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| 21.09.2026 | Polo has rapidly intensified to a hurricane and is expected to impact Mexico | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week, forecasters said Monday.
Polo could bring heavy rain, rough surf and tropical-s... |
| 01.09.2026 | Super El Niño Runs Four Named Storms Across Two Basins: Marie Joins Karina, Lowell, Edouard | By Connor Swanton
Published: Sep 01 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
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| 31.08.2026 | Karina Hits Category 4 as El Niño Activates Three Storms Simultaneously | By Ethan Ingamells
Published: Aug 31 2026, 3:16 PM EDT
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| 26.08.2026 | The next Atlantic storm will be named Dolly, but it’s not connected to Parton’s death | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
MIAMI (AP) — The next tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic this hurricane season will be named Dolly, but the timing is pure coincidence and has no connection to Dolly Parton’s death Tuesda... |
| 25.08.2026 | Saharan Dust Fades, MJO Shifts: Atlantic Peak Season Opens With Dolly Threat | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 25 2026, 12:20 PM EDT
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| 23.08.2026 | Soaked by Lala, Hawaii Faces Outsized Flood Risk From Weaker Tropical Storm Moke | By Terrence Hill
Published: Aug 23 2026, 5:39 AM EDT
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| 21.08.2026 | What’s in a name? Why naming storms, military operations and medical maladies matters | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By TAYLOR HEYMAN
U.S. hurricane season is gearing up. And from Amanda and Boris onward, tropical cyclones’ names in the Pacific region are unfolding quickly.
But why the monikers each year? Or at a... |
| 21.08.2026 | Tropical Storm Moke forms on track to bring heavy rain and winds to Hawaii | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Moke formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said, on track to bring another round of heavy rain and wind to Hawaii as residents are still r... |
| 17.08.2026 | Cape Cod Is Entering the Heart of Hurricane Season: Now Is the Time to Prepare | Published on: August 17, 2026
As summer continues across Cape Cod, we are also entering the time of year when the risk from hurricanes and tropical storms is greatest in Massachusetts.
Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nove... |
| 17.08.2026 | Hurricane Lala Shattered Pacific Records While El Niño Strangled Atlantic | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 17 2026, 4:47 PM EDT
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| 14.08.2026 | A rare hurricane landfall threat for Hawaii’s Big Island as strengthening Tropical Storm Lala nears | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rai... |
| 12.08.2026 | Dolly May Follow Cristobal Into Caribbean as El Niño Meets Its First Real Test | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 12 2026, 2:16 PM EDT
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| 10.08.2026 | NOAA Lifts Below-Normal Confidence to 75% While NHC Eyes Three Atlantic Disturbances | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 10 2026, 1:01 PM EDT
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| 08.08.2026 | WeatherNext Publishes Proof: Cyclone AI Gave NHC Extra Day of Warning on Hurricane Melissa | By Shannon Harwood
Published: Aug 08 2026, 9:01 AM EDT
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| 06.08.2026 | Atlantic Disturbance Brings Rip Current Danger to Central Florida Beaches Friday | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 06 2026, 3:27 PM EDT
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| 30.07.2026 | El Niño Killed SoCal’s Natural AC: Coastal Residents Face Overnight Heat With No Marine Layer | By Clark Johnson
Published: Jul 30 2026, 2:50 PM EDT
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| 27.07.2026 | Hurricane Fausto’s Ocean Waves Outrun the Storm: East Hawaii on Surf Alert | By Roger Satterfield
Published: Jul 27 2026, 12:38 PM EDT
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| 27.07.2026 | Hurricane Genevieve Hits 155 mph as Eyewall Cycle Could Scramble Peak Forecast | By Earl Bensen
Published: Jul 27 2026, 12:40 PM EDT
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| 22.07.2026 | Hurricane Fausto Sends Life-Threatening Surf to Baja as Hawaii Watch Begins | By Earl Bensen
Published: Jul 22 2026, 3:20 PM EDT
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| 21.07.2026 | Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision ordering the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest of ... |
| 20.07.2026 | NHC Issues Surge Watches From Florida to Louisiana as Bertha Forms Today | By Daniel Butler
Published: Jul 20 2026, 3:07 PM EDT
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| 20.07.2026 | Bertha Forms in Gulf of America, Bringing Floods From Louisiana to Virginia | By Zachary Chambers
Published: Jul 20 2026, 10:39 AM EDT
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| 20.07.2026 | NHC: Tropical Storm Bertha Is a Flood Event, Not a Wind Event, for the Gulf Coast | By Earl Bensen
Published: Jul 20 2026, 11:03 AM EDT
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| 20.07.2026 | Tropical Storm Fausto to Reach Category Two by Midweek, Hazardous Surf Hitting California Now | By Jerry Owens
Published: Jul 20 2026, 10:43 AM EDT
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| 17.07.2026 | Elida Battles Dry Air as Strongest El Niño in Decades Fuels Historic Pacific Season | By Frederick Rodriguez
Published: Jul 17 2026, 11:18 AM EDT
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| 15.07.2026 | Elida Could Hit Category 2 by Friday as El Niño Pushes Season to Historic Pace | By Ronald Holman
Published: Jul 15 2026, 10:25 AM EDT
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| 12.07.2026 | Typhoon Bavi Kills 18 in Philippines as China’s 2.8 Million Evacuees Survive Landfall | By Joshua Mitchell
Published: Jul 12 2026, 8:27 PM EDT
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| 12.07.2026 | Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Surges as New Depression Forms Near Mexico | By Earl Bensen
Published: Jul 12 2026, 10:25 PM EDT
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| 02.07.2026 | Prepare for Hurricane Season: Stay informed about a storm | PUBLIC NOTICE
BOLIVIA, N.C. – How do you plan to stay informed about severe weather events during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season? It’s important to have multiple ways to receive reliable and credible sources of weather and public safety... |
| 03.06.2026 | Barnstable County Encourages Preparedness as Hurricane Season Begins | Published on: June 3, 2026
June 3, 2026 (BARNSTABLE, MA) — Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 and continues through November 30. While seasonal forecasts provide valuable guidance, Barnstable County officials are reminding... |
| 02.06.2026 | Maui County leaders urge preparedness as hurricane season starts with above-normal predictions | Five to 13 tropical cyclones predicted this year for Central Pacific basin
Hurricane season in Hawaiʻi starts today, June 1, through Nov. 30, 2026, and with an above-normal season forecast — including five to 13 tropical cyclones in the Cen... |
| 01.06.2026 | How AI could help save lives this hurricane season | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Artificial intelligence may have its flaws, but specific programs have proven themselves to be groundbreaking — if not lifesaving — tools in hurricane forecasts, and the National Hurricane Center w... |
| 24.11.2025 | Google's AI Advancements: Image Generation and Weather Forecasting | Google unveils Nano Banana Pro, an advanced image generator with reasoning. It also launches WeatherNext 2, an AI weather forecasting system. Both models highlight Google's AI prowess. They offer improved capabilities and wider accessibilit... |
| 18.11.2025 | Google DeepMind’s WeatherNext 2 Brings High-Resolution Forecasting | Image: Envato
Move over fortune-tellers, Google DeepMind and Google Research have launched yet another impressive leap in AI prediction.
The new system, WeatherNext 2, is the company’s latest upgrade in AI-powered meteorology, promising fas... |
| 31.10.2025 | Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north | PORT-AU-PRINCE: Hurricane Melissa's confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday (Oct 30), according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in t... |
| 30.10.2025 | Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites | By TAIMOOR SOBHAN and KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press
One viral video shows what appears to be four sharks swimming in a Jamaican hotel’s pool as floodwaters allegedly brought on by Hurricane Melissa swamp the area. Another purportedly depict... |
| 28.10.2025 | Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica | By JOHN MYERS JR. and DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a c... |
| 20.08.2025 | States brace for less disaster relief aid as Trump administration reshapes FEMA | The Trump administration is quickly reshaping the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, in ways that carry vast implications for state and local governments.
“We’re going to give out less money. We’re going to give it out directly. ... |
| 20.08.2025 | It’s the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the longest and most powerful storms | FILE – In this Sept. 12, 2018 photo provided by NASA, Hurricane Florence churns over the Atlantic Ocean heading for the U.S. east coast as seen from the International Space Station. (Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA via AP,File) Now is the time to ... |
| 19.08.2025 | What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads past the US East Coast | This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Erin on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (NOAA via AP) Troubled waters force rescues
Warnings about rip currents have been posted from Bermuda and Flori... |
| 20.06.2025 | Tides of Change: Immigration Protests and Hurricane Erick's Wrath | In the heart of Los Angeles, a storm brews—not of wind and rain, but of voices rising against the backdrop of a city grappling with immigration policies. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Hurricane Erick looms, a tempest threatening to un... |
| 19.06.2025 | Erick weakens after landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane | The storm threatened to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods and a dangerous storm surge, forecasters said.
Jake Pogrebinsky collects a log floating down the Yukon River to be used for firewood or constr... |
| 18.06.2025 | Hurricane Erick strengthens to a Category 2 storm as it nears Mexico’s Pacific coast | Up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain could fall across the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, with lighter amounts in Chiapas, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco states, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.... |
| 12.06.2025 | Google DeepMind just changed hurricane forecasting forever with new AI model | Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more
Google DeepMind announced Thursday what it claims is a major breakthrough in hurri... |
| 07.06.2025 | The Allure of America’s Best Beaches and the Storms That Shape Them | As summer approaches, Americans flock to the coast. The beach is a siren, calling us with its warm sands and rolling waves. In 2025, Dr. Beach unveiled his top ten beaches. Each one is a gem, a unique slice of paradise. They offer sun, fun,... |
| 03.06.2025 | What’s in a name? Hurricane season has begun and here are the storm names for 2025 | So a good chunk of the storm names used in 2019 are getting reused this year. Andrea, for instance, had been used in 2019, 2013 and 2007.
The only new name in 2025 is Dexter, which replaced Dorian, a deadly and destructive Category 5 hurric... |
| 07.02.2025 | Weathering the Storm: The Politics of Forecasting and Natural Disasters | In the world of weather forecasting, clarity is crucial. But when politics enters the storm, the forecast can become muddled. The recent appointment of Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a case... |
| 04.02.2025 | National Politics | Trump picks former chief entangled in ‘Sharpiegate’ to lead NOAA | In 2019, when Hurricane Dorian was bearing down on the U.S. East Coast, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center gave it a zero or minimal chance of hitting Alabama. But then-President Trump tweeted the state “will most likely be hit (m... |
| 08.11.2024 | Nature's Palette: The Allure of Native Trees in Autumn | Autumn paints the world in vibrant hues. The air turns crisp, and leaves transform into a canvas of color. Native trees are the artists behind this spectacle. They offer a stunning display, showcasing brilliant oranges, reds, and yellows. L... |
| 04.11.2024 | Storm in the Caribbean is on a track to likely hit Cuba as a hurricane | MIAMI: A new tropical storm was expected to form on Monday (Nov 4) in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening to a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said.
The storm was exp... |
| 13.10.2024 | Florida Faces the Fury of Hurricane Milton Amid Political Turmoil | Florida is bracing for a storm of catastrophic proportions. Hurricane Milton, a beast of a hurricane, is set to unleash its fury on the Sunshine State. With winds howling at 250 kilometers per hour, the storm is a relentless force, poised t... |
| 12.10.2024 | The Climate Crisis: A Dual Threat from Agriculture and Extreme Weather | The climate crisis is a relentless beast. It prowls through our lives, leaving destruction in its wake. Two recent reports shine a harsh light on this reality. One reveals the staggering methane emissions from the meat and dairy industry. T... |
| 12.10.2024 | Climate change made Hurricane Milton worse, scientists say | The brutal wind and torrential rainfall of Hurricane Milton that killed 16 people in Florida this week were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists said on Friday (Oct 11).
Global warming made wind speeds... |
| 11.10.2024 | FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton | THE FACTS: Both hurricanes were natural phenomena. Humans do not have the technology to control such vast weather systems. Hurricanes are hitting many of the same areas they have for centuries.
Fully developed hurricanes release massive amo... |
| 10.10.2024 | Florida residents flee state, brace for impact of Hurricane Milton | TAMPA, Florida: Florida residents fled or just hunkered down in the final hours Wednesday (Oct 9) before massive Hurricane Milton pummels the state, as government emergency relief efforts were dragged to the center of the US election.
Feroc... |
| 07.10.2024 | FEMA Administrator to Travel to Florida to Direct FEMA Response and Federal Staging Efforts, Meet with State and Local Officials Ahead of Milton Landfall | Evacuation Orders Have Been Issued and Others Are Underway, If Locals Issue Evacuations, Please Listen and Evacuate Now
FEMA Senior Leadership Remain in States Impacted by Helene and Being Sent to Florida to Support Operations
WASHINGTON --... |
| 05.10.2024 | FEMA Urges People in Florida to Prepare Now Ahead of Tropical Storm Milton, Listen to Local Officials | WASHINGTON -- FEMA is monitoring the potential for tropical storm conditions which may affect areas in Florida late this weekend into the middle of next week. This storm may bring storm surge and heavy rainfall to areas recovering from hurr... |
| 26.09.2024 | 'Catastrophic' Hurricane Helene races towards Florida | TAMPA, Florida: Hurricane Helene was set to slam into the Florida coast as a "catastrophic" Category 4 storm on Thursday (Sep 26), the United States weather service said, threatening up to 6m of deadly ocean surge and pummelling w... |
| 16.08.2024 | Hurricane Ernesto strengthens to Category 2 storm as it barrels towards Bermuda | Hurricane Ernesto on Thursday (Aug 15) strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward Bermuda threatening major damage over the weekend from powerful winds and heavy rain, after leaving hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans... |
| 07.08.2024 | Tropical Storm Debby soaks US Southeast | ATLANTA: Tropical Storm Debby inundated coastal Georgia and South Carolina with a deluge of rain on Tuesday (Aug 6) that could bring "catastrophic flooding" to Charleston, Savannah and other cities in the southeastern United State... |
| 06.08.2024 | Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast | MIAMI: At least four people were killed as Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday (Aug 5), threatening southeastern US states with heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding.
A 13-year-old boy died when a tree was blown onto a mobile... |
| 12.07.2024 | Watch: Satellite video tracks Beryl's path tearing through the Atlantic, Caribbean and U.S. | Beryl, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean at the end of June, quickly strengthened to become a multiple-record-breaking hurricane that left a trail of death and disaster across multiple countries. Over the course of two weeks, it became str... |
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A new streaming service for generative AI content called Dreamflare AI is launching Tuesday with backing from Silicon Valley-based FoundersX Ventures.
Why it matters:... |
| 06.07.2024 | Beryl moves into Gulf of Mexico, could reach Texas by Sunday as hurricane | Tropical Storm Beryl thrashed Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday after battering the resort town of Tulum and then entering the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted that Beryl would intensify on Saturday before mak... |
| 03.07.2024 | Deadly Hurricane Beryl churns toward Jamaica, causes 'immense destruction' | KINGSTON: Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday (Jul 2) after battering smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and scientists cited human-caused climate change as the likely culprit for the sto... |
| 03.07.2024 | Hurricane Beryl kills seven as it churns towards Jamaica | KINGSTON: Hurricane Beryl churned towards Jamaica on Wednesday (Jul 3), with forecasters warning of potentially deadly winds and storm surge, after at least seven people were killed and widespread destruction was reported across the southea... |
| 02.07.2024 | Hurricane Beryl pummels Caribbean, strengthens to Category 5 | BRIDGETOWN: Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm after it swept across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds.
Beryl is now the earliest category 5 st... |
| 02.07.2024 | Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 5 storm, forecast to bring life-threatening conditions to Jamaica | Hurricane Beryl was tearing through the Caribbean on Tuesday as a record-breaking Category 5 storm. After ripping doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday, it is now forecast to bring life-threatening w... |
| 02.07.2024 | Hurricane Beryl maps show path and landfall forecast | Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 on the island of Carriacou in Grenada before strengthening to a Category 5 storm — the strongest rating — as it swirled through the Caribbean, bringing fi... |
| 27.06.2024 | Drought-stricken Mexico gets some relief from Tropical Storm Alberto | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Strong rains across Mexico in the past week have brought much-needed relief to major cities where drought had become the norm.
Why it matters: Millions of Mexicans ri... |
| 24.06.2024 | What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, June 24 | Editor’s note: The “What we’re watching” blog posts are currently on a summer schedule. A new post will be published on a biweekly basis. The next blog will be published on July 8.
We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anyw... |
| 20.06.2024 | Alberto, hurricane season's first named storm, moves inland over Mexico | Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was downgraded to a tropical depression late Thursday morning after bringing heavy rains and flooding to parts of Mexico and Texas.
At least three deaths have been bl... |
| 18.06.2024 | Tropical system in Gulf of Mexico to bring heavy rain to New Orleans metro | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">A tropical system in the Gulf is bringing rain to New Orleans. Radar image via NOAA as of 4pm Monday.
New Orleans metro is expected to get heavy rain and flash floodin... |
| 12.06.2024 | Nearly 4 inches of rain fell in an hour in Sarasota – and the 1 in 1,000-year record event could happen again | South Florida Weather for Wednesday 6/12/2024 7AM
South Florida Weather for Wednesday 6/12/2024 7AM 00:36
The Sunshine State is no stranger to rainstorms, but one city there saw a record-breaking deluge Tuesday night. Sarasota, Florida, rec... |
| 12.06.2024 | USAGov's 2024 Guide to Emergency Preparedness | WASHINGTON, June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Severe weather and disasters can happen at any time without notice or warning. Throughout the year, hurricanes and their fierce storm surge, damaging winds, and intense flooding impact the United St... |
| 09.06.2024 | Golden Marine Systems Offers Vital Guidance on Preparing Marinas for Hurricane Season | Golden Marine Systems provides essential guidance for marinas to prepare for hurricane season, emphasizing proactive measures to ensure safety and mitigate damage. Key recommendations include developing an emergency plan, securing infrastru... |
| 06.06.2024 | Florida’s Daunting 2024 Hurricane Forecast | We are officially within the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season here in the United States, and just a couple weeks ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its forecast for this year’s season. The outlook will bl... |
| 31.05.2024 | How to prepare now for hurricane season in Houston | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
It's that time we all collectively dread: The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season starts tomorrow, and early forecasts say it will be a doozy.
Why it matters: Houstonians know better than most that it take... |
| 19.04.2024 | Taylor Swift's "Florida!!!" is a gothy ode to Sunshine State escapism | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Taylor and Florence, you did us right.
State of slay: Taylor Swift's much-anticipated new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at midnight.
Among its 17 angsty tracks is "Flo... |
| 05.04.2024 | 2024 hurricane season's dark omens | Data: NOAA; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
Barring surprising changes, Americans should prepare for a potentially expensive, damaging — and life-threatening — Atlantic hurricane season.
Why it matters: Seasons that feature some of the curren... |
| 03.04.2024 | Storms cause damage across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee; millions still face severe weather warnings | A surge of destructive storms lashed multiple states causing damage across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on Tuesday, with various tornado watches impacting millions and severe weather warnings spreading over a much wider slice of the count... |
| 06.02.2024 | Proposal would add a "Category 6" as hurricanes get stronger | Hurricanes are getting so strong in a warming world that a Category 6 intensity should be added to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale, a new study finds.
Why it matters: The research shows how significantly climate change is altering s... |
| 05.02.2024 | Does the hurricane scale need a Category 6? New climate study found 5 recent storms have met the threshold. | As global temperatures continue to increase, making storms more intense, some researchers say that the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures a hurricane's wind speeds, doesn't adequately address the hazards associated with extreme storms. In... |
| 02.02.2024 | The National Hurricane Center's new, experimental forecast cone | The National Hurricane Center is testing a new forecast graphic to replace the familiar "cone of uncertainty."
Why it matters: The cone of uncertainty graphic, which dates to 2002, shows the probable track of the center of a storm... |
| 26.10.2023 | Hurricane Otis kills at least 27 people in Mexico, authorities say | Mexican authorities gave the first human toll for Hurricane Otis' destruction along the country's Pacific coast Thursday: at least 27 dead and four missing.
Tens of thousands of residents in damaged homes without electricity awaited help mo... |
| 25.10.2023 | Mexico: Hurricane OTIS | Hurricane OTIS is forecast to be a Category 5 hurricane when it reaches the southern coast of Mexico from Tuesday 24th October (local time).
A dangerous, life-threatening storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding near ... |
| 30.08.2023 | Hurricane Idalia could push a 15-foot wall of water into Florida. Here's what storm surge is and why it's so dangerous. | News Hurricane Idalia could push a 15-foot wall of water into Florida. Here's what storm surge is and why it's so dangerous.
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| 30.08.2023 | Space imagery shows 2 big hurricanes menacing the US East Coast. The International Space Station just flew over both of them. | Science Space imagery shows 2 big hurricanes menacing the US East Coast. The International Space Station just flew over both of them.
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| 25.08.2023 | Harnessing Advanced Simulations To Improve Public Safety And Response | Richard Danforth, CEO, Genasys. |
| 21.08.2023 | Tropical Storm Hilary dumps rain on California and parts of the Southwest | Science Tropical Storm Hilary dumps rain on California and parts of the Southwest
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| 18.08.2023 | Major Hurricane Hilary reaches Category 4 intensity | Hurricane Hilary rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane Friday morning, and it's poised to bring an array of life-threatening hazards to California and neighboring states beginning this weekend.
The big picture: An intensifying Hi... |
| 17.08.2023 | Houston could see rain next week | A tropical disturbance brewing off the coast of Texas could bring rain to Houston as soon as next week, meteorologists say.
Driving the news: As unbearable heat continues to grip the Houston region, meteorologists are watching the system de... |
| 16.08.2023 | I'm a Floridian who moved to Brooklyn. Here are 5 things I miss — and one thing I'm happy to leave behind. | Travel I'm a Floridian who moved to Brooklyn. Here are 5 things I miss — and one thing I'm happy to leave behind.
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| 11.08.2023 | Louisiana had the worst natural disaster displacement in the country last year | Data: Census Bureau; Map: Axios Visuals
Louisiana had the biggest percentage of people who said they were displaced last year because of a natural disaster, per the latest U.S. Census Bureau data.
8.3% of Louisianans said they were displace... |
| 11.08.2023 | Hawaii wildfires kill at least 53 people and raze over 1,700 buildings | Editor's note: Follow the latest updates on Hawaii's wildfires.
Wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 53 people, wounded dozens of others displaced hundreds of families, and destroyed an estimated 1,700 buildings.
The big picture: Search... |
| 09.08.2023 | People jump into water to escape Hawaii wildfire, one of many fanned by strong winds from distant Hurricane Dora | Honolulu — A dramatic scene was playing out Tuesday night in the Hawaiian town of Lahaina on the island of Maui where, authorities said, people were jumping into the water to escape flames and smoke from a wind-fueled wildfire.
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| 14.07.2023 | FEMA set to run out of money before peak hurricane season | The federal government's disaster relief fund is on pace to run out of money at the height of both the hurricane and wildfire seasons, a top official warned this week.
Why it matters: Government funding emergencies aren't new, but the clima... |
| 23.06.2023 | Tropical Storm Cindy makes history as it forms in central Atlantic | Tropical Storm Cindy formed over the central tropical Atlantic on Thursday night, becoming the third named storm of the season.
Why it matters: It's the first time on record that two Atlantic tropical cyclones have formed in June in the are... |
| 01.06.2023 | Hurricanes vs. typhoons vs. cyclones: What's the difference between the three types of storms? | The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on Thursday, as scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a "near normal" stretch of storms between June 1 and Nov. 30. The agency said it expec... |
| 05.05.2023 | El Niño ripple effects may extend to hurricane season | With an El Niño likely taking shape in the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean, forecasters are already taking into account the likely knock-on effects.
Why it matters: Such an event may alter global weather patterns for at least the next six... |