Emerging La Niña could play major role in this year’s hurricane season – the San Francisco Chronicle
On Thursday, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration released its 2024 hurricane season outlook. The agency predicts an active season in the Atlantic hurricane region, with its most aggressive May forecast on record. The Atlantic hurricane region includes the north Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico….
The surprising reasons thunderstorms are more destructive than ever – the Washington Post
There were a record-setting 28 billion-dollar disasters last year, causing $94 billion in damage. Thunderstorm events accounted for 19 of those disasters, and more than half of the costs. A decade earlier, seven thunderstorm events topped $1 billion in damage…
Brutal heat swells across Texas as many remain without power in Houston – the Washington Post
Heat-related illness is a growing danger for those without air-conditioning after last Thursday’s violent storms. South Texas will also see extreme heat….
A streak of record global heat nears one-year mark – the Washington Post
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy…
Hurricanes are intensifying more rapidly – and the most vulnerable communities are hit hardest – the Guardian
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy…
Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather – the Los Angeles Times
Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather…The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a system of ocean currents that circulate water in the Atlantic Ocean like a conveyor belt, helping to redistribute heat and regulate global and regional climates. New research, however, warns that the AMOC is weakening under a warming climate, and could potentially suffer a dangerous and abrupt collapse with worldwide consequences…
Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on – the Guardian
As the climate crisis supercharges storms over the Pacific, scientists are creating tools that can measure them from the inside..
Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says – Grist Magazine
In the real world, Category 5 is synonymous with the biggest and baddest storms. But some U.S. scientists are making the case that it no longer captures the intensity of recent hurricanes. A paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences lays out a framework for extending the current hurricane-rating system…with a new category for storms that have winds topping 192 miles per hour. According to the study, the world has already seen storms that would qualify as Category 6s…
Here’s How the Next Two Atmospheric Rivers Will Affect California – the New York Times
A “Pineapple Express” hitting California through Thursday will set the stage for another week of unsettled weather across the state…