More than 1.3% of the adult population in the US was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with hurricanes responsible for more than half of the forced relocations, ...
Like big-wave surfers or daring meteorologists, shearwaters in the Sea of Japan deliberately head toward powerful (and dangerous) storms. When hurricanes strike, most birds either evacuate or take shelter. After ...
A flag flies at a mobile home park on San Carlos Island in the Fort Myers area days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida in late September 2022. (Octavio Jones/for The ...
Bomb cyclones, intense winter storms with high winds, heavy blizzards and sub-zero temperatures, are basically winter hurricanes that are created through a process known as bombogenesis.Bombogenesis is a weather term that combines "bomb" ...
With a direct hit by Category 4 Hurricane Ian in September and two unusual late-season storms, the state of Florida saw an active hurricane season this year. Severe beach erosion ...
Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the east coast of the Florida peninsula, just south of Vero Beach, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph about 3am ...
All kinds of natural disasters—hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, dangerous heat waves—pose substantial risks to older adults. Yet, not enough seniors prepare for these events in advance, and efforts to encourage them ...
A hurricane by the name of Lisa is brewing in the western Caribbean Sea, and it's likely headed for a landfall Wednesday afternoon. Tropical Storm Lisa hasn't been upgraded into ...
Brittany Ward’s rental unit already had a crack in the roof before Hurricane Ian. The storm split it into seven more. With other damage, it wasn’t habitable.Ms. Ward is one ...
“Sea level rise, even under the most pessimistic scenarios, occurs slowly enough that U.S. nuclear power plants will have ample time to address the issue, remain in compliance with licenses, ...
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