NEW ORLEANS — More than 50 years after Hurricane Betsy made landfall in southeast Louisiana, researchers say the devastating storm may have been more powerful at landfall than originally thought.
A former U.S. youth climate negotiator is pushing back on misleading hurricane data shared on TikTok. Lia Newman (@liaandtheworld) posted the fourth installment of her fact-check series targeting ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, ...
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is already underway, with early storm activity offering a reminder of how unpredictable these systems can be. While not every tropical storm develops into a major ...
El Niño generally creates conditions that hamper hurricane activity in the Atlantic — and that’s good news for Louisiana.
Satelliite image of hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose in September 2017. Credit: UW-Madison CIMSS A new normal is taking shape as a warming planet is changing hurricane behaviors and patterns. Research ...
High above Earth's surface, GOES-18 and GOES-19 are the current pair of operational geostationary satellites monitoring the Western Hemisphere, orbiting in the GOES West and GOES East positions, ...
For the first time in a decade, the continental United States experienced no hurricane landfalls.1 Islands in the Caribbean saw multiple landfalls [1], notably Hurricane Melissa’s landfall as a ...
New analysis of 70,000 building permits reveals a large gap between hurricane damage and actual repairs — even with ...
Author’s Note: This will be the last routine issuance of the daily Talking Tropics newsletter for the 2025 hurricane season unless conditions warrant otherwise. I extend my deepest gratitude to all ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: TikTok A former U.S. youth climate negotiator is pushing back on misleading hurricane data shared on TikTok. Lia ...
Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...