Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are all the same tropical storms, distinguished only by their geographical formation.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Every summer, hurricane season rolls in with a swirl of names, warnings, and numbers. But what do those category numbers — 1 through 5 — actually mean? The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind ...

The wind field of a hurricane is the area around the storm where damaging winds occur, defining how far its power and impacts ...

We've heard of tropical storms and tropical depressions, but what do these names mean? And when does a storm become a hurricane? We start with a tropical depression, a low-pressure area in the center ...

A broad low-pressure area in the Atlantic Ocean midway between the Windward Islands and the coast of West Africa is likely to become a tropical depression or tropical storm before Sept. 21, the ...