Deluges Follow Droughts as ‘Hydrological Extremes’ Become ‘New Normal’ July 10, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River...
Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms – as Odds Drop of El Niño Formation June 9, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Forecasters again lowered the odds of El Niño forming by year’s end, a scenario that may mean more Atlantic hurricanes...
NOAA Updates Forecast for Atlantic Hurricane Season, Pacific’s El NIno May 26, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic hurricane season will likely churn out an above-average 11 to 17 named storms, in part due to fading...
Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Starts Off Slowly May 18, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan The eastern Pacific hurricane season is starting off with a whimper. While one short-lived tropical storm developed off Mexico’s Pacific...
U.S. Blizzard Grounds Flights, Raises Power as Trump Tweets March 14, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan A late-winter storm is about to bury the eastern U.S. in snow. Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, wholesale power...
Hurricane Matthew Forces Millions to Evacuate Along Southeast Coast October 7, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak Millions of people in the U.S. southeast were ordered to flee as Hurricane Matthew, set to become the strongest storm...
New Forecasting, Damage Assessment Tools Track Hurricane Matthew October 7, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik As Hurricane Matthew rolled toward Florida earlier this week, the meteorologists at Verisk Analytics were tracking its every move. They...
Hurricane Matthew Heads to Florida; Losses Could Reach $15 Billion October 6, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Matthew has thousands fleeing the U.S. Southeast where it’s expected to batter the coastline and threaten electricity supplies to...
Hermine Weakens As It Hits Florida Panhandle; Some Flooding, Power Outages Expected September 2, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Alex Longley Hermine, the first hurricane to strike Florida since 2005, has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves inland, after...
Tropical Storm Fiona, 6th Storm of 2016, Forms in Central Tropical Atlantic August 18, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Kelly Gilblom Tropical Storm Fiona, which formed more than 900 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands, is forecast to track across...