A tornado in Turkey, Texas.
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You can’t photograph the inside of a twister, but radar offers some clues.
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Simply providing passive information is not enough. Governments must find better ways to deliver important messages about natural hazards.
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Parts of southeast Australia are inundated yet again. Clearly, short-term weather forecasts are not enough to protect communities in times like these.
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Scientists have unimaginably more powerful supercomputers than their predecessors.
Porthcawl Lighthouse in South Wales is buffeted by waves during Storm Eunice’s approach.
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Sting jets are poorly understood, but could have a big influence on Britain’s future winter storms.
A bomb cyclone over the U.S. East Coast on Jan. 4, 2017.
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The key ingredients for a storm to undergo bombogenesis are an unstable atmosphere, temperature differences and high-speed winds in the upper atmosphere.
Wildfires that swept through Sequoia National Forest in California in September 2021 were so severe they killed ancient trees that had adapted to survive fires.
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US disasters in 2021 told a tale of two climate extremes. A climate scientist explains why wet areas are getting wetter and dry areas drier.
Six died as a tornado tore through an Amazon fulfillment center in Edwardsville, Illinois.
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The deaths of six Amazon employees at a factory hit by a tornado raises concerns over prohibitions on cellphones for workers.
Tornadoes are hard to capture in climate models.
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Climate models can’t see tornadoes, but they can recognize the conditions for tornadoes to form. An atmospheric scientist explains what that means for forecasting future risks.
Flooding is seen in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia after the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Sept. 2, 2021.
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More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and that share is growing. Rapid climate change could make many cities unlivable in the coming decades without major investments to adapt.
Lightning during a monsoon storm in southern Arizona, Saguaro National Park.
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Monsoons are weather patterns that bring thunderstorms and heavy rains to hot, dry areas when warm, moist ocean air moves inland. They’re challenging to forecast, especially in a changing climate.
A house on Curly Dick Road, Meadow Flat in central west NSW, destroyed by the tornado.
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Australia has expansive areas of flat land — usually agricultural land — and it’s over these large, flat areas that tornadoes like to form.
The aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Barataria, Louisiana, US.
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Rapid attribution studies reveal climate change’s influence on the weather, but they’re expensive and time-consuming.
Underground and underwater.
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Images of water gushing into subway stations filled social media following heavy rain in New York City. Solutions are at hand – but it takes money and political will, an expert explains.
Drones are increasingly being used in disaster management.
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A new study highlights disparities and proposes research priorities for advancing the use of small aerial drones in disaster management.
Extreme downpours and flooding like northern England experienced in 2015 can put lives at risk.
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Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns.
Hawaiian surfer John John Florence, seen here competing in Portugal, is one of the favorites to win surfing’s first Olympic gold.
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Olympic surfers are coming from around the world to compete in surfing’s Olympic debut. But where will the waves come from?
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Could this disaster have been avoided? And under climate change, how can we prepare for more events like this?
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Three suburbs in Victoria have been warned against drinking tap water — even if they boil it first.
A ‘100-year flood’ doesn’t mean you’ll be flood-free for the next 99 years.
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Flood plain statistics can be confusing. There are better ways to think about the risk of severe weather than 100-year storm or flood.