Major part of tropical meteorology can be divided into tropical cyclones and monsoons. Most acute calamities in tropics and extratropical regions were incurred by both of them. The other severe disaster in tropics is the serious drought and desertification, but those are the chronic disaster. Tropical meteorological serious disasters in recent years are described in this paper. Some unusual new findings are also introduced. All of them should be studied by some tropical meteorological research projects or relevant national meteorological research communities. In this paper, the state of the arts on tropical cyclone and monsoon research and some crucial scientific issues are reviewed. On the other hand, the relevant field programs and academic forums related to tropical meteorology are also referred.