U.S. Has Had 18 Weather Events Each With $1 Billion Losses Thus Far in 2021 October 12, 2021 Through the end of September, there have been 18 weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each...
‘Sunny Day’ Floods Will Increasingly Inundate U.S. Coasts as Sea Levels Rise: NOAA July 15, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan Record high-tide flooding washed over U.S. coasts in the past year, and rising sea levels are expected to send the...
U.S. Raises Average Number of Named Storms for Atlantic Hurricane Season April 12, 2021 The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has changed the number of storms that constitute an average Atlantic hurricane...
Tropical Storms Could Set a Record at 25 This Season August 11, 2020 The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last Thursday predicted up to 16 more named tropical storms this year,...
Farewell 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season: 18 Storms, 6 Hurricanes November 27, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on November 30, was marked by tropical activity that churned busily from mid-August...
Addressing Florida’s Rising Tide of Flood Exposures July 24, 2019 By Jim Kane In the past five years, all 50 states have experienced some type of flooding. Flooding has led to disasters throughout...
Major Flooding on Rivers Increases 63% Over Last Five Days May 29, 2019 The United States Geological Service and NOAA are reporting that 415 river gauges in the U.S. show flood conditions as...
NOAA Upgrades Hurricane Michael to Category 5 April 22, 2019 By Freida Frisaro and David Fischer Hurricane Michael, which devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall, has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm,...
Red Tide Found in Gulf Off Alabama Shore November 26, 2018 The Alabama Department of Health says that red tide has been found in water samples taken near Orange Beach and...
Scientists Blame Extreme Weather, Heat on Man-Made Climate Change December 14, 2017 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Some of last year’s crazy weather — including extreme heat around the world to unusually warm waters in the Bering...