Hurricanes Staying Stronger Longer After Landfall Than in Past November 13, 2020 By Seth Borenstein Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study....
Damage from Whopper Hurricanes Increasing for Many Reasons August 27, 2020 By Seth Borenstein America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura because of a...
‘Uncertainty Is the Only Certainty’ When it Comes to Pandemic Modeling April 8, 2020 By Seth Borenstein and Carla K. Johnson A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of...
Study Finds El Niños Getting Stronger October 29, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Climate change is making stronger El Niños, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new...
Hurricane Activity Could Pick Up as El Nino Fades, Say Forecasters August 12, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Government meteorologists say this year’s hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer’s weak El Nino has...
Deadly Alabama Tornado Highlights Human Safety Risk Despite Improved Forecasting March 11, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Improved Tornado Forecasting Doesn’t Prevent All Deaths March 8, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Despite Improved Tornado Forecasting, Deaths Continue March 7, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Report by 13 U.S. Agencies Warns of Dire Economic Effects from Climate Change November 25, 2018 By Seth Borenstein As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types...
Researchers: Houston Skyscrapers Slowed Hurricane Harvey, Causing More Rain November 21, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey snagged on...