New research led by The University of Texas at Arlington emphasizes that studying the impacts of past tropical storms can help communities better prepare for future storms. A key part of the study is ...

Swiss Re said the high losses were the result of disasters striking areas of large exposure and asset concentration.

RALEIGH — The Watauga High School Playmakers continue to earn praise and recognition for their play “Surge.” On Jan. 8, the ...

The French territory of Mayotte was battered by a new tropical storm Sunday, just weeks after the worst cyclone to hit the islands in nearly a century laid waste to entire neighborhoods and villages ...

Cyclone Dikeledi was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday but the archipelago will remain under red ...

Residents still coping without power and heat were preparing Friday for a new winter storm as power line crews worked to get ...

A fishing stage is the heart of any outport community, explained Pound Cove resident Dana Blackmore. It holds so many memories of lessons passed down from generation to generation. "The grandparents ...

As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric pressure from the storm ...

Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone.

Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to ...

A winter storm will bring heavy snow and hazardous ice from the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic later this week, the National Weather Service (NWS) has warned. Icing, snow, and other wintry ...

PARIS — The number of tropical cyclones each year has not risen over the past four decades but their intensity has, according to international databases analyzed by Agence France-Presse (AFP) that ...