Tag: hurricane
Disasters cause long-term health harms, research finds » Yale Climate Connections
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When Superstorm Sandy hit New York City in 2012, Arnab Ghosh was a resident physician at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.
Months later, when he saw...
Bees inspired this new disaster relief system » Yale Climate Connections
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To help communities cope with disasters, a government-funded project in North Carolina is taking inspiration from bees – who go out, do a job,...
The Caribbean has a super-hurricane problem » Yale Climate Connections
In the western Pacific, there is a special name for high-end Category 4 and 5 typhoons with winds exceeding 150 mph (240 km/h): super...
The McKenzie Project helps trans Floridians weather storms » Yale Climate Connections
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Hurricanes and other disasters can be especially devastating for Black transgender people.
Racism, transphobia, and other issues contribute to higher rates of poverty and homelessness...
Hurricane Melissa dies over the cold waters of the North Atlantic » Yale Climate Connections
Hurricane Melissa is no more. In its 11 a.m. EDT Friday advisory, the National Hurricane Center declared Melissa post-tropical, ending its historic 10-day rampage....
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
Historic Hurricane Melissa roared ashore over western Jamaica at 1 p.m. EDT Oct. 28 as a high-end Category 5 storm with 185 mph (295...
Melissa’s slowdown is bad news for the central Caribbean » Yale Climate Connections
Tropical Storm Melissa has not strengthened in its first two days over the central Caribbean, but this lopsided, ungainly storm is still expected to...
Tropical Storm Melissa on track to be a dangerous Caribbean hurricane » Yale Climate Connections
A Hurricane Watch is up for the south coast of Haiti and a Tropical Storm Watch for Jamaica as newly-formed Tropical Storm Melissa chugs...
Tropical disturbance poses torrential rainfall threat for the central Caribbean » Yale Climate Connections
A sprawling, fast-moving tropical disturbance raced through the Windward Islands on Sunday and entered the Caribbean, where it’s set to become a formidable rainmaker...
The biggest storms on Earth are their workplace » Yale Climate Connections
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Most pilots are trained to avoid extreme weather. But when a hurricane forms over the ocean, an elite crew of pilots, engineers, and meteorologists...
