Tropical Cyclone Horacio has just strengthened into Category 5, the strongest type of storm. It is the first storm anywhere ...

Horacio is spinning in the remote South Indian Ocean. It's a reminder that the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is only three months away.

Cyclone Horacio has become the world’s first Category 5 storm of 2026, intensifying over the South Indian Ocean with 160 mph winds, though it currently poses no threat to India.

Mid-latitude storms that rapidly intensify into violent weather systems, known as bomb cyclones, form through a specific chain of atmospheric events that begins with clashing air masses and ends with ...

Such rapidly strengthening storms are capable of producing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and intense winds that can create dangerous conditions such as downed trees and power outages.

Meteorologists sometimes warn of a winter storm that could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. According to the US National ...

When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this ...