Hurricane Activity Could Pick Up as El Nino Fades, Say Forecasters August 12, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Government meteorologists say this year’s hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer’s weak El Nino has...
Deadly Alabama Tornado Highlights Human Safety Risk Despite Improved Forecasting March 11, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Improved Tornado Forecasting Doesn’t Prevent All Deaths March 8, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Despite Improved Tornado Forecasting, Deaths Continue March 7, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Report by 13 U.S. Agencies Warns of Dire Economic Effects from Climate Change November 25, 2018 By Seth Borenstein As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types...
Researchers: Houston Skyscrapers Slowed Hurricane Harvey, Causing More Rain November 21, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey snagged on...
U.S. Agencies Split Over Cell Phone Cancer Risk November 6, 2018 By Lauran Neergaard and Seth Borenstein Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cell phone radiation: One says it causes...
As Tornadoes Shift Eastward, Scientists Explore Why October 22, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more...
Fast, Furious: How Michael Became a 155mph Monster Hurricane October 11, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Moist air, warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and ideal wind patterns supercharged Hurricane Michael in the hours before...
Florence was Second Wettest Storm in U.S., Behind Harvey September 27, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Hurricane Florence was the nation’s second rainiest storm in 70 years, a top rainfall meteorologist calculated. Only last year’s Hurricane...