‘100-Year Floods’ Happen More Often Than People Think April 22, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan Eleven months ago, Houston had a deadly flood. This week, the city had another. Events like these are often called...
Blizzard Heads Toward U.S. East; Airlines Cancel Flights January 22, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak A dangerous winter storm will bring snow by the foot to the U.S. mid-Atlantic, including Washington, threatening at least 50...
Floods of Five Rivers Head from Midwest to U.S. Industrial South December 30, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the...
El Niño Helps Create Another Record Year for High Temperatures November 20, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan El Niño is the Earth’s hot, exhaling breath. At least, that’s one way of thinking about it. The blast of...
Many Have Died in ‘Subpar’ Atlantic Hurricane Season November 10, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season may end up being remembered for a subpar number of storms, even though the total...
Cyclone-Heavy Hurricane Season Not Over Yet November 9, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan For a few minutes last Wednesday, there weren’t any hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons or tropical storms anywhere in the world. The...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Enters Final Stretch with No-Hit Record Intact October 29, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan It has been 10 years since a major hurricane hit the U.S., and as the Atlantic season staggers into its...
High-Tech Weather Forecasters Still Rely on Old-Fashioned Balloons October 29, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan When the latest computer forecast models couldn’t figure out where major Hurricane Joaquin was headed earlier this month, the National...
With El Nino Warming, Talk Turns to Cool La Nina October 15, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan Just because the weather-roiling El Nino in the Pacific Ocean is still months from peaking, it doesn’t mean it’s too...
Current El Nino Strengthening But Its Ranking Will Have to Wait October 9, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The El Nino raising temperatures across the Pacific and roiling global weather patterns is poised to make the record books,...