Ships use a system called Navtex to get weather forecasts at sea. Navtex forms part of the GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress & ...

For the residents of a UNESCO-listed town in Vietnam, Typhoon Kalmaegi lifted the curtain on a forgotten chapter of history, ...

Powerful storms, intense winds, arctic air and even bursts of warmth all play a role in creating the tumbler of weather the ...

Monday marks the 50th year anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On Nov. 10, 1975, a ship carrying tons of ...

Just after 2 p.m. on November 9, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald left port in Superior, Wisconsin for what would be its final ...

Cleveland-owned and crewed by Great Lakes men, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a November storm in 1975, but its lessons ...

From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...