A new research study finds that extreme weather events could actually help protect beaches from the impact of sea level rise – by bringing in…
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April 7 – 13, 2022 In the KwaZulu-Natal coastal province, heavy rainfall spurred deadly flooding and landslides. In April 2022, several days of unsettled weather…
Climate change will raise risks of debris flows, flash floods. The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains…
Microwave brightness temperature on top of visible reflectance for Hurricane Harvey before its landfall in Texas. Credit: Penn State In 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled after…
A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as…
Tornadoes are hard to capture in climate models. The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec.…
[embedded content]December 15 – 16, 2021 Hurricane-force winds, dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, snow squalls, heavy rain, and record-breaking heat accompanied an unusual December storm system.…
December 16, 2021 December 17, 2021 Locally named Odette, the storm is one of the strongest recorded on Earth this year and the 6th to…
November 14, 2021 Torrential rain in southern British Columbia and western Washington spurred deadly floods and mudslides that have damaged infrastructure and isolated communities. Torrential…
Scientists have provided new insights into how intense thunderstorms drive the injection of water vapor from the troposphere — the atmospheric layer closest to Earth’s…
NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory…
As climate change amplifies the frequency and intensity of hurricanes and other extreme events in the United States and around the world, and the populations…
The most devastating tornadoes are often preceded by a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billowing above a severe thunderstorm. New research reveals the…
September 3, 2021 Federal and state agencies and private companies are working to find and contain oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Ida left…
September 3, 2021 September 19, 2015 The storm left behind large new patches of open water that scientists will be watching closely to see if…
September 9, 2021 The potent storm in the Western Pacific intensified from a tropical depression to a super typhoon in less than 48 hours. In…
[embedded content]Hurricane Ida off the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the morning of Sunday, August 29th at 10:13am (CDT) right before making…
August 30, 2021 Preliminary reports suggest it is the fifth-strongest storm ever to make landfall in the continental U.S. Exactly 16 years after Katrina made…
August 20, 2021 The strengthening storm could reach southern New England with hurricane or near-hurricane strength winds. Heavy winds, rain, and storm surge threaten the…
July 8, 2021 The first hurricane of the Atlantic season made a series of landfalls and dropped abundant rain from the Caribbean to the U.S.…