Hurricanes have long been associated with tropical climates, conjuring images of palm trees swaying violently in the winds.

(CNN)-- The storm previously known as Hurricane Igor sped past Newfoundland Tuesday, leaving behind downed trees, washed out roads and a desperate search for a missing elderly man. Igor slipped ...

NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of the western half of Hurricane Igor's clouds temperatures on Sept. 14 at 1723 UTC (1:23 p.m. EDT) that continued to show strong ...

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well understood. But these huge cyclones also stir up the ocean itself, with ...

while Category 2 Hurricane Igor turned toward Bermuda, which is bracing for landfall late Sunday. A third hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, Julia, continued to sputter, forecasters said.

After Hurricane Igor's passage in 2010, particles from the hurricane-induced sediment plume collected at 500 meters by the Oceanic Flux Program. This image shows the dominance of reef-sourced ...