Experts warn that Atlantic hurricane season could rev up after a quiet stretch
Experts with Colorado State University are explicitly warning folks not to write off this year’s Atlantic hurricane season yet. Even though the ocean basin has been completely calm through the historic peak of the season, signs point…
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Tropical Storm Erin set to become Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2025
Tropical Storm Erin formed off the Cabo Verde Islands on Monday. The storm is set to become the first hurricane—and possibly the first major hurricane—of the 2025 Atlantic season later this week. A vigorous tropical wave rolling off the coast of Africa…
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A new tropical system may develop in the Caribbean this week
The Atlantic hurricane season isn’t over just yet. Forecasters are watching yet another disturbance in the Caribbean Sea for potential tropical development later this week. The system has a medium (50 percent) chance of development, according…
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Milton to hit Florida as a major hurricane on Wednesday
Here we go again. Hurricane Milton is quickly gathering strength over the Gulf of Mexico as it heads east toward Florida over the next few days. Milton’s strange track will take it east over the length of the warm Gulf of Mexico. Favorable…
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Milton to hit Florida as a major hurricane on Wednesday
Here we go again. Hurricane Milton is quickly gathering strength over the Gulf of Mexico as it heads east toward Florida over the next few days. Milton’s strange track will take it east over the length of the warm Gulf of Mexico. Favorable…
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Helene’s Floods: When catastrophe comes to pass
Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee are reeling this week from the onslaught of historic floods associated with Hurricane Helene. Entire neighborhoods washed away in the immense flooding. Major highways are severed. Dozens, if not hundreds, of…
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Helene’s damaging winds, flooding rain will extend hundreds of miles inland
Hurricane warnings are now in place for parts of the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Helene steadily marches toward the region over the next couple of days. The system could reach major hurricane strength before slamming into the Florida coast on Thursday.…
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Prepare now: A hurricane is likely in the Gulf of Mexico this week
A disturbance in the western Caribbean has a very high likelihood of rapidly intensifying into a hurricane over the next couple of days as it closes in on the Gulf Coast. This isn’t the kind of storm we get to watch for a week and a half…
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Rapidly intensifying hurricanes truly are the ‘nightmare scenario’
Historic disasters have transitioned from a noteworthy abnormality to something that we’ve come to expect on a regular basis. Unprecedented heat, devastating fires, destructive flash floods, and rapidly intensifying hurricanes are just the way…
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Active 2023 Atlantic hurricane season lands in records despite a strong El Niño
Hurricane warnings are up for portions of the Lesser Antilles this weekend as an unlikely storm lashes the region with high winds and heavy rainfall. Hurricane Tammy is our 20th named storm of this remarkable hurricane season. It’s noteworthy to…
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