Abnormally warm ocean waters can ... five cyclones hit the Pacific in the past two years: Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu in March 2015, and Cyclone Winston hit Fiji in February 2016.

The Pacific ocean is the biggest geographical feature on the plaent, bigger than all the Earth's continents combined. The story of how it got its name however is actually pretty simple ...

In the eastern Pacific Ocean near Central America, meteorologists say the atmosphere is becoming more favorable for tropical development. "Satellite imagery shows showers and thunderstorms ...

New Caledonia is an archipelago about halfway between Brisbane, Australia, and Fiji in the South Pacific, nearly 900 miles of ocean between the continent and the collection of islands. It isn't ...

Ocean temperatures in the southwest Pacific reached fresh highs in 2024 as heatwaves struck more than 10 per cent of the world's marine waters. Long stints of extreme ocean heat were experienced ...

Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from “Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific,” by Coll Thrush (University of Washington Press, $29.95). THE FETCH OF the ...

A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued four people and three dogs from a boat stranded in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Noumea’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre notified Carnival Splendor ...

A tropical storm is expected to form Tuesday night or Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, far off the southern coast of Mexico, forecasters say. Once confirmed, the storm would be named Alvin.

MIAMI (AP) — A weather system swirling off the coast of western Mexico has developed into the first tropical storm of the eastern North Pacific hurricane season, forecasters said Thursday.