Every year, news anchors around the world switch effortlessly between three different words to describe what is technically ...

Should you worry about one more than the others? Here’s what you need to know about a typhoon vs. hurricane vs. cyclone. When a strong storm is predicted for your area, you need to be prepared. That ...

A close-up satellite image of Hurricane Isabel taken on Sept. 15, 2003. The National Ocean Service helps coastal communities prepare for and recover from major coastal storms such as hurricanes.

As Hurricane Polo makes history as 2nd strongest Pacific hurricane ever recorded, do you know the difference between hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons?

Hurricane Nolo, which recently threatened the Hawaiian Islands during an El Nino-fueled Pacific season, has become a typhoon ...

The difference between a typhoon and a hurricane is in name only, and based on geography. Typhoons are tropical cyclones that develop in the northwestern Pacific and affect Asia. Elsewhere, they are ...

The system is entering its third week of life as it churns across the Pacific Ocean ...

I only have the impression that a typhoon is a "large and strong low-pressure system," but how does it actually ...

Hurricane Nolo crossed the International Date Line and entered the western Pacific Ocean on Sunday, October 4, officially making it a typhoon. Satellite footage from the Cooperative Institute for ...

The last storm to attain typhoon status from previously being a hurricane was Dora in 2023. Dora did an even more uncommon thing, being only the second storm on record to be a hurricane or hurricane ...