Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico and much of the Eastern Caribbean Tuesday as a disturbance is expected to become the ninth named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season Wednesday. The system looks set to continue 2020’s run as a record-breaking hurricane season. If it develops into Tropical Storm Isaias, it will […]
At least 14 people were killed when Tropical Storm Amanda walloped El Salvador Sunday, Interior Minister Mario Duran said. Four people are missing, according to Noticias El Salvador, and around 200 homes were damaged by falling trees, flooding and mudslides, AFP reported. “We lost everything, we’ve been left with nowhere to live,” San Salvador resident […]
At least 84 people were killed when Cyclone Amphan walloped India and Bangladesh Wednesday, bringing “war-like” destruction to the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal, The Guardian reported. The response to the storm, which made landfall as the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, was complicated by the spread of the […]
The devastation caused by hurricanes in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, North Carolina and Houston over the last few years is a direct effect of the climate crisis, which is making tropical storms stronger and wetter, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as CNN […]
2019 marked the fourth year in a row that the Atlantic hurricane season saw above-average activity, and it doesn’t look like 2020 will provide any relief. The 2020 season is expected to generate 14 to 18 tropical storms, of which seven to nine will become hurricanes and two to four will develop into major hurricanes, […]
By Coral Natalie Negrón Almodóvar The Earth began to shake as Tamar Hernández drove to visit her mother in Yauco, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 28, 2019. She did not feel that first tremor — she felt only the ensuing aftershocks — but she worried because her mother had an ankle injury and could not walk. […]
By Dana Nuccitelli Killer hurricanes, devastating wildfires, melting glaciers, and sunny-day flooding in more and more coastal areas around the world have birthed a fatalistic view cleverly dubbed by Mary Annaïse Heglar of the Natural Resources Defense Council as “de-nihilism.” One manifestation: An increasing number of people appear to have grown doubtful about the possibility […]
In 2012, Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City’s transportation system. Storm surge pushed a flood of seawater into vehicle tunnels, railyards, ferry terminals, and subway lines. “Hurricane Sandy was a big wake-up call for the city,” says Susanne DesRoches, New York’s deputy director of infrastructure and energy. For example, the city has installed […]
The climate crisis cost countries around the world billions of dollars in extreme weather events in 2019, according to the latest annual tally from UK charity Christian Aid. The report, published Friday, identified seven disasters that cost billion or more, and 15 disasters that cost more than billion, according to a press summary. That’s up […]
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