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Tropical Storm Andrea, first of Atlantic hurricane season, is quickly weakening
Read full article: Tropical Storm Andrea, first of Atlantic hurricane season, is quickly weakeningThe National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Andrea is expected to weaken quickly and become a post-tropical low soon.
Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024
Read full article: Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic.
Microsoft pledges to protect European operations and unveils data center expansion
Read full article: Microsoft pledges to protect European operations and unveils data center expansionMicrosoft has pledged to fight any U.S. government order to halt data center operations in Europe, as it sought to soothe concerns among European customers that trans-Atlantic tensions would lead to service disruptions.
Colorado State releases 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast. What’s in store for Houston this summer?
Read full article: Colorado State releases 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast. What’s in store for Houston this summer?The first forecast from CSU calls for an above average season for the summer of 2025
Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone will bring messy, dangerous weather to East Coast
Read full article: Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone will bring messy, dangerous weather to East CoastThe East Coast is due for a whiplash-inducing rainy, windy and potentially dangerous stretch of weather.
Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake
Read full article: Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wakeThe 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing an end to a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven, billions of dollars in damage and deaths and destruction hundreds of miles from where storms came ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Severe storm watches issued for Jamaica and Caymans, Patty becomes a tropical storm near Azores
Read full article: Severe storm watches issued for Jamaica and Caymans, Patty becomes a tropical storm near AzoresA hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.
An unusual hurricane season goes from ultra quiet to record busy and spawns Helene and Milton
Read full article: An unusual hurricane season goes from ultra quiet to record busy and spawns Helene and MiltonExplosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives.
Milton joins a list of some of the most intense hurricanes on record, here are some other ones
Read full article: Milton joins a list of some of the most intense hurricanes on record, here are some other onesHere are some of the most intense Hurricanes, based on pressure, to ever develop in the Atlantic.
Wind, rain but no name as tropical disturbance approaches Carolinas coast
Read full article: Wind, rain but no name as tropical disturbance approaches Carolinas coastHeavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast.
The fifth named storm of hurricane season develops this week
Read full article: The fifth named storm of hurricane season develops this weekA tropical wave continues to organize in the eastern Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center is calling it Potential Tropical Cyclone 5, which is a fancy way of saying it has the potential to develop into our next named storm, “Ernesto.”
Forecasters still predict highly active Atlantic hurricane season in mid-season update
Read full article: Forecasters still predict highly active Atlantic hurricane season in mid-season updateFederal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina.
How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
Read full article: How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm seasonHurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead.
Animal rescuers try to keep dozens of dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after mass stranding
Read full article: Animal rescuers try to keep dozens of dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after mass strandingAnimal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod after 125 of the creatures earlier stranded themselves.
Beryl strengthens into hurricane in Atlantic, forecast to grow into major storm entering Caribbean
Read full article: Beryl strengthens into hurricane in Atlantic, forecast to grow into major storm entering CaribbeanBeryl has grown into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen into a major storm as it nears the Caribbean.
TRACKING THE TROPICS: Wave in the Atlantic headed toward the Caribbean could become first hurricane of the year
Read full article: TRACKING THE TROPICS: Wave in the Atlantic headed toward the Caribbean could become first hurricane of the yearThere is some activity in the tropics that needs to be mentioned, including a wave which could become the first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic.
Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why
Read full article: Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know whyScientists are trying to determine why bird flu kills some animals quickly but leads to mild illnesses in others.
Stock market today: Wall Street hangs around its records after European stocks slump
Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street hangs around its records after European stocks slumpU.S. stocks hung around their record levels as Wall Street remained relatively quiet following another slide in Europe.
Updated forecast from Colorado State University experts maintains prediction for ‘extremely active’ hurricane season
Read full article: Updated forecast from Colorado State University experts maintains prediction for ‘extremely active’ hurricane seasonColorado State University released an updated 2024 hurricane forecast, maintaining their predictions of an extremely active season in the Atlantic.
The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That's the first time in history
Read full article: The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That's the first time in historyThe total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever.
Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer
Read full article: Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summerGet ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina.
Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of 'crazy' ocean heat
Read full article: Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of 'crazy' ocean heatScientists say temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history.
National Hurricane Center monitoring region in central Atlantic
Read full article: National Hurricane Center monitoring region in central AtlanticOn Wednesday afternoon the National Hurricane Center began watching a disturbance in the east-central Atlantic. There is only a LOW chance for development, and more than likely it will dissipate in the near future.
4 people die on Spain's coastlines after falling into sea during high winds
Read full article: 4 people die on Spain's coastlines after falling into sea during high windsEmergency services in Spain say four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines after falling into the sea.
Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says
Read full article: Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study saysA study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours.
