Multiple climate factors indicate above-normal activity is most likely, according to NOAA’s 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/atlantic-hurricane-season-2020-noaa-forecast…
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Global warming is making hurricanes stronger
As Earth gets warmer, hurricanes are expected to get stronger. A study of 40 years of satellite data suggests it’s already happening. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-research-shows-hurricanes-are-getting-stronger…
Active 2019 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which ended on November 30, produced 18 named storms, including 6 hurricanes, 3 of which were major (Category 3, 4 or 5). Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/active-2019-atlantic-hurricane-season-end-video…
3 Cows Swept Out to Sea by Hurricane Dorian Were Found Peacefully Grazing on an Island Miles Away
Cows might have the pizzaz everybody’s been waiting for. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cows-swept-sea-swam-island.html
Extreme Weather Events This Decade Have Cost America $750B
An anonymous reader quotes NBC News: An analysis of weather disasters that did more than $1 billion in damage from the National Centers for Environmental Information finds that such high-cost events are up markedly since the 1980s. (The dollar figures for the events were adjusted for inflation.) There have been 250 such events since 1980 and almost half them, 111, have…
Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall on Cape Hatteras, Takes Aim at Canada
Still a dangerous storm, Dorian plowed over North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras this morning. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hurricane-dorian-landfall-cape-hatteras.html
Trump Holds Up Doctored Hurricane Map, Meteorologists Cringe
As Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Atlantic coast on Wednesday (Sept. 4), meteorologists suddenly found themselves facing an unexpected hurricane hazard: a president with a Sharpie pen. Source: https://www.livescience.com/trump-sharpiegate-doctored-hurricane-map.html
Hurricane Dorian Intensifies Again, Headed Toward Carolinas
Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds reaching 115 mph (185 km/h), and it’s barreling up the U.S. East Coast. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hurricane-dorian-carolinas.html
Hurricane Dorian: Why it’s so destructive
Dorian, the 2nd most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, has devastated the Bahamas, with the death toll expected to rapidly rise as rescue work gets under way. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-dorian-why-its-so-destructive…
Hurricane Dorian Barrels Up the Coast, Threatening the Carolinas
Hurricane Dorian, after devastating the Bahamas over the weekend, while sparing Florida a direct hit, is now inching up the East Coast of the U.S., threatening the Carolinas. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hurricane-dorian-threatens-carolinas.html