14 July 2020
Hurricanes may be common on exoplanets that orbit small, red stars over the course of about 10 days, and they are most likely to form on planets that are tidally locked, and so have one side with perpetual daytime
22 April 2020
Climate models show that as the world warms, tropical cyclones will travel more slowly, dumping more rain in one place and making high-speed winds batter buildings for longer
14 November 2018
Tall buildings in Houston made hurricane Harvey dump more rain on the region, before the water ran straight off the city's hard surfaces causing epic flooding
31 October 2018
Climate scientists are still scrapping over the details, but the increased ferocity, unpredictability and spread of tropical storms is in line with predictions
10 October 2018
Hurricane Michael intensified faster than expected overnight and is now headed for Florida. It was fuelled by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico
26 September 2018
More than a week after Hurricane Florence reached the US, the record-breaking amount of rain it dumped is still causing devastation
19 September 2018
Extreme storms Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut have caused destruction and taken lives across the globe this week, forcing millions to evacuate their homes
12 September 2018
Hurricane Florence won’t make landfall until Thursday, but we can already be sure that its destruction will be greater because of climate change
11 September 2018
As Hurricane Florence comes closer to land and approaches the highest possible storm rating, a state of emergency has been declared in four US states
20 February 2018
New Zealand has declared a state of emergency as Cyclone Gita struck the city of Christchurch, just days after causing devastation on the island nation of Tonga
