Risk Perception Drops After Hurricanes: Study April 23, 2024 As time passes after hurricanes, new analysis by Stanford University researchers shows perception of personal risk, including the likelihood of...
Researchers to Build ‘Cat 6’ Hurricane Simulator with 200 mph Winds May 18, 2022 By Rick Neale The Category 6 hurricane’s howling winds accelerate to a startling 200 mph in Miami, mercilessly pummeling a two-story wood-frame house...
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....
Why Damage from Hurricanes Keeps Rising August 28, 2020 A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar...
New Hurricane Research Looks Like Good News for Atlantic Coast January 5, 2017 Active Atlantic hurricane periods, like the one now, are not necessarily a harbinger of more, rapidly intensifying hurricanes along the...
Researchers Find Link Between Atlantic Hurricanes and Amazon Wildfires August 24, 2015 Researchers have uncovered a “remarkably strong link” between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the hurricanes that ravage...
Miami Researchers Studying Hurricanes by Creating On-Demand Storms June 10, 2015 By Jennifer Kay Researchers trying to figure out what makes some hurricanes strengthen into catastrophic monsters have a new lab that allows them...
NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter Planes Get $42 million Upgrade June 2, 2015 By Tamara Lush The hurricane planes known affectionately as “Miss Piggy” and “Kermit” are getting new Rolls-Royce engines, new wings and better radar....
NOAA Hopes Drones Get Data from Hurricane Edouard September 18, 2014 By Jennifer Kay U.S. government scientists are launching winged drones into Hurricane Edouard, hoping to collect data that could help forecasters understand what...