Hurricane Felicia Grows to Category 3, May Swallow TS Enrique

Hurricane Felicia, near California, has become a category 3 major storm as of Wednesday, August 5, 2009. According to the US National Hurricane Centre, Hurricane Felicia is reaching wind speeds up to 185-205 kilometers per hour (125 mph), centered approximately 2,200...

Anatomy of a hurricane

Hurricane season comes every June through November. Though Americans dread the storms, eastern Asia and many other areas of the world, including the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, depend on hurricanes to bring...

First "Potentially Significant" Tropical Depression Forms in Atlantic

"A tropical depression -- the first potentially significant system of the season -- formed Monday in the distant Atlantic. Forecasters said it could develop into the year's first hurricane by Thursday. Likely to become Tropical Storm Dean later Monday, the system is an...

Australia Braces for Cyclone Kara

Oil and gas operations and iron ore ports are being shut as the West Australia coast braces for its fourth tropical cyclone this year. A severe cyclone warning is current for coastal areas from Mardie to Wallal,...

Whose WMD are the greatest threat to world peace?

* China * France * India * Iran * Iraq * Israel * North Korea * Pakistan * Russia * Ukraine * United Kingdom * United States  

NPR : U.S. Faces Long Storm Cycle, Experts Warn

With tropical storm Ophelia swirling in the Atlantic, government officials are faced with the possibility of providing disaster relief while still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. Back-to-back disasters over the last few years have exhausted the staffs of hurricane-response...

Hurricanes and Global Warming - Is There a Connection?

On Monday August 29, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana and Missisippi, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. It will be some time until the full toll of this hurricane can be assessed, but the devastating human and environmental impacts are already...

Hurricanes and Global Warming - Is There a Connection?

On Monday August 29, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana and Missisippi, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. It will be some time until the full toll of this hurricane can be assessed, but the devastating human and environmental impacts are already...

Hurricanes and Global Warming - Is There a Connection?

On Monday August 29, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana and Missisippi, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. It will be some time until the full toll of this hurricane can be assessed, but the devastating human and environmental impacts are already...

FORECAST OF ATLANTIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2005

Following a record amount of June-July tropical cyclone activity and an active August in which Hurricane Katrina caused the greatest economic loss ever inflicted by a hurricane on the United States, we are continuing the bad news by predicting above-average activity for...

Tropics Are Becoming Active Again

The latest Atlantic tropical weather outlook on the National Hurricane Center's site indicates some increase in activity with several weather systems to keep an eye on:TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKNWS TPC/NATIONAL...

Weather Underground: Wunder Blog

** HURRICANE IRENE HEADS FOR SEA -- and TD #10 IS GONE **Posted By: SteveGregory at 5:44 PM CDT on August 14, 2005Updated: 11:13 PM CDT on August 15, 2005August 14. 2005 - 5:15PM CDT Tropical storm Irene is right about at hurricane intensity, albeit a minimal one. Far more...

Forecasts raised for busy U.S. hurricane season

LONDON (Reuters) - A higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to slam into the United States this year, a leading hurricane forecaster said on Monday, threatening areas trying to rebuild from last year's devastating storms. Tropical Storm Risk, a London-based...

Futures market bets on storms

MIAMI -- Just in time for the beginning of peak hurricane season, the University of Miami's controversial hurricane futures market is now open for trading, but with a new name and new rules limiting who can bet on where a storm will strike. Originally known as MAHEM, for...

Hurricanes blow into drilling debate

More and bigger storms are damaging gulf oil rigs, and some of the oil spills are killing wildlife at nearby refuges.

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