Wave watching during a storm is something of a tradition for people living on an island on the south coast of England. So ...

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm "messengers," carrying a storm's power across entire oceans. Observations from the ...

Some of the most tragic disasters are caused by major disturbances like hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, and blizzards, but there are even more treacherous hazards at sea. In fact, some of the most ...

What if skyscraper-high waves rose in empty oceans and nobody saw them until satellites did? That is exactly what happened, ...

Strong winds and waves battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and dangerous rip currents threatened from the Carolinas to New England as Hurricane Erin made its way farther out to sea Friday. The ...

The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical waves across the Atlantic, Caribbean. Tropical waves are low-pressure areas that are often considered the seeds of a tropical storm, but their ...

Hurricane Erin continued to strengthen Monday, Aug. 18 as it barreled toward the East Coast, forcing evacuations, churning up the Atlantic and spinning up dangerous life-threatening surf, with ...

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, ...