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Environment Apr 13, 2023

Researchers predict normal hurricane season

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season will see 11 to 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin, according to researchers at North Carolina State University. The Atlantic basin includes the entire Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf ...

Environment Apr 7, 2023

Study says warming may push more hurricanes toward US coasts

Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States' east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a new study said.

Earth Sciences Apr 3, 2023

National Hurricane Center gives Floridians a bigger heads up by extending tropical weather predictions to 7 days

The National Hurricane Center is lengthening its prediction times for tropical weather formations from five days to seven days for the upcoming hurricane season, giving Floridians a bit more time to consider storm threats.

Environment Mar 31, 2023

Study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence

When Hurricane Florence made landfall on North Carolina's coast in 2018, it brought record rainfall causing catastrophic flooding and damages to communities across the eastern portion of the state.

Agriculture Mar 30, 2023

Fruit in crisis: Florida's orange groves buffeted by hurricane, disease

Vernon Hollingsworth grew up in Florida among his family's orange trees, recently ravaged by a double whammy of disease and a hurricane that have sent juice prices spiraling and left farmers blinking in disbelief.

Environment Mar 29, 2023

Names Fiona, Ian removed from UN's hurricane roster

The death and destruction caused by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian last year has prompted the UN weather agency to remove the names from a rotating list of storm titles, it said Wednesday.

Planetary Sciences Mar 17, 2023

NASA rockets to search for hurricane-like swirls in Earth's upper atmosphere

A NASA rocket team is on the hunt for giant hurricane-like swirls in our upper atmosphere. These swirls, or vortices, may be key to upper atmospheric weather patterns that affect the entire globe. The Vorticity Experiment, ...

Earth Sciences Mar 9, 2023

The world's atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes

Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. A new study demonstrates that a recently developed scale for atmospheric river intensity (akin to ...

Earth Sciences Feb 27, 2023

One is bad enough, but climate change raises the threat of back-to-back hurricanes

Getting hit with one hurricane is bad enough, but new research from Princeton University's engineering school shows that back-to-back versions may become common for many areas in coming decades.

Environment Jan 10, 2023

Extreme weather caused $165 billion in US damage in 2022: officials

Major hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, drought and a fierce winter storm caused more than $165 billion in damage in the United States last year with climate change "supercharging" some extreme weather, a government report ...

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