Swarm of storm-resilient drones will soon fly into Atlantic hurricanes
11 July 2023
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending both flying and sailing drones into the eye of hurricanes to help improve storm forecasts
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Climate change may drive more hurricanes towards the US east coast
7 April 2023
Warming in the eastern Pacific Ocean may change wind patterns above the Gulf of Mexico, leading to more hurricanes making landfall in the eastern US
Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supercharged storms
6 April 2023
The global average sea surface temperature has hit a record high of 21.1°C, which could lead to fiercer hurricanes and typhoons
Hurricane Ian has left thousands without power and clean water
3 October 2022
The destruction caused by Hurricane Ian has left 600,000 Florida homes without power and many without clean water after the storm battered Florida, Cuba and the US east coast
Hurricane Ian hits the coast of Florida with 155 mile-per-hour winds
28 September 2022
A category 4 storm made landfall in Florida on Wednesday afternoon, displacing millions of residents and causing severe flooding and destruction
Hurricane that hit Jamaica helped low-lying trees spread to mountains
12 July 2022
Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica in 1988, and the damage it left in its wake might have allowed warm-adapted trees that normally grow at low altitudes to take root on the island’s mountains
Living through a hurricane accelerated the ageing process for monkeys
7 February 2022
In 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Caribbean communities, and we now know it had an impact on monkeys too - macaques that lived through the stressful experience have aged at an accelerated rate
Hurricane Ida was almost certainly made worse by climate change
31 August 2021
Scientists say Hurricane Ida, which reached wind speeds of 241km/h, killed at least one person and left more than a million people without power, was almost certainly made worse because of climate change
Climate change meant Hurricane Sandy caused $8 billion more damage
18 May 2021
Without human-induced climate change, Hurricane Sandy in 2012 would have come with a price tag in the US that was $8.1 billion lighter, according to a modelling study
Five named tropical storms pictured in the Atlantic
23 September 2020
On 14 September, for only the second time since records began, there were five named tropical storms in the Atlantic
