Evolution of Influenza-like epidemic. Credit: Paolo Bonfini, University of Crete Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe’s temperate…
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November 16, 2020. (Click image for full view.) Less than two weeks after being hit by category 4 Hurricane Eta, several Central American countries braced…
November 11, 2020 On November 11, 2020, Typhoon Vamco thrashed the Philippines with sustained winds of 150 kilometers (90 miles) per hour—the equivalent of a…
Hurricane Michael was captured from the International Space Station on October 10, 2018, after the storm made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane over the…
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were high hopes that hot summer temperatures could reduce its spread. Although summer didn’t bring widespread relief,…
October 31, 2020 On November 1, 2020, the strongest storm of the year pummeled the Philippines. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that Super Typhoon…
October 25, 2020 The 2020 summer monsoon season has delivered historic amounts of rain to China. Since June, unusually strong, stationary weather systems have produced…
October 8, 2020 The historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is not done yet. Hurricane Delta, the 25th named storm of the season, is expected to…
The smaller storms on Saturn interact with the larger system and as a result effectively pinch the eastern jet and confine it to the top…
During the summer, the U.S. Great Plains routinely experiences nighttime thunderstorms unlike anywhere else in the country. These large-scale storms—sometimes spanning entire states—account for more…
On October 2 at 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 UTC), NASA’s IMERG estimated Hurricane Maria was generating as much as 50 mm (2 inches of rain/dark…
In this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on September 16, fires can be seen burning on the west coast of the US, with…
NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image of Sally at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 16 about 8 hours after landfall in southern Alabama. Sally…
On September 15 at 3:25 a.m. EDT (0725 UTC), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite revealed the most powerful thunderstorms (yellow) were…
September 3, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution version.) Super Typhoon Haishen is poised to hit the Korean Peninsula this weekend, making it the third typhoon…
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of Super Typhoon Haishen moving through the Philippine Sea on September 4. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing…
NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image to forecasters of Omar struggling against wind shear on September 2 in the North Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NASA…
After making landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, as a category 4 storm, Hurricane Laura continued to move northward over western Louisiana. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer…
August 26, 2020. (Click image for high–resolution view.) Government meteorologists issued unusually dire warnings as a large hurricane neared the U.S. Gulf Coast on August…
NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image of the large and powerful major Hurricane Laura in the Gulf of Mexico on August 26, 2020 at…