NOAA and partner researchers successfully completed their eighteenth PIRATA Northeast Extension cruise in support of a key tropical Atlantic observing system.

In the early morning hours of October 18, 1950, violent Hurricane King struck Miami, FL bringing wide-spread destruction to south Florida. It was the most devastating tropical cyclone to hit the area ...

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The sea height anomaly (SHA) represents the deviation of the sea height with respect to its mean. Sea height anomaly fields from the altimeter constellation, are used in this study. For analysis and ...

On the evening of September 8, 1900, a major hurricane struck Galveston, Texas. It became the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States and altered the city forever. The disturbance that formed the ...

On the morning of September 26, 1955, a Navy Hurricane Hunter plane carrying out routine reconnaissance of Hurricane Janet in the Caribbean lost contact with its base. Subsequent search efforts turned ...

On the evening of September 2, 1935, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States on record roared through the Florida Keys, taking hundreds of lives. It would’ve come ashore virtually ...

Early on the morning of July 31, 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet was caught by a severe hurricane while exiting the Bahama Channel. Eleven ships of the fleet were either sunk or foundered upon reefs ...

The Tropical Atlantic Current Observations Study (TACOS) is a pilot study focused on advancing understanding of ocean circulation and mixing and its impact on sea surface temperatures and the ...

On the morning of October 2, 1893, a severe hurricane came roaring across the Louisiana coast near the village of Chenière Caminada, all but wiping the town flat and killing over half the population.

On Aug. 21, 1873 the weather service of the U.S. Army Signal Corps issued its first warning for a hurricane. A long-tracking Cape Verde-type storm, it was initially detected by ship and warnings were ...

Extreme hydroclimate events, such as droughts, floods, and heavy rainfall, account for a substantial portion of weather-related disasters in the United States, leading to significant socio-economic ...