Hurricane Florence, seen from the International Space Station in 2018. Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
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Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering with what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.
Twenty years of storm tracks in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins.
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El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
The Bahama warbler (Setophaga flavescens) is endemic to the Bahamas.
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The Bahama warbler favours large pine trees and palms, fieldwork shows.
Seabirds forage on an oyster shell island on the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Climate change is making oceans more acidic globally. Now, scientists are finding that large storms can send pulses of acidic water into bays and estuaries, further stressing fish and shellfish.
Several areas were hit with 1,000-year floods in 2022.
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A monster hurricane, destructive storms and a drought that disrupted businesses across the economy led the list of the year’s costliest disasters.
Hurricane Nicole was a Category 1 storm, but it caused extensive damage to Florida in 2022.
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Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms.
Deep ‘blue holes,’ like this one off Belize, can collect evidence of hurricanes.
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A look back at hurricane history suggests we may be significantly underestimating future risks.
Dozens of homes were left unstable in the Daytona Beach area after Hurricane Nicole’s erosion.
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Dozens of homes near Daytona Beach collapsed or were left unstable when Hurricane Nicole struck. Here’s what can be done to reduce that kind of risk.
Hurricane Fiona drenched places like Salinas across Puerto Rico in September 2022.
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Within two weeks of Hurricane Fiona, FEMA had accepted most Puerto Rican housing aid applications. Nearly all those early approvals cover only $700 in assistance and won’t pay the tab for rebuilding.
Hurricane damage to affordable housing can leave business owners struggling to find employees.
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Research shows that coastal businesses’ hurricane recovery depends on workers being able to return.
Ian leveled hundreds of buildings in Fort Myers, Fla.
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A recovery expert explains what these estimates include and what could be done to make disasters less costly.
New satellite mapping techniques can quickly locate washed out and damaged areas.
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Artificial intelligence can spot differences in images from before and after a storm over wide areas in almost real time. It showed Hurricane Ian’s vast damage in Florida.
Roofs are an entry point for fraud after storms.
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About 9% of homeowner property claims nationwide are filed in Florida, yet 79% of lawsuits related to property claims are filed there.
The rebuilding in places like Matlacha, Fla., won’t happen overnight.
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Many government agencies help people whose lives are thrown off course, but not everyone is eligible or able to access that aid.
Hurricane Ian, as seen from the International Space Station on September 28 2022.
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Warming ocean water is ‘rocket fuel’ for increasingly destructive hurricanes.
Ian resulted in the deaths of at least 44 people in Florida and tens of billions of dollars in damage.
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Research on Hurricane Harvey found that flood insurance and strong social networks were key factors in determining how quickly people recovered, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Hurricane Ian’s water vapor on Sept. 28, 2022, meant heavy rainfall for large parts of Florida.
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Two hurricane and climate scientists explain what’s known – and still unknown – about global warming’s influence on intensity, rainfall and much more.
An army officer speaks with a firefighter amidst destroyed homes in Channel-Port aux Basques, N.L., on Sept. 26, 2022.
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Evacuations can save lives, as in the case of post-tropical cyclone Fiona. As more frequent extreme weather events are set to occur, it is important to have evacuation plans in place.
Hurricane Ian pounded western Cuba on Sept. 26, 2022, on its way to the Florida coast.
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For some people, the risks associated with leaving can seem more dangerous than the storm.
Flying into Hurricane Harvey aboard a a P-3 Hurricane Hunter nicknamed Kermit in 2018.
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The meteorologist leading NOAA’s 2022 hurricane field program describes flying through eyewalls and the technology in these airborne labs for tracking rapid intensification in real time.