At a Glance Four areas around Africa are known to produce tropical cyclones. Some of the world's deadliest and costliest cyclones come from the Indian Ocean. Many Atlantic hurricanes come from northern Africa. Africa isn't typically what you would think of when you think of hurricanes, but the continent actually has more cyclone-producing tropical ocean basins surrounding it than any other. The only basin that regularly produces tropical storms or hurricanes affecting Africa is the southwest Indian Ocean, but locations...

At a Glance Kenneth's latest northern Mozambique strike is just the latest in a recent string of strange tropical cyclones.These include a Maui landfall, a track into Michigan and a pair of weird January tropical cyclones. Tropical Cyclone Kenneth's intense landfall in northern Mozambique is just the latest example of a storm occurring in a strange place, during a strange time of year and/or being unusually strong. (MORE: ForecastLatest News) Kenneth became the . Here is a partial list of...

At a Glance A new study found nanoplastics made up 90% of the plastics detected across three different brands of bottled water.Much of the nanoplastics come from the bottle itself. Nanoplastics are smaller than microplastics and are potentially more harmful. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. The average liter bottle of water has thousands of tiny nanoplastics, and for the first time, researchers have figured out exactly what...