Tropical Storm Philippe chugs toward Bermuda on a path to Atlantic Canada and New England
Read full article: Tropical Storm Philippe chugs toward Bermuda on a path to Atlantic Canada and New EnglandTropical Storm Philippe is aiming for Bermuda on a path that would eventually take it to Atlantic Canada and eastern New England.
Tropical Storm Philippe soaks northeast Caribbean on a path toward Bermuda, New England and Canada
Read full article: Tropical Storm Philippe soaks northeast Caribbean on a path toward Bermuda, New England and CanadaTropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean on a path that would take it toward Bermuda and later New England and Atlantic Canada.
Tropical Storm Philippe makes landfall in Barbuda as heavy rains drench northeast Caribbean
Read full article: Tropical Storm Philippe makes landfall in Barbuda as heavy rains drench northeast CaribbeanTropical Storm Philippe has made landfall in the tiny island of Barbuda as it unleashes heavy rains and flash floods in the northeast Caribbean.
Atlantic nations commit to environmental, economic cooperation on sidelines of UN meeting
Read full article: Atlantic nations commit to environmental, economic cooperation on sidelines of UN meetingMore than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents have committed to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more.
NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino
Read full article: NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El NinoFederal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall.
Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US
Read full article: Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to USThe European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
Read full article: Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming worldAfter months of gradually warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, NOAA officially issued an El Nino advisory Thursday and stated that this one might be different than the others.
How busy will Atlantic hurricane season be? Depends on who wins unusual battle of climatic titans
Read full article: How busy will Atlantic hurricane season be? Depends on who wins unusual battle of climatic titansTwo clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be.
2023 hurricane forecasts are surging in
Read full article: 2023 hurricane forecasts are surging inUniversities and private forecasting companies have begun to issue their thoughts on just how active our upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will be and, generally speaking, most predictions are slightly above the average.
Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names
Read full article: Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone namesWeather officials say they’re retiring the names Fiona and Ian from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction caused by the most recent storms with those names.
The countdown commences!
Read full article: The countdown commences!You know the song: “99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall”.....well, we are now 99 days away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season! Pardon the alcohol reference, but today IS National Margarita Day, so there is that salty recognition.
Atlantic hurricane season ends with averge number of storms
Read full article: Atlantic hurricane season ends with averge number of stormsAn Atlantic hurricane season with 14 named storms has ended, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to deal with the damage caused by Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Fiona.
Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water
Read full article: Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm waterHurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change, just like 30 other Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that became much more powerful in less than a day.
A salute to Vernon!
Read full article: A salute to Vernon!Imagine a well-developed hurricane way out in the Atlantic. We need to know just how powerful its winds are, but it is too far way to send in a Hurricane Hunter. We would need a way to estimate the storm’s wind strength and just how strong it’s becoming. Here’s an example of Hurricane Isabel back in 2003, way out there, between the African coast and the Caribbean:
A 1997 hurricane season?
Read full article: A 1997 hurricane season?Last week, NBC/MSNBC meteorologist Bill Karins posted a trivia tweet noting that the last time we had an August with no named tropical storms was 1997! Now that our models can actually get to the end of the month, it’s worth noting that we may, indeed, get to September before a named tropical storm or hurricane shows up in the Atlantic basin. Saying that, the National Hurricane Center slapped a 20% chance for development on a spot in the Atlantic:
The “I”s have it
Read full article: The “I”s have itYou may have heard that last week the World Meteorological Organization retired the hurricane name “IDA”, a decision based on the death and destruction the storm caused in both Louisiana and New York. Whenever I speak, the question comes up of how the names are chosen in the first place and the answer is that they are chosen to reflect the different nationalities that Atlantic basin storms can affect and so there are American, French, Spanish, Dutch and English names. I have written the WMO before suggesting that the names should be more reflective of all the people living in such countries--we are a very diverse people these days! So I was pleased to see the name IDA replaced with IMANI, a name of Arabic origin meaning “faith.” There are six hurricane name lists that rotate so you will see some new names and some familiar ones every six years! Here is the 2022 list:
NBC News: U.S. plans new safety rules to crack down on carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generators
Read full article: NBC News: U.S. plans new safety rules to crack down on carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generatorsThis article was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, and The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up to receive ProPublica’s biggest stories as soon as they’re published, and sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on essential coverage of Texas issues.
World leaders at France summit mull ways to protect oceans
Read full article: World leaders at France summit mull ways to protect oceansWorld leaders are trying to save the planet’s oceans in talks on France’s Atlantic coast aimed at fighting overfishing and plastic pollution, and finding fairer ways to manage the seas.
Portable generators poison thousands of people a year. The U.S. has failed to force safety changes.
Read full article: Portable generators poison thousands of people a year. The U.S. has failed to force safety changes.This article was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, and The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up to receive ProPublica’s biggest stories as soon as they’re published, and sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on essential coverage of Texas issues.