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'It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record
Unprecedented sea surface temperatures have driven the powerful storm to form early in the year, sowing catastrophe across the Caribbean.
Hurricane season 2024: How long it lasts and what to expect
This guide to the Atlantic hurricane season of 2024, includes predictions, tropical storm science, naming conventions and storm safety tips.
Earth from space: Mysterious, slow-spinning cloud 'cyclone' hugs the Iberian coast
This 2017 satellite photo shows an unusual cloud "cyclone" nestled up against the coastline of Spain and Portugal. Researchers are unsure what caused the strange structure's spin, but ocean eddies and an extreme heat wave likely played key roles.
This year's hurricane season could see 25 named storms, NOAA says in record-breaking forecast
Unusually high temperatures combined with the abatement of the El Niño could lead to more major hurricanes this year.
Earth from space: Rare phenomenon transforms African thunderstorm into giant ethereal 'jellyfish'
In 2018, a weather satellite captured a massive thunderstorm cloud in the shape of a jellyfish. The bizarre cloud was the result of a meteorological phenomenon gone wrong.
'You certainly don't see this every day': Ultra-rare backward-spinning tornado formed over Oklahoma
A pair of odd twisters spun out from a supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma Tuesday (April 30).
Eerie, orange skies loom over Athens as dust storm engulfs southern Greece
A Saharan dust storm that reached southern Greece on Tuesday (April 23) has turned the sky over Athens and other Greek cities an apocalyptic reddish-orange hue.
Massive heat wave and a supercell thunderstorm caused deadly, baseball-size hailstones to rain down on Spain
A giant-hail event that hit Girona in northwest Spain in 2022 was fueled by climate change, with a marine heatwave helping to intensify the storm that killed a small child.
'Uncharted territory': El Niño to flip to La Niña in what could be the hottest year on record
A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.?
Polar vortex is 'spinning backwards' above Arctic after major reversal event
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.