Hurricane Idalia was the only U.S. landfalling hurricane in 2023 and a rare major hurricane to hit Florida during a strong El Niño year. El Niño typically reduces Atlantic hurricane activity by ...

Before tropical cyclones can significantly strengthen, they generally must first become vertically aligned, with their rotating centers stacked through the atmosphere. New research using nearly three ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

High above Earth's surface, GOES-18 and GOES-19 are the current pair of operational geostationary satellites monitoring the Western Hemisphere, orbiting in the GOES West and GOES East positions, ...

Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations. By Scott Dance Reporting from Washington Frank Marks has flown aboard ...

Since 1851, 309 storms have made landfall in the continental U.S. with hurricane-strength winds, according to data analyzed by the Get the Facts Data Team. That’s slightly more than 17 hurricanes a ...

Slurping deeply warmed Gulf water and exploiting a pause in storm-shredding wind shear, Hurricane Idalia unleashed a brutal ascension to a Category 4 cyclone less than 100 miles from Tallahassee. It ...