Warmer Atlantic worsens hurricanes
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When the water in the hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic warms one degree in the dead of summer, overall hurricane activity jumps by half, according to a new study.
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A lively and sometimes scrappy debate on whether global warming is fueling bigger and nastier hurricanes like Katrina is adding an edge to a gathering of forecasters here.
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Next year's Atlantic hurricane season will again be more active than usual but is unlikely to be a repeat of this year's disaster, a noted storm forecaster said on Friday.
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The sixth tropical storm of the   Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a   hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters   said.
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Helene weakened and was no longer a hurricane Sunday as it moved through the open Atlantic, forecasters said.
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Forecasters warned Tuesday that a La Nina weather pattern &#151; the nasty flip side of El Nino &#151; is brewing, bringing with it the threat of more hurricanes for the Atlantic.
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La Nina conditions are developing in the Pacific Ocean, and that cooling of waters generally brings a more active Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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The hurricane appeared to be strengthening and forecasters warned of an increased threat of serious flooding and wind damage.
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Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.
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Climate scientists agree there have been a lot of strong hurricanes lately. They agree that warmer seas have given these storms some extra punch. But they disagree how much global warming is to blame.
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Over the last 5,000 years, the eastern Caribbean has experienced several periods in which strong hurricanes occurred frequently despite cooler ocean temperatures.
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Is our mishandling of the environment to blame for  the well-documented increase in the frequency and  severity of hurricanes? The answer is unclear.
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There will be four to six major hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this season, the National Hurricane Center predicted Monday.
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Hurricane scientists say the abundance of hurricanes is part of a storm cycle that could last another 10-30 years.
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The deadly hurricanes that have battered the Southeast and the Caribbean this year may be a sign of things to come as climate change heats up the tropical oceans where such storms are born, scientists warned Thursday.
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Description: Not since the 1960s has Florida been battered by a rapid succession of hurricanes. Many people have been tempted to ask whether this has anything to do with a predicted increase in severe weather events associated with global warming.
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FORT COLLINS - Days after the end of a busy season, hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic season again next year.