NOAA Says Don’t Expect A Sequel of Last Winter’s Polar Vortex October 20, 2014 By SETH BORENSTEIN If you thought last winter was a horror show, with cold blasts from the polar vortex and a lack of...
Slow Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted May 27, 2014 By MEGHAN BARR A slower-than-usual hurricane season is expected this year because of an expected El Nino, federal forecasters said Thursday, but they...
El Nino Outlook Neutral Into Northern Hemisphere Spring: NOAA October 10, 2013 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday the El Nino phenomenon is unlikely to cause extreme weather in...
Study Links Warming to Some 2012 Wild Weather September 9, 2013 By SETH BORENSTEIN A study of a dozen of 2012’s wildest weather events found that man-made global warming increased the likelihood of about...
Worse Than Usual Hurricane Season Predicted Could Affect Boaters: ACE July 23, 2013 With the hurricane season already upon us, climate experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advise of an...
Insurers Well-Prepared to Pay Claims This Hurricane Season July 16, 2013 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) believes the 2013 hurricane season will be a busy one. Fortunately, insurers have...
NOAA Study Finds Fishing Tops U.S. Lightning Death Activities June 27, 2013 NOAA’s National Weather Service has discovered that 64 percent of lightning deaths since 2006 occurred while people were participating in...
Eleven Weather Disasters Cost More Than $1 Billion in 2012 June 14, 2013 By Brian K. Sullivan The U.S. suffered 11 weather and climate disasters last year that caused more than $1 billion in damage each and...
Senator Recommends App for Nationwide Storm Warnings May 23, 2013 U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly update comprehensive...
Report: Feds’ Warnings About Sandy Were Confusing May 17, 2013 By SETH BORENSTEIN Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review...