Tag: hurricane
Tropical Storm Jerry forms; a close pass by the Leeward Islands expected » Yale Climate Connections
Tropical Storm Jerry was named by the National Hurricane Center, or NHC, at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 7. At that time, Jerry was...
Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China » Yale Climate Connections
After peaking as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds, Super Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in the southern Chinese city of Yangjiang in...
Bermuda braces for a pounding from strengthening Hurricane Imelda » Yale Climate Connections
Hurricane warnings are flying for the island of Bermuda as a strengthening Hurricane Imelda barrels toward a close encounter with the island, expected to...
Hurricane Gabrielle makes a run for the Azores » Yale Climate Connections
After completing a right turn just southeast of Bermuda, Hurricane Gabrielle — still at Category 4 strength at midday Tuesday — may still be...
Hurricane Gabrielle cranks up in the Atlantic; Typhoon Ragasa heads for southern China » Yale Climate Connections
After weeks of weird peak-season sluggishness, the Northern Hemisphere tropics were buzzing with activity on September 22, the autumnal equinox. In the Atlantic, Hurricane...
The Atlantic’s remarkable 20-day quiet period finally ends » Yale Climate Connections
The unprecedented quiet in the Atlantic during what is traditionally the busiest part of the season finally ended at 5 a.m. EDT Sep. 17,...
A new disturbance may punctuate the Atlantic’s peak-season calm » Yale Climate Connections
It’s the mid-September peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, but we are likely to see yet another week pass without any named storm landfalls....
Another round of weird peak-season quiet in the Atlantic tropics » Yale Climate Connections
We’ve arrived at the peak week of hurricane season – the traditional midpoint of the Atlantic’s yearly activity is September 10 – but you wouldn’t...
Today marks the 125-year anniversary of the worst natural disaster in U.S. history
STORY HIGHLIGHTSCATEGORY 4: Winds of 130-145 mph at landfallDEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTER: 6,000-12,000 deathsSEAWALL: Built after the 1900 hurricane STORYAs we near the peak of...
‘Evacuate NOW!’: What it was like to sound the alarm ahead of Hurricane Katrina » Yale Climate Connections
I first started blogging for Weather Underground, the weather service I founded, in the spring of 2005. For the first few months, it was...
