La Niña reared its head in the tropical Pacific in December 2024 and it's likely to linger for a few more months. What does ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to remain away from ...

It's not great news for the Gulf Coast and other storm-prone regions: La Niña is associated with more tropical activity in ...

Everyone knows California is disaster-prone. But wildfires are supposed to be in the hills, not on the beach, and certainly ...

A long-awaited La Niña has finally appeared, but meteorologists say the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. A portion of California's popular Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the ocean during a deadly pre-holiday storm that has claimed the life of at ...

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean begins on June 1st and in the Pacific Ocean on May 15th. Both end on November 30th, but tropical systems can form any time of the year. Stay up-to-date on ...

In the western North Pacific Ocean, hurricanes are called typhoons while similar storms in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean are called cyclones. The peak of the Atlantic season is from mid ...

In the Indian Ocean and southern Pacific, they are known as typhoons. They are all tropical storms, but they are only called hurricanes in the north Atlantic and north-eastern Pacific. Most ...

If they form over the Atlantic Ocean or the Eastern Pacific Ocean, they are called hurricanes. If they occur in the Far East, near places such as Japan, they are known as typhoons and if they ...

More information: A. Hou et al, El Niño-like tropical pacific ocean cooling pattern during the last glacial maximum, Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01740-w ...

A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause ...