Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone. Here is an ...

Close to a thousand people may have been killed as Cyclone Chido hit the French island of Mayotte on Saturday, according to the island's top official. It was the strongest storm in more than 90 ...

Anything above that is considered a tropical cyclone. The terminology can be slightly confusing. Tropical cyclones are called hurricanes when they occur in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico ...