Earth Day draws attention to climate change, but it's also been a fascinating day in weather history, with everything from ...

Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The ...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, beachgoers are being warned to stay out of the water as a surge of hazardous ocean ...

Heat and heatwaves. Heatwaves are getting hotter and longer. The increase in extreme heat is a result of our warming planet, as rising greenhouse gas emissions trap more heat in […] ...

More than a foot of rain fell in several areas. As a climate scientist who studies the water cycle, I often get questions about how extreme storms like these form and what climate change has to do ...

Emergent modeling tools under development by University of Delaware researchers will be used to understand the impact of ...

Extreme rainfall events can cause devastating floods, landslides, and widespread damage, yet predicting them remains a major ...

This often leads to strong storm systems that can spawn tornadoes. Extreme downpours hit the Midwest It is precisely a combination of these conditions that caused the prolonged, extensive ...

The Midwest is prone to extreme storms, particularly during spring. Spring is a transition time when the cold and dry air mass from the Arctic, which dominates the region in winter, is gradually ...