New Research Warns Rare Winter Tornadoes May Get More Intense December 16, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger...
Meteorologists Say Unusually Warm Weather Is Due to Stuck Jet Stream, La Nina December 6, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. The calendar says December but for much of...
Weather Catastrophes Growing in Numbers and Damages But Taking Fewer Lives September 7, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in...
This Summer’s Extreme Weather Hitting World’s Wealthier Countries August 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021’s onslaught is hitting harder...
National Weather Service Upgrades Forecast Model March 25, 2021 By Seth Borenstein The National Weather Service has turbocharged its lagging forecast model to better predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes, blizzards...
Riskiest Counties for Natural Disasters Are Not Always Where People Think January 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her...
Hurricanes Staying Stronger Longer After Landfall Than in Past November 13, 2020 By Seth Borenstein Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study....
Damage from Whopper Hurricanes Increasing for Many Reasons August 27, 2020 By Seth Borenstein America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura because of a...
‘Uncertainty Is the Only Certainty’ When it Comes to Pandemic Modeling April 8, 2020 By Seth Borenstein and Carla K. Johnson A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of...
Study Finds El Niños Getting Stronger October 29, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Climate change is making stronger El Niños, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new...