A hurricane or typhoon is a type of tropical cyclone, or severe tropical storm. They form in almost all ocean basins. A typical cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms, and in the Northern ...

Hurricane Florence has arrived on the eastern seaboard of the United States. At the same time, Super Typhoon Mangkhut is approaching the Philippines. There are spectacular images of both shot from ...

The first hurricane/typhoon hunter plane loss occurred on October 1, 1945, when a Navy PB4Y-2 (BuNo 59415) went down in a Category 1 typhoon over the South China Sea. Pilot Lt(jg) Ralph Cook and ...