The wild and woolly Pacific basin – fueled by a powerful El Niño – continues to spew forth tropical cyclones of all shapes and sizes.

El Niño is a natural cycle that occurs every few years, changing precipitation and temperature patterns around the globe. It occurs when the Pacific Ocean heats up near the Equator and the prevailing ...

Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades, and it was expected to skirt Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm.

Newport community members have been shaken by loss after a plane crash on Monday.

Weather forecasters are saying this fall and winter could produce one of the strongest El Niños, or warm water pools in the eastern Pacific Ocean, since record keeping started. Just what that means ...

A strengthening El Niño is stirring up a dangerous mix of typhoons and hurricanes across the Pacific, fueling storms that have killed hundreds, disrupted ...

Hurricane Polo rapidly strengthened Tuesday to become one of the most powerful storms in the eastern Pacific Ocean's history.

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the ...

Three hurricanes are crammed between Hawaii and North America. Two have already become major hurricanes, and the third is strengthening.

A new ranking highlights spectacular destinations with relatively little Instagram attention, from Oregon’s Thor’s Well to ...

Glover saw the whale surfacing on Wednesday while he was fishing for salmon and striped bass from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) boat, ...