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News Articles: hurricanes

Rescuers dig a spillway to release flood waters after heavy rainfall in China's northern Shanxi province in 2021. A new report finds that human-caused climate change made the floods about twice as likely.

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Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms

The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous.

January 09, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Bruce Hickey, 70, one week after Hurricane Ian tore through his community in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. There were relatively few storms in the Atlantic over the summer, but the 2022 hurricane season was nonetheless one of the most destructive on record.

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  • Climate

The 2022 hurricane season shows why climate change is so dangerous

This year's hurricane season got off to a very slow start. But it only takes one big storm to wreak havoc. And climate change makes such storms more likely.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Chris Smith and Meghan Maylone from the U.S. Geological Survey collect a storm sensor from Skidaway Island near Savannah on Oct. 4, just days after Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on parts of Florida and South Carolina. Georgia avoided a direct hit, but ripple effects along the coast were still felt.

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  • Environment

Hurricane season is now over. Despite Ian's near miss in Georgia, it still caused coastal erosion

Hurricane Ian managed to move Tybee Island's beach shoreline 30 feet inland, according to the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.

November 30, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Hurricane Ian cause wide spread flooding when it dumped rain across Florida in September. A preliminary analysis found that Ian dumped at least 10% more rain because of climate change.

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  • Climate

Climate change is making the weather more severe. Why don't most forecasts mention it?

Scientists and forecasters are trying to figure out how to talk about the connection between climate change and severe weather. It could have big impacts on how people think about global warming.

November 23, 2022
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  • Rebecca Hersher
This satellite image shows Hurricane Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico on Saturday.

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  • Weather

Hurricane Roslyn is forecast to bring a dangerous storm surge to parts of Mexico

The storm was forecast "to bring damaging winds, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains to portions of west-central Mexico today," the U.S. National Hurricane Center said at 12 a.m. Sunday.

October 23, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ian over the central Caribbean on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (NOAA via AP)

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  • Politics

Hurricane Ian spins a cautionary tale for coastal politicians

Georgia’s officials — especially those on the ballot next month — took pains to be seen and heard as Ian neared.

October 04, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • Craig Nelson
A vehicle is driven down a flooded street in Charleston, S.C., as rain from Hurricane Ian drenches the city on Friday.

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  • Weather

Ian makes landfall in South Carolina, flooding beaches and roads

"The flooding has been catastrophic," the police department on Pawleys Island, S.C., said around midday. As the storm arrived, the state was under 85 weather alerts.

September 30, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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  • National

Photos: Here's what Ian looks like in South Carolina

The storm has landed in South Carolina after devastating southwest and central Florida. Ian brought heavy rain, high winds and flooding along South Carolina coast, causing damage in some areas.

September 30, 2022
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  • Seyma Bayram and
  • Jonathan Franklin
In this image made from a NASA livestream, Hurricane Ian is seen from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa on Wednesday as a catastrophic Category 4 storm.

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  • Weather

Hurricane Ian weakens but is still expected to cause high winds and flooding

The hurricane, located miles southeast of Orlando, was losing strength as it made its way across Florida. It was carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

September 29, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
A South Miami, Fla., resident makes a phone call from one of the few working phones in the area as another man waits for his turn amid the rubble of a destroyed business on Aug. 25, 1992, after Hurricane Andrew made landfall.

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  • Weather

Category 5 hurricanes are rare in the U.S. There have only been 4 in its history

Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."

September 28, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
Hurricane Ian's forecast track has fluctuated — but storm experts warn that people shouldn't be preoccupied with the exact location of landfall, given the wide and dangerous impacts of a large storm.

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  • Weather

Predicting Hurricane Ian's track has been difficult. An expert tells us why

The National Weather Service's Joel Cline wants residents to know when danger is coming. But he adds, "If people think of a hurricane as a dot and a city as a dot, I think they've missed the point."

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
An image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the projected path of Tropical Storm Ian.

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  • Weather

Tropical Storm Ian threatens the Caribbean and Florida with hurricane conditions

The weather system currently churning south of Jamaica is projected to intensify into a hurricane in the coming days. Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in Florida.

September 24, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
Beach chairs are seen as the sun rises in Ocean City, N.J., on Aug. 18. This is not the above-average hurricane season experts predicted — at least, not yet.

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  • Weather

The first hurricane of the season arrived late, but don't let your guard down

"Things are all upside-down," making it hard for hurricanes to form, an expert says. But experts warn not to assume there's less risk just because the first months of hurricane season have been calm.

September 05, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
FEMA app for phones warns of hurricanes

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  • News

FEMA releases largest mobile app update in time for hurricane season

The redesigned mobile app is meant to be a one-stop shop where people can access needed information at all stages of a disaster.

July 19, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
Katherine Morgan wipes sweat from her forehead while walking to work during a record-breaking heat wave in Portland in 2021. Scientists say that heat wave would have been virtually impossible without human caused climate change.

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  • Climate

Researchers can now explain how climate change is affecting your weather

For decades, it was impossible to say that a specific weather event was caused, or even made worse, by climate change. But advanced research methods are changing that.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
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