A powerful storm system is hammering California’s offshore waters with winds that meet the formal definition of hurricane force, and the ripple effects are spreading far beyond the Pacific coastline.

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Deep below the rocky ground in Sindelfingen, Germany, a three-storey tall fan sits, enclosed by concrete walls. Its presence looms large inside the nondescript tangle of buildings in various shades of ...

As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost unimaginable speeds. How fast? Faster than most tornadoes. Faster than a race car ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...