Understanding how storms form helps explain why forecasters watch ocean temperatures and wind patterns so closely.

A couple of years ago, Brian Floca was on an island off the coast of Maine when a storm rolled in. "There was this kind of electric charge in the air," he remembers. It was hypnotic — "Just the ...

Hurricane Erin became the Atlantic Ocean’s first hurricane of the season – which runs from June 1 to November 30 – rapidly intensifying to Category 5 on Saturday before weakening to Category 2 on ...

A new tropical depression or storm is likely to form in the Atlantic by the end of the week or over the weekend, and although it’s too soon to know where it could end up, the system is still about a ...