Category 5 Hurricane Melissa was an eye-popping storm, smashing historical records — and the western end of Jamaica — last week. A rapid fire series of new scientific studies also suggest that climate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 114 people in the Philippines with even more missing and then hit Vietnam Friday. A second typhoon, Fong-Wong, is forecast to hit the Philippines ...

Have you ever wondered why and how storms are named? It may feel like a random process, but storm names follow a strict international system. Naming ...

AccuWeather's lead hurricane expert said such a storm has never formed in the Eastern Pacific during the month of January.

Overall, the studies found, Melissa was a rare storm and would have more than likely formed no matter how hot the world is. That makes sense, because Category 5 storms have been slamming into ...

Three studies found that Melissa would have probably been a weaker, drier storm if it weren’t for decades of human-caused warming of the atmosphere. This satellite image was provided by the National ...