[The Herald] IN the face of the current challenges caused by the El Niño weather, Government is pushing for the adoption of new agricultural technologies and research projects that proffer solutions on drought mitigation and avoidance.
And some of it’s hazardous. The post After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A potentially significant storm could arrive in Southern California this weekend, a rarity for this time of the year, the National Weather Service says.
The storm hit with parts of the country still in recovery mode from their own severe weather, particularly in the Northeast. Tens of thousands of people still lacked power in Maine, where a storm coated parts of the state in thick ice.
Fredericton residents respond to a recent storm that covered everything with a layer of snow and ice. The storm left thousands of people without power, and damaged a couple roads.
The researchers found that with AI, they could predict floods five days in advance in river basins without gauges.
The FOX Forecast Center said it'll all begin later Friday as upper-level energy from a Midwest snowstorm combines with energy and moisture coming up from a Gulf of Mexico storm aimed at Florida.
Unsettling climate forecasts, human neglect, lack of resources and “zombie” fires risk turning Russia’s annual wildfire season into a crisis.
Cyclone Megan weakened to tropical low, impacting Borroloola. Groote Eylandt received heavy rain. Australian cyclone season Nov-April. Defence Force standby for recovery. Cyclone Jasper hit in December. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily caused power outages in January.
Town of Borroloola was due to be evacuated before cyclone arrived but dangerous weather prevented aircraft from landing Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Tropical Cyclone Megan continues churning in Australia’s north-east where remote communities are waking up to assess damage from the severe weather. About 700 residents in the town of Borroloola faced the worst of the cyclone, which made landfall on the south-western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria on Monday afternoon as a category 3 storm before weakening to a category 1. Continue reading...
Planes unable to land to evacuate 700 people in Borroloola as torrential rain floods roads and winds of up to 200km/h forecast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Track the path of the cyclone with the BoM radar map Northern Territory residents attempting to flee Tropical Cyclone Megan have been left stranded, after dangerous weather prevented evacuation aircraft from landing. The storm system was less than 90km away from the remote fishing town Borroloola in the NT, where residents had been hoping for Australian defence force planes to fly them out of town on Monday afternoon after roads flooded. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for...
Jake Guentzel scored the only goal of the shootout to go along with two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes came back from a 4-2 deficit late in regulation to down the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Saturday.
NASA photos show the state replenished by rain and snow from winter storms. The state is entirely out of the drought and snowpack levels are near normal.
Hurricane force winds are expected to hit Davis and Weber counties on Thursday and Friday. A high wind warning is in effect until noon on Friday across northern Utah.
Salisbury, Massachusetts trucked in 14,000 tons of sand to protect homes and roads – but a storm swept it out to sea. The incident exemplifies the challenges with shoreline restoration, a strategy to shield waterfronts as the climate crisis intensifies.
Record Western Australian rainfall has closed the Eyre Highway that links Perth to the eastern states and flooded outback stations, including Australia’s largest operating sheep station Rawlinna. Parts of WA experienced more than half a year's rain in 24 hours over the weekend, with more than 155mm of rain recorded at Rawlinna WA floods: ‘serious welfare concerns’ for seven people, including four children, missing amid heavy rain Continue reading...
Researchers simulated the wind damage from seven historical hurricanes to identify just a few key electrical lines that were crucial to protect the whole grid from cascading power failures
Air Zermatt chief Anjan Truffer explained how his team found several bodies scattered on the mountain after the six-person strong group, five from the same family, pushed on despite hurricane-force winds
Indonesia said at least 19 people were killed and 80,000 more were displaced by floods and landslides that hit several regions in West Sumatra province after days of torrential rains.
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel is on the move. Pittsburgh has traded the left winger to the Hurricanes less than 24 hours before the NHL trade deadline on Friday, Carolina announced. The deal will send the forward to Carolina along with defenseman Ty Smith. Pittsburgh will retain 25 percent of Guentzel’s salary as part of the...
A man has been seen repeatedly damaging wildfire detection equipment in Irvine. Police want to know who he is.
Coastal land is dropping, known as subsidence. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans to inundation by 2050.
Lower-than-usual snowfall resulting in a thin snowpack has heightened concerns about another year of drought, with spring on the way in B.C.
Planes drop fire retardant on blazes that have destroyed up to 500 homes and businesses as weather change may offer some respite Strong winds spread flames and prompted at least one evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle as firefighters worked to stop the largest wildfire in state history. The large Smokehouse Creek fire was 15% contained and two other fires were 60% contained. Authorities have not said what ignited the fires, but strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. Continue reading...
Tribune guest columnist Eli McCann writes up Utah's volunteer spirit, pointing to how the community united during the floods of 1983 and the flooding of 2023.
As early signs of the wildfire season in Alberta suggest another difficult summer for N.W.T. residents, many are experiencing a growing phenomenon associated with the changing climate: eco anxiety.
As snow showers moved across the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, easing conditions for firefighters, a wildfire grew into the state’s largest on record, with fears it could again spread rapidly when hot and windy weather returns this weekend.
Another storm is coming to the Los Angeles area, and is expected to drop up to three-fourths of an inch of rain on most of Los Angeles, the weather service said.
From drought and wildfires to floods, Canada must gear up for extreme weather events this spring and summer after warmer-than-usual temperatures this winter, experts say.
Here’s what happens when El Niño joins forces with long-term warming. The post What’s behind this winter’s U.S. snow drought? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Britain awoke to freezing conditions this morning, with temperatures in the Scottish Highlands plunging to -6.4C (20.48F).
Soaked Southern California can expect another storm to roll into the region early next week, capping off a month of historically wet weather.
Thunderstorm prompts a short evacuation and axing of support act Sabrina Carpenter, but Swifties still treated to three-hour show from their idol Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Taylor Swift fans were briefly evacuated from the floor and lower bowl of Accor Stadium in Sydney after a huge storm with nearby lightning strikes hit the area less than an hour before the show was to begin on Friday evening. Accor Stadium posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, the start time had been delayed, and asked fans in the venue to stay undercover until “further notice”. Continue reading...
Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting severe thunderstorms throughout Sydney on Friday night – including at Olympic Park Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast What will happen if there’s a storm during today’s Taylor Swift concert? With a thunderstorm forecast at Sydney Olympic Park this evening, many are asking what this means for the Eras tour? The show will play, rain or shine. The only exception would be severe weather, which could impact the safety of artists and patrons . Such a decision would be made by NSW Police, the event promoters and Venues NSW staff. Please follow venue screens and staff instructions in these circumstances. Continue reading...
The Christmastime storm included freezing rain and high winds that brought down more than 2,000 power poles and led to sections of interstate highways closing.
The National Weather Service says another storm is coming between Sunday night and Monday night. It's not expected to be as significant as past storms.
Weaker exports, costly energy and a stuttering green transition have combined to form a "perfect storm" for the German economy, leaving Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition bickering over how to change course.
North sees strong winds while central coast at risk of ‘significant flooding’ as storm moves south toward Los Angeles The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early on Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days. Gusts topped 30mph (48kph) in Oakland and San Jose as a mild cold front late on Saturday gave way to a more powerful storm on Sunday, according to the meteorologist Brayden Murdock with the National Weather Service office in San Francisco. Continue reading...
One of the world’s largest, but most overlooked, public health crises comes from an unlikely source: cooking.
Anthony Albanese to say tax changes aimed squarely at people in regional areas; heavy rain could linger over north-west Queensland and Northern Territory as storm moves west Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Asked about the Barnaby Joyce Incident and “issues of alcohol in Parliament House”, Chandler - Mather says the public is right to expect “a high standard for politicians” even though they “don’t always deliver”. Look, personally in general I don’t think drug testing and alcohol testing in any workplace is necessarily a good idea. People are justifiably upset at the standard politicians hold themselves to. When we talk about immigrants, wore talking about the nurses and teachers, construction workers. Secondly, we saw during COVID...
Brisbane has received its wettest 24 hours since the 2022 floods, the south-east smashed by rain early this morning.
Researchers at the University of Florida found that nature-based "living shoreline" projects significantly reduced wave energy and were largely undamaged during Hurricane Idalia last year.
Fire authorities confirmed that 24 homes were lost at Pomonal and one at Dadswells Bridge in the Grampians National Park.
Lifei Huang set off for a solo hike just before an 'atmospheric river' storm battered southern California, bringing with it heavy rainfall and near-hurricane-force winds.
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked at the forecast speed of collapse once the point is reached, although they said it was not yet possible to predict how soon that would happen. Continue reading...
Jackie, a 12-year-old bald eagle, braved tropical storm-force winds, punishing rain and heavy snow to protect her clutch of three eggs alongside her mate Shadow.
A warmer-than-normal winter followed by an extreme blast of arctic air in January has wiped out entire crops of popular fruit, including peaches, plums, cherries and nectarines.
IMAGE: NOAA Kiwi scientists are welcoming international research suggesting we need a new hurricane category to communicate just how much more intense the biggest tropical cyclones are expected to become under climate...
Officials confirmed 9 deaths in the storm statewide, as hazardous weather continued Tuesday, with mud and debris flows in east Los Angeles County.
Three people have died in the historic flooding that has pummeled California , trashing homes and communities across the state. An expert explains why these devastating floods are happening.
In a warming world where rising ocean temperatures give fuel to a new breed of ultra-strong hurricanes, does a wind scale that maxes out at Category 5 go far enough?
But what would change if we added a number to the hurricane scale?
A lethal Pacific storm, the second 'Pineapple Express' in under a week, caused severe flooding and mudslides in Southern California. The storm intensified as it moved south.
The SES rescued three people from flood waters as the tropical low moved south over the Queensland border, with more wet weather forecast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales was lashed with torrential rain in the early hours of Tuesday, and three people were rescued from flood waters in their cars, as ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily moved across the state. Warragamba Dam has reached 97% capacity following the downpour. WaterNSW said the dam isn’t expected to spill, however. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Five storms in the past decade had wind speeds that belong in a hypothetical category 6 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale
The hardest hit areas are in the very northern part of the state and in the Laos Angeles-area.
Fallen trees, scattered power outages, local flooding, a few harrowing rescues — things could be worse, and could well get worse as the downpour continues.
The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California on Sunday, prompting the first-ever warning for hurricane-force winds in the state's history.
"Especially, stay off the freeways" Monday if possible, the National Weather Service office for L.A. said, due to the risk of flooding from the storm.
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity of wildland fires. Historically a natural part of the region’s ecology, fires have been exacerbated […]
The east Malaysian state is surrounded by water, but years of infrastructure neglect and an El Nino-triggered drought have brought severe shortages as tankers are deployed to supply water to villages ‘around the clock’.
The storm, rated 4 out of 5, fizzled out before northern lights could shine on the United States.
This is the third geomagnetic storm to reach G4 status during the current 11-year solar cycle, which began in 2019, officials said.
Less than a quarter of the country is in drought with just 0.14 percent of the nation experiencing the highest level of drought, which is unusually low, says NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.
States in the southern High Plains will be "quite vulnerable to high wildfire risk, especially during high wind events," said Jon Gottschalck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
McArthur River at community of Borroloola predicted to peak at 18 metres, three metres higher than previous 2001 record Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola was expected to face dangerous record flooding just days after it was lashed by Tropical Cyclone Megan . The McArthur River at the township was forecast to peak at 18 metres by Thursday afternoon, three metres than the previous 2001 flood record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...
Target these bets for Tuesday's Rangers-Jets and Islanders-Hurricanes matchups.
Tropical Cyclone Megan continues churning in Australia's northeast where remote communities are waking up to assess damage from the severe weather.
Meanwhile, South Sudan has ordered schools to shut amid extreme heatwave A cyclone warning has been issued in northern Australia for coastal communities from the island of Groote Eylandt to the Northern Territory/Queensland border. Tropical Cyclone Megan, which developed in the Gulf of Carpentaria on Saturday, has been declared a category 3 cyclone by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Megan is forecast to make landfall on Monday, but has already brought gale-force winds and heavy rainfall to some areas over the weekend. Groote Eylandt was cut off after more than 400mm of rain in just 24 hours on Sunday. There is a chance that Megan could strengthen further into a category 4 storm before making landfall, with the potential for damaging wind gusts of up to 125km/h. Megan is the fifth named...
Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communities Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Top End communities are bracing for the crossing of severe Tropical Cyclone Megan , with destructive wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring widespread damage, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to coastal communities into next week. The cyclone formed over the Gulf of Carpentaria, east of Groote Eylandt, on Saturday afternoon and was moving south towards the Northern Territory and Queensland border as a category-two system on Sunday morning. Continue reading...
Bureau of Meteorology expects tropical low to develop into cyclone on Saturday Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Northern Territory residents have been warned to prepare for destructive wind gusts, heavy rainfall and potential flooding as a second cyclone in as many months forms over the eastern coast. The warning comes just a month after ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln crossed the territory’s coast in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria as a category one, bringing high winds, heavy rainfall and minor to moderate flooding. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Areas damaged by wildfires pose challenges the federal government isn't well equipped to meet, the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers Thursday.
The storm, which began Wednesday night, delivered the slushy, wet snow typical for March, one of the snowiest months in Denver, and wasn't expected to wind down until Friday morning.
[Oxfam] Millions of people have nothing left to eat but wild roots as they have lost their crops to repeated extreme weather
The Rangers will go as far as Igor Shesterkin will take them. The Blueshirts' 1-0 win over the Hurricanes Tuesday night was more proof of that.
New York has secured points in 13 of its last 15 games, but the Hurricanes continue to tailgate them by four points atop the Metropolitan Division standings entering Tuesday.
Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy.
Flash floods and landslide triggered by heavy rains have resulted in the loss of at least 19 lives in Indonesia's Sumatra island, seven people are still reported missing, according to officials on Sunday. Head of the local