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Weather’s Unwanted Guest: Nasty La Nina Keeps Showing Up
Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. It's becoming the nation's ...
Forecasters Predict 7th Straight Above-Normal Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season is poised to deliver another round of above-normal storms for the seventh consecutive year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Tuesday. ...
Study Links Cleaner Air to More Atlantic Hurricanes
Cleaner air in the United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study links changes in ...
Lack of Historical Records Not the Reason Atlantic Hurricanes Seem More Frequent — They Really Are
Forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have become ...
Swiss Re Warns Canada Is Unprepared for Climate Change-Spurred Hurricane Risks
Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada's homeowners, businesses and insurers underestimate that escalating risk, according to one ...
Delta Gears Up as Year’s 25th Named Storm
Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten the Gulf ...
Climate Change and More Making Hurricanes Increasingly Destructive
A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion-dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which menaced the U.S. ...
Hurricane Season Could Create More Stress for Pandemic-Hit Insurers
The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on Monday could signal more steep losses for insurers and reinsurers, already battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their ...