Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the eastern coast of the United States, forcing more than a million people to flee. North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia have ordered mass evacuations, ...

Hurricane Michael is expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast early this afternoon. Hurricanes form near the equator, driven by warm ocean water. As humans warm up the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, ...

Some tropical storms rapidly transform into a category five hurricane. Cutting-edge saildrones are helping to reveal how this process happens. Hurricane Otis made landfall on the coast of southern ...

Hurricane Barbara has formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and Tropical Storm Cosme is expected to achieve hurricane status soon, according to the National Hurricane Center Barbara is about 155 miles ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi - one of the strongest of 2025 - has caused severe flooding in the Philippines, where it left at least 114 dead, before heading for Vietnam. Climate change is not thought to increase ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Hurricane Erick has formed in the Pacific Ocean on a forecast track to bring heavy rain, strong winds, storm surge and possible mudslides to southern coastal Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre ...