A Wild Tropical Storm Gets a Chilly Makeover Near Iceland!

Way out over the ocean, powerful storms can get surprising second chapters! A famous tropical storm named Hurricane Isaias began its journey over warm Caribbean waters. But as winds carried it far up into the North Atlantic, the environment around it changed completely.

Instead of vanishing, the storm transformed into what scientists call an extratropical cyclone. While tropical hurricanes feed on warm bath-like ocean water, extratropical cyclones get their power from collisions between freezing polar air and warmer ocean breezes.