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The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season demonstrated an alarming increase in the number and intensity of hurricanes. With 11 hurricanes, compared with the average of seven, the season brought destruction far [...]

Byline: Praveena Somasundaram To those who knew Peter Dodge, it was only fitting that his ashes should be scattered in the eye of a hurricane. Dodge, a meteorologist who died [...]

Every year on Aug. 20, meteorologists at Colorado State University ring a bell to signal the start of peak hurricane season - a weeks-long stretch when hot ocean temperatures tend [...]

Byline: KATE PAYNE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH; ASSOCIATED PRESS CRAWFORDVILLE, FLA. -- Hurricane Helene strengthened into a Category 4 storm hours ahead of its expected landfall on Florida's northwest coast Thursday night [...]

Byline: Matthew Cappucci A hurricane, which will be named Helene, is expected to form and rapidly intensify this week in the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Florida on Thursday or [...]

Byline: Arelis R. Hernández Nearly half of Puerto Rico was in the dark Wednesday after a tropical storm lashed the island archipelago with torrential rain and wind, damaging a power [...]

Byline: Washington Post staff Hurricane Debby made landfall around 7 a.m. Eastern time on Monday morning as a Category 1 storm near Steinhatchee, in Florida's Big Bend, the National Hurricane [...]

Byline: Diana Moschetti With the Florida peninsula being struck consecutively by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene, residents are questioning whether human-driven factors play a role in these types of events. [...]

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LOS ANGELES, October 9, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Climate change made Hurricane Helene more powerful and dangerous, and the United States is likely to have more storms like Helene [...]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The following information was released by Case Western Reserve University: As climate change accelerates, hurricanes are becoming more intense and destructive, bringing heavier rains, stronger winds and [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation wrought by https://apnews.com/article/helene-asheville-north-carolina-c5ff143de63e31bd345066221f5e4d24 has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months. Vice President [...]

During the debate on Tuesday night, Vice Presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz were asked to comment on the devastation from category 4 Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Vance [...]

ATLANTA -- The following information was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today launched a dedicated website to provide resources and information [...]

DALLAS, TEXAS -- The following information was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds communities affected by Hurricane Francine to be aware […]

DALLAS, TEXAS -- The following information was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): áThe áU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds residents of Louisiana to take steps now to [...]

The island confirmed its first death amid a surge of water, damaging winds and flooding. The storm is barreling toward the Cayman Islands and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Jamaica [...]

Byline: Matthew Cappucci Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean begins June 1, and forecasters are warning people to brace for what could be an anxious six months - for residents [...]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caribbean officials on Friday demanded more access to funding and help in fighting https://apnews.com/hub/climate-change, weeks after https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-hurricane-beryl-aid-help-e9912a804abb0b3e69a74db312f8e8a9. The urgent request was made at an [...]

DALLAS, TEXAS -- The following information was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds communities affected by Hurricane Beryl to be aware [...]

DALLAS, TEXAS -- The following information was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Emergency response teams at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are preparing for the Gulf [...]

UNIONDALE, N.Y: PSEG Long Island has issued the following news release: PSEG Long Island has spent the last decade preparing the utility and the electric grid for hurricanes and other [...]

DALLAS, TEXAS -- The following information was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds residents of Gulf Coast states that hurricane season [...]

A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt. When Hurricane [...]

Though no longer a major hurricane, Lee was still a significant storm as it swept through the Northeast on Saturday, leaving at least one person dead. The storm known as [...]