By Gonzalo Ortuño López In the Mexican port city of Acapulco, in southwestern Guerrero state, human activities have put so ...

These hurricanes of 2024 were either so destructive and/or deadly that an international committee retired their names from use in future hurricanes. That's happened many times in the past 70-plus ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially retired the names Beryl, Helene, and Milton due to their ...

The World Meteorological Organization has retired more hurricane names following a deadly and destructive 2024 season.

However, in October 2023, Acapulco was hit by the category 5 Hurricane Otis, which cost at least 50 lives and caused unprecedented damage. Less than a year later, Hurricane John lashed the region, in ...

Over 150,000 homes were damaged, and more than 1,400 mm of rain fell at Acapulco’s airport over five days. John caused $2.45 billion in damage, ranking as the third most expensive hurricane to ...