The problem with the hurricane category rating
The five-point category rating, known to experts as the Saffir-Simpson scale, is the main way the public understands a ...
Milton Strengthens to a Hurricane as Florida Braces for Its Impacts
Milton is expected to be a major hurricane, at least a Category 3 or higher, when it reaches the west coast of Florida, the ...
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What to know about Hurricane Milton as it moves toward Florida's Gulf Coast
Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major ...
NHC Predicts 50% Chance of Tropical Cyclone in Gulf of Mexico Within Seven Days -- OPIS
NHC said in its 2 p.m. EDT advisory that a trough of low pressure over the western Gulf of Mexico is producing widespread shower and thunderstorm activity, and additional development is possible while ...
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Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921, but Milton may be the one
Florida's Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton's winds and expected massive storm surge, which could ...
Tropical Storm Kirk forms. NHC tracking 5 systems in Atlantic. Florida needs to watch one closely
Tropical Storm Kirk formed in the Atlantic Monday. Another disturbances in the Atlantic. Gulf Coast residents should monitor ...
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Hurricanes indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm, study finds
These cascades have serious consequences for public health." An average U.S. tropical cyclone indirectly causes 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths, Hsiang and lead study author Rachel Young estimate.
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Hurricane Kirk on path to impact Europe as massive post-tropical cyclone
A post-tropical storm system is a cyclone that has lost its tropical characteristics but still maintains significant organization to produce heavy rainfall and strong winds. Kirk began its trek in ...
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Gulf tropical storm forms, poses no Texas threat. But Florida faces another hurricane
the weakest kind of a tropical cyclone. Just before 1 p.m. Saturday, satellite wind data indicated that maximum sustained wind speeds were 40 mph, meaning the tropical cyclone had strengthened ...
Storm tracker: National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Kirk, 4 other systems
Although forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are tracking five separate systems in the Atlantic Ocean, including ...
Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle: Five key health priorities for future disaster response
"The climate crisis is a health crisis." So says World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus.
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Gulf looking less likely to see tropical storm. Is Texas in the clear? Here's what we know
If the counterclockwise rotation of the air flow in a low pressure system becomes strong enough, the system can organize the storms into a tropical cyclone. TRACK IT: Whenever the next named ...