Hurricane

US climate scientist sees hurricane Helene’s devastation firsthand

ASHEVILLE, United States: Carl Schreck spent his career studying tropical storms thousands of miles away… Read More

Hurricane Roslyn batters Mexico’s Pacific coast with damaging winds, major rainfall

Roslyn, a powerful Category 3 hurricane, made landfall in Mexico's Nayarit state on the Pacific… Read More

Hurricane Delta bears down on storm-battered US south coast

The storm toppled trees and torn down power lines in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as it… Read More

Tropical Storm Humberto lashes Bahamas, seen becoming hurricane

Humberto had maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 km per hour) with… Read More

Alive but lost: In Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian survivors wonder what next

Great Abaco is littered with mounds of unused construction materials, waterlogged notebooks and Bibles, stained… Read More

Hurricane Dorian pounds Bahamas, US evacuates coast

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) called the storm's impact "catastrophic" Read More

Storm Barry takes aim at Louisiana, could roar ashore as hurricane

The large storm system currently in the Gulf of Mexico brings heavy rains, a potential… Read More

10,400 deaths, $160bn damage due to natural disasters in 2018

Financial toll due to natural disasters was below the $350bn recorded previous year but above… Read More

Killer storm Florence dumping ‘epic amounts of rainfall’ on Carolina states

Hurricane Florence dumped "epic amounts of rainfall" across the eastern United States resulting in life-threatening… Read More

TV channel defends reporter accused of faking extreme wind conditions during hurricane coverage

NEW YORK: A video of a US weather reporter channel made rounds on the social… Read More

Trump rejects Puerto Rico storm toll of 3,000 as Democrat plot

Donald Trump rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico,… Read More

Hurricane gathers force as it heads toward Hawaii and volcano

Hurricane Hector gained strength as it headed across the Pacific, threatening to hit Hawaii's Big… Read More

Former presidents take stage at hurricane benefit concert

ATLANTA: All five of America's living former presidents took the stage Saturday at a benefit… Read More

Trump gives self 10/10 for Puerto Rico response

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his administration ten-out-of-ten for its response a hurricane… Read More

Pakistan pledges financial assistance for hurricane-hit Caribbean countries

ISLAMABAD: As an expression of support and solidarity from Pakistan with the Caribbean countries devastated… Read More

Tropical storm Nate lashes US Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS: Tropical storm Nate moved quickly inland from the US Gulf Coast early Sunday… Read More

Climate change and hurricanes: do we need a smoking gun?

WASHINGTON: Many climate scientists are convinced that mega-storms Harvey and Irma Hurricane -- which left scores… Read More

Hurricane Irma menaces Florida’s Gulf Coast after striking Cuba

REMEDIOS: Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday and barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast… Read More

Indian Embassy tells 1,500 hurricane-hit Indian families in Caribbean to ‘go to hell’

As many as 1,500 Indian families stranded in the Caribbean in the wake of powerful… Read More

So how do mega-storms get named, anyhow?

PARIS: First there was Harvey, which put much of Houston under water. Now Hurricane Irma… Read More