Evidence is mounting that, as the climate warms, the amount of rain falling in heavy storms is increasing, especially in the central and eastern US.
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Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Category 4 storm Hurricane Ida reached Louisiana. Planning for future hurricanes must include the need to build resiliency to climate change.
Ida exploded from a weak hurricane to a powerful Category 4 storm in less than 24 hours, thanks to heat from an ocean eddy. An oceanographer explains its rapid intensification.
Current building codes do not include the most efficient way to keep houses standing and intact during tornadoes.
Land-falling tropical cyclones are rare in Tanzania so past events are outside the memory of most.
To get a sense of how bad the 2021 hurricane season will be, keep an eye on the African monsoon, ocean temperatures and a possible late-blooming La Niña.
Storms which originate in the tropics and reach Europe aren’t as rare as scientists once thought.
Misunderstanding disaster warnings can have catastrophic consequences for people who don’t speak the language used for emergency communications.
Hurricane Harvey destroyed the fishing infrastructure of Aransas Bay and reduced fishing by 80% over the following year. This removed humans from the trophic cascade and whole food webs changed.
Some rainstorms drench you in a second, while others drop rain in a nice peaceful drizzle. A meteorologist explains how rainstorms can be so different.
Hurricane and tornado winds spin in circles, but there’s another, equally dangerous storm type where winds barrel straight ahead. They’re called derechos, and are most common in summer.
Wind travels all over the world. Where does it come from, and why?
The US faces a high risk of hurricanes and other disasters this year that could leave thousands of people in need of shelter. COVID-19 will make those disasters more dangerous to manage.
Donald Trump claims his administration has carried out an “all-out effort” in preparing for the effects of climate change. Nothing could be further from the truth.
A new study shows that natural disasters enrich white victims while hurting people of color, worsening wealth inequality. And government aid contributes to the problem.
While the hurricanes last year dealt devastating blows to Puerto Rico, its challenges predate the storms and continue on today. They also offer new opportunities.
In the wake of two hurricanes in the Turks and Caicos Islands, researchers document for the first time that catastrophic storms can be agents of natural selection, influencing how species evolve.
With this technology, citizen scientists could even help to predict the damage caused by future disasters.
There’s something in the old adage, ‘there’s no place like home’.
An expert in post-disaster reconstruction explains what works, and what doesn’t, when it comes to rebuilding a city.
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of South Carolina
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Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto
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Senior Scientist, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Research Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Sciences, The Open University
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Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
