A bomb cyclone is simply a storm that intensifies very rapidly. Bomb cyclones form when air near Earth’s surface rises quickly in the atmosphere, triggering a sudden drop in barometric pressure — at ...

Above: Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Alden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters on August 27, ...

Thomas Mortlock works for Aon Reinsurance Solutions. Tropical cyclone Ilsa has been downgraded to a category-three cyclone as it moves southeast through Western Australia. The storm first made ...

The most intense wind gust ever measured on Earth was in an Australian tropical cyclone, but its extreme value wasn't believed until an investigation wrapped up almost 14 years after the storm. On ...

The 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler was built in an era when Detroit treated air as an opponent to be beaten, not just a medium ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The election of a new prime minister in Vanuatu, Bob Loughman, is expected to speed up emergency relief work for residents of the Pacific island nation left without shelter by ...

Steam engines. For most of us, they conjure images of horseless buggies, paddle ships and classic locomotives, but soon they may be setting new speed records and hitting new benchmarks for efficiency- ...

Steam engines and diesel engines have a lot in common. First off, they share the same blood, or to put it differently, they both use heat to make mechanical power. Secondly, these combustion brothers ...