time to address the issue, remain in compliance with licenses,...

It sounds counterintuitive, but electric vehicles that have been submerged in saltwater can catch fire. That’s proven to be a problem in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which...

Hurricane Ian’s wrath had barely subsided in Florida when advertisements for day laborers started popping up on phones across New York through online platforms like Telegram and WhatsApp.The Spanish-language messages...