Weather Whiplash: Summer Lurches From Drought to Flood August 25, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a...
Hurricane Chief to Take Over as Weather Service Director June 9, 2022 By Seth Borenstein A meteorologist who oversaw warnings and forecasts during one of the busiest spurts of Atlantic hurricane activity on record will...
Weather’s Unwanted Guest: Nasty La Nina Keeps Showing Up June 2, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in...
Study Links Cleaner Air to More Atlantic Hurricanes May 13, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found. The National...
U.S. Confronted With Deadly Billion Dollar Disasters as Carbon Emissions Soar January 12, 2022 By Seth Borenstein The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021,...
New Research Warns Rare Winter Tornadoes May Get More Intense December 16, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger...
Meteorologists Say Unusually Warm Weather Is Due to Stuck Jet Stream, La Nina December 6, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. The calendar says December but for much of...
Weather Catastrophes Growing in Numbers and Damages But Taking Fewer Lives September 7, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in...
This Summer’s Extreme Weather Hitting World’s Wealthier Countries August 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021’s onslaught is hitting harder...
National Weather Service Upgrades Forecast Model March 25, 2021 By Seth Borenstein The National Weather Service has turbocharged its lagging forecast model to better predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes, blizzards...