Luftwaffe pilots in their Messerschmidts battled the Hurricanes and Spitfires of the Royal Air Force.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

The East Coast is along the Atlantic Ocean, which is known for its hurricanes.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

But tornadoes cover a much smaller area than hurricanes, which form over oceans.

VOA: special.2011.04.19

"So,to improve the quality of hurricanes over the U.S.A.five days in advance, you need to get better information over Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

You might wonder how such treasures survived the hurricanes,fires, and recessions that have surely battered the area and indeed they have.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

Haiti,the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been devastated in recent years by destructive and deadly hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"If you think about hurricanes in the Caribbean, hurricanes start their lives as waves, what we call easterly waves over Western Africa,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

They must be able to respond to a world that is likely to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods and hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Scientists warn climate change will lead to rising sea levels, more devastating floods and hurricanes, longer lasting droughts and other extreme weather phenomena.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

But Clinton said the trajectory for progress has been undermined by what she termed "the combined winds of hurricanes and the global economic recession."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

The company has survived dictators and hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Cuba still imports some food from the United States, but the country is short on cash for a number of reasons including the damage done by hurricanes and a drop in tourism revenue.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The agency report called for the need to adapt to an increase in more intense hurricanes in the Caribbean, above-average warming impact on glacier-dependent river flows in Central Asia,and droughts affecting fragile economies in North Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Already the region's poorest country, Haiti was battered by four successive hurricanes last year that wiped out about 15 percent of the country's economic output and further damaged roads and other elements of an already weak infrastructure.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14