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 ...

A surface ridge extending from the Gulf of America across Florida into the Atlantic is expected to bring 5-7 foot seas in parts of the Gulf and 8- to 10-foot rough seas in the Atlantic, with and 8- to ...

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded, created "extremely dangerous and life-threatening" conditions in Jamaica, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Climate ...

Here in Oklahoma, we know severe weather all too well. Tornadoes, hail, and strong spring storms are part of our landscape. But another type of severe weather, hurricanes, can sometimes reach us too, ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated as Hurricane Melissa, now a category 2 storm, churns across Cuba. So how do hurricanes form? FOX 10 Meteorologist Krystal Ortiz explains.

Chances that a system in the southwestern Atlantic will strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara have slowly been rising this week, but it could be disrupted by Hurricane Rafael to the west. Rafael became ...

The tropics may come alive again in the end of October as a system is expected to develop in the Caribbean this week. The National Hurricane Center has designated Invest AL98 with a 70% chance of ...

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Typhoon Fung Wong is already bringing "life threatening conditions" to one eastern island, with widespread disruption ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated as Hurricane Melissa, now a category 2 storm, churns across Cuba. So how do hurricanes form? FOX 10 Meteorologist Krystal Ortiz explains. Senate ...