Over the last 40 years, oceans have absorbed about 90% of the warming caused by heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.

The new tropical cyclone west of the country may intensify into a typhoon category before making landfall either on Monday or ...

Gathering data from planes inside hurricanes is a dangerous game and 52 lives have been lost since operations began in 1944.

Finally, sea-levels are rising, mainly due to a combination of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and the fact that warmer ...

Melissa tied the 1935 record for the most intense hurricane to make landfall when it battered Jamaica on Tuesday, according ...

A super typhoon named Melissa, which swept through the Caribbean region, has reportedly left at least 50 people dead. Jamaica ...

Hurricane hunters encountered severe turbulence during a flight into Hurricane Melissa, prompting a mandatory return for inspection.

Scientists call this “rapid intensification”. As the planet warms, this violent strengthening is becoming more common. These ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded ...

Hurricane Melissa ties 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense landfall storm, battering Jamaica amid rising climate ...

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...