Powerful Hurricane Irma, on Path to Slam Caribbean Then Florida, Could Surpass Katrina September 5, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday...
Harvey Hits Texas With Massive Winds, Torrential Rain August 26, 2017 By Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan Harvey became the strongest hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, making landfall in the heart of the...
Harvey Set to Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding Across Texas August 23, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan, Laura Blewitt and Jim Polson Harvey, which could strengthen into the first hurricane to strike Texas since 2008, forced workers off Gulf of Mexico platforms,...
Warm Atlantic Sets Stage for Busy Hurricane Season Peak August 17, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Not one, but three potential storms threaten to usher in the busiest phase of the Atlantic hurricane season later this...
Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for More Storms as El Nino Fades August 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Researchers again boosted the number of storms the Atlantic may produce before the hurricane season ends as a missing Pacific...
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...