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Earth Sciences Dec 12, 2023

Study shows how hurricane acted as a highway to transport microplastics to remote part of Newfoundland

When a hurricane approaches and crosses land, severe damage can occur—often leaving an obvious trail of physical destruction. What's less obvious to the naked eye is how these storms can carry harmful microplastics across ...

Environment Dec 1, 2023

Hurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday

A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first-ever tropical storm warning for the coast of California and hurricane warnings as far north as Nova Scotia is coming to a close Thursday ...

Environment Oct 29, 2023

Vast destruction, 39 dead in Mexico after Acapulco hurricane

Acapulco was struggling Saturday to recover from the extraordinarily powerful Hurricane Otis, which claimed 39 lives and provoked widespread power, water and telephone outages.

Environment Oct 27, 2023

Tourists evacuated from Mexico's hurricane-hit Acapulco

Airlines began to evacuate tourists from Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco on Friday after a scale-topping Category 5 hurricane left a trail of destruction and at least 27 people dead, authorities said.

Environment Oct 27, 2023

Hurricane causes 27 deaths, severe damage in Mexico's Acapulco

Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it lashed Mexico's resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday.

Environment Oct 22, 2023

Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says

With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.

Earth Sciences Oct 19, 2023

Atlantic hurricanes now twice as likely to strengthen from weak to major intensity in 24 hours, researchers suggest

Atlantic hurricanes may now be more than twice as likely to strengthen from a weak Category 1 hurricane to a major Category 3 or stronger hurricane in a 24-hour period than they were between 1970 and 1990, suggests a paper ...

Ecology Oct 16, 2023

Flesh-eating and illness-causing bacteria found in Florida's coastal waters following Hurricane Ian

When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study published in the journal mBio.

Environment Oct 11, 2023

Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm bringing strong winds and heavy rain, before weakening as it moved inland, forecasters said.

Environment Oct 11, 2023

Hurricane Lidia leaves two dead in Mexico

Hurricane Lidia left at least two people dead in Mexico after making landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm, causing flooding, damage and blocked roads before dissipating, authorities said Wednesday.

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