Massive floods in Australia strand hundreds, prompt crocodile warnings
The flooding from the exceptional rainfall in Queensland forced hundreds of evacuations.
By Scott DanceAtlantic hurricane season is over. Here are 5 things that stood out.
It was more active than normal for the seventh time in eight years.
By Matthew CappucciDeadly Black Sea storm unleashes giant waves, flooding and heavy snow
At least four deaths and more than a dozen injuries were reported. Ukraine, southern Russia and northern Greece were particularly hard hit.
By Dan StillmanWhy your weather forecasts may soon become more accurate
Google has produced a weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence with better accuracy, faster speed and lower costs, study finds.
By Dan StillmanAt least 27 dead after Hurricane Otis batters Acapulco
With winds of 165 mph, the intense Category 5 storm stripped buildings to their skeletons, flooded hotels and buried highways in fallen trees and mud.
By Lorena Rios, Mary Beth Sheridan and Amudalat AjasaOtis dissipates after cutting communication to Acapulco as Category 5 hurricane
Otis intensified in hours from a tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane, the fastest strengthening on record in the northeast Pacific. Follow live updates.
By Jason Samenow, Mary Beth Sheridan, Justine McDaniel, Scott Dance, Amudalat Ajasa, Dan Stillman, Ian Livingston and María Luisa PaúlHow Hurricane Otis stunned forecasters with its leap to a Category 5
Forecasters didn’t even anticipate Otis would become a hurricane. Then it broke all-time records.
By Matthew Cappucci and Jason SamenowTropical Storm Otis tracker: Map and projected storm path
We’re tracking the path of Hurricane Otis. Explore our maps, forecasts and predictions of the storm.
By Dylan Moriarty, Aditya Jain and Emily M. EngHurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco as Category 5 storm
“A nightmare scenario is unfolding for southern Mexico,” the National Hurricane Center wrote of the northeastern Pacific’s fastest storm-strengthening on record.
By Jason Samenow and Kelsey AblesTropical cyclones have erupted in nearly all of the world’s ocean basins
Six tropical cyclones were churning across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian ocean basins — and all of them were affecting land or will soon.
By Matthew CappucciTracking the path of Hurricane Tammy
Hurricane Tammy, which formed in the central Atlantic, is expected to bring heavy rainfall to parts of the Caribbean, with potential for flash flooding and mudslides in higher terrain areas.
By Nick Mourtoupalas, Dylan Moriarty and Aditya JainTropical storms and hurricanes still roam the Atlantic and Pacific
Forecasters are monitoring Hurricane Tammy in the Atlantic while Otis is set to become the fourth tropical storm to make landfall in Mexico this month in the Pacific.
By Matthew CappucciHurricane Norma tracker: Map and projected storm path
Hurricane Norma is expected to bring heavy rainfall to parts of Mexico, with potential for flash flooding and mudslides in higher terrain areas.
By Dylan Moriarty and Aditya JainTammy strikes Lesser Antilles while Norma lashes Cabo San Lucas
The dual Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes show the season is still not over.
By Matthew CappucciTammy becomes hurricane near Caribbean while Norma approaches Mexico
The Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes could both produce flooding rains over land areas into the weekend.
By Dan StillmanAtlantic hurricanes intensifying faster, more frequently, research finds
Studies like this will be crucial in unlocking puzzles regarding intensity fluctuations in tropical cyclones.
By Ian LivingstonTropical storm Norma threatens Cabo San Lucas as Atlantic system eyes Puerto Rico
Norma will continue to meander north, probably approaching Cabo San Lucas into the weekend. It’s too early to know specifics about rain, wind or surge impacts.
By Matthew CappucciWhen will the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season finally be over?
A meteorological look into the current state of the season, and if more systems are likely to develop.
By Matthew CappucciCategory 5 typhoon in Pacific sees winds leap 95 mph in 24 hours
Super Typhoon Bolaven became the planet’s second-strongest storm this year, with 180 mph winds. It could affect weather patterns in North America.
By Matthew CappucciCategory 4 Hurricane Lidia slams into western coast of Mexico
The storm’s peak winds leaped 70 mph in the 24 hours before coming ashore about 35 miles south-southwest of Puerto Vallarta.
By Ian Livingston