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Update: This storm has produced significant wave heights in excess of 57.8 feet (19.6 m)! Read the update here. Post-Tropical Hurricane Force Storm Lan will

By Fred Pickhardt (Ocean Weather Services) – Given the unusual occurrence of 3 named tropical cyclones prior to the end of June, one might ask what

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Cindy, which has already shut energy production in the Gulf of Mexico, disrupted shipping and forced

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Cindy has halted service at a major oil terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, prompted some evacuations at

DHAKA, June 13 (Reuters) – Three bodies were recovered on Tuesday from the Bay of Bengal, where 86 fishermen remain missing after a cyclonic storm in the

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — The Atlantic hurricane season will likely churn out an above-average 11 to 17 named storms, in part due to fading odds

Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2017, citing the potential development of

Video shot aboard the Judy platform in the North Sea shows giant 50-foot waves hitting the platform and adjacent accommodation rig CSCL Rival back in January.

Here’s a look at the heavy surf sea trials of Safehaven Marine’s new XSV 17 craft during several days of recent storms to hit

As of 0600 UTC 06 February, an intense hurricane force 932MB low was moving northward over the eastern North Atlantic is producing storm force winds outward

Check out this amazing video posted to facebook showing an inbound fishing vessel crossing the Chetco River (Brooking) bar near Brooking, Oregon. The

A total of 15 containers were lost from a general cargo ship in the North Sea off the Netherlands on Wednesday. The Dutch Coastguard reported the

A natural buffer zone of wind shear and cooler ocean temps has been found to form along the U.S. East Coast during periods of greater Atlantic hurricane

A major search and rescue is underway in the Philippines for 18 people reported missing after the car and passenger ferry Starlite Atlantic sank during the

An expert committee convened by the World Meteorological Organization has established a new world record significant wave height of a massive 19 meters (62.3

By Rachel Morison (Bloomberg) — Autumn storms often do damage to Britain’s electricity networks as falling trees bring down local power cables. Angus,

The island of Bermuda is taking a near-direct hit from Major Hurricane Nicole on Thursday, which exploded in strength over past 24 hours as it approached the

By Makini Brice LES CAYES, Haiti, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti’s southwestern peninsula

Hurricane Matthew has grown into an intense Category 4 hurricane with max sustained winds of 140 mph as it approaches western Haiti on Monday. Over the

By Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva LES CAYES/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew intensified en route to Haiti on Monday, bringing