In the peak of Atlantic hurricane season, words matter. And using the right ones at the right time can be the difference between alerting of a far-out rotating storm system to a nearer full-blown ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - We received a question from Rich. He asks, "Hey Ray, what is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and cyclone"? These are terms that seem to be used interchangeably. A ...

La Niña is coming, and depending on the area, it could mean heavy storms like hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center suggests a 49% chance of La ...

A non-tropical gale is blowing in the Gulf and tracking north into Louisiana over colder shelf waters in the 60s. The gale whirling in the Gulf is quite different than a tropical cyclone threat we ...

A storm by any other name… is just a storm? Yes, a hurricane is the same as a typhoon, which is also the same as a cyclone but not necessarily the same as a bomb cyclone. So, typhoon vs. hurricane vs.

In this file photo, a satellite image shows Hurricane Ian’s well-defined eye in September 2022 after the storm system cleared Cuba and moved toward the Florida coastline. National Hurricane Center In ...