In 1947, Project Cirrus attempted to weaken a hurricane with dry ice. Project STORMFURY later used silver iodide to try to disrupt hurricane eyewalls. Modification failed, but the research advanced ...

In the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, hurricane scientists have made great strides toward understanding how climate change influences tropical cyclones, at the same time as ...

Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research. Hurricane science has come far since Katrina. That progress is now at risk In the 20 years ...