Lightning may provide scientists with crucial insight into predicting the intensity of Earth’s deadliest storms.

A distinguished federal scientist has shifted his position regarding the recent increase in hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean, concluding global warming is not the underlying cause. In fact, he believes the warmer temperatures will actually lessen the number of Atlantic hurricanes as well as those making landfall.

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.

The number of tropical storms developing annually in the Atlantic Ocean more than doubled over the past century, with the increase taking place in two jumps, researchers say.

By Neil Johnson, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jun. 4--TAMPA -- Congress is moving to replace an aging satellite vital for hurricane forecasts.