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 ...
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season proved to be consequential, even though no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S for the ...
How do hurricanes get named? Hurricanes, aka tropical cyclones, are powerful storms that form over warm ocean waters and can cause serious damage. When you hear about the name of a new hurricane on ...
Just hearing the names of these hurricanes brings to mind scenes of destruction in New Orleans, New York City and North ...
The World Meteorological Organization has used a rotating list of names for tropical cyclones since 1953. Hurricane names alternate between traditionally masculine and feminine names and are reused ...