The science of hurricanes
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The BBC's Peter Gibbs explains why hurricanes happen, and what can be done to limit their impact.
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This summer&#39;s onslaught repeats a long-term cycle, bringing back warmer waters and more storms. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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n the wreckage left by the devastating one-two punch of Hurricanes Charley and Frances, engineers, researchers and others are finding some hope that this combination of disasters may do
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Hurricanes feed on warm water, and a  study released on Monday shows a link between warmer ocean  temperatures and human use of fossil fuels, challenging  skeptics who blame them on natural climate cycles.
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The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should have above-average activity, with three major hurricanes and a good chance at least one of them will make landfall, a top hurricane researcher said Friday.
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Utility companies in South Mississippi have strengthened procedures and developed new strategies to reason with hurricane season. After a hurricane -- no matter how large or small -- arguably the most critical resource is power.
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Hurricane Charley's sudden increase in intensity and unexpected path show how difficult it remains for scientists to predict massive storms.
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this season&#39;s busy season of landfalling Atlantic hurricanes has seen a few less-than-perfect calls by tropical
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Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity &#151; even with all the latest satellite and radar technology.
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When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.
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An unusual number of storms have made landfall in Florida in the last month, and the hurricane season is only halfway through. But experts say there is no easy answer for the run of bad luck other than the fact that the law of averages may be catching up with the state after several relatively calm hurricane seasons.
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Hurricane Ivan&#39;s massiveness can be seen in this view of the storm from the international space station. The photograph was made Saturday when Ivan was over the Caribbean.
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BOCA CHICA KEY, Fla. -- Drones are better known for their role in pursuing military targets, but scientists here are poised to launch them into the raging vortexes of hurricanes.
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By Ronald L. Littlepage  With the hurricane season now upon us, I know a lot of folks are hoping the big one doesn't come our way.  Me, too.  But I also know a lot of people are rooting for a couple of tropical storms, nice ones with not much wind and a lot of rain.
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The fizzling of Tropical Storm Ernesto was a perfect example of what forecasters constantly tell residents of hurricane-prone states: Scientists are far better at predicting where a storm will go than determining how powerful it will be.
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The prospect that a tropical storm and a hurricane - or possibly two hurricanes - could strike Florida on the same day is something meteorologists say they have never seen. "It's almost unheard of," state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.
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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.