# General information

AccuWeather's Tropical API delivers active and historical tropical cyclone data — including current and past positions, forecasts, and storm metadata — for **all global basins** (Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Central Pacific, Western Pacific, North Indian, South Indian, South Pacific).

→ See the [Tropical Guide](/developers/tropical/guide) and [Parameters](/developers/tropical/parameters) for endpoint details and request patterns.

## Endpoints

- **Active storms** — all currently active tropical cyclones
- **Storm search** — by year, basin, and government ID
- **Positions** — past and current positions for an individual storm
- **Forecasts** — government-issued forecast tracks

## Government-issued vs deprecated endpoints

:::warning
Legacy `/storms/...` (deprecated) endpoints remain available but should not be used for new integrations. Use the new government-issued `/gov/storms/...` endpoints documented in the [Tropical Guide](/developers/tropical/guide).
:::

The new government-issued endpoints provide standardized response shapes aligned with official meteorological agencies and include richer fields like wind radii summaries and landmark references.