NOAA: Ian Was Cat 5 Before Weakening at Florida Landfall April 4, 2023 By Curt Anderson ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a Category 4 storm...
NOAA: Ian, Drought Supercharged US Weather Extremes in 2022 January 11, 2023 By Seth Borenstein DENVER (AP) — Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes...
Forecasters Predict 7th Straight Above-Normal Hurricane Season May 25, 2022 By Erwin Seba The Atlantic hurricane season is poised to deliver another round of above-normal storms for the seventh consecutive year, the National...
Hawaii Hurricane Season Forecasted to Be Slow With La Nina May 20, 2022 By Caleb Jones HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii and the Central Pacific basin should expect two to four hurricanes, tropical depressions or tropical storms...
US Study: Record Highs, Rain and Beaver Damage in Arctic December 15, 2021 By Seth Borenstein The Arctic continues to deteriorate from global warming, not setting as many records this year as in the past, but...
Florida’s Hurricane Hunter Team Getting New Aircraft November 24, 2021 LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — The Florida-based hurricane hunter team is getting a new aircraft to help chase fierce storms. The...
Climate Change Fueled Hurricane Ida With Warm, Deep Seawater August 30, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman and Mira Rojanasakul Hurricane Ida smashed into Louisiana with winds of about 150 miles an hour, driving a wall of water inland and...
Drone Boats Sent From Jacksonville to Face Storms’ Fury August 2, 2021 By Steve Patterson JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The key to making hurricane forecasts suddenly clearer and more accurate might have floated out to...
Drought Shows No Signs of Easing Up Throughout Dakotas May 11, 2021 By Blake Nicholson BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Extreme drought shows no signs of releasing its grip on North Dakota, despite recent cooler weather...
America’s New Normal: A Degree Hotter Than Two Decades Ago May 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago. Scientists have long talked about...