Meteorologists divide storms, or cyclones, into two general types: "extratropical" and "tropical." Extratropical cyclones are the familiar storms that occur in all seasons and can form over land or ...

Bomb cyclones are the rapid intensification of a storm system or mid-latitude cyclone. The storm must lose pressure rapidly. In order for the system to be considered a bomb cyclone, it must drop 24 ...

Nov 29 (Reuters) - A dangerous weather phenomenon called a bomb cyclone that occurs in mid-latitudes - between Earth's tropics and the polar regions - can bring strong and damaging winds, torrential ...

One of the most powerful bomb cyclones to form in decades hit the U.S. West Coast this week, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy precipitation and power outages to portions of northern California, ...

There are variations around the world, particularly in the Western Pacific, in how countries name and measure tropical cyclones. We can explain. By Mike Ives The writer is based in South Korea and ...

When most people think of powerful hurricanes or typhoons, they imagine an area of low pressure with an eye and spiraling rainbands, but not all cyclones look alike. Some of the more powerful cyclones ...

The results show that a total of 574 storm layers have formed in the Great Blue Hole over the past 5,700 years. This is by far the longest annualized time series of tropical cyclones in the Caribbean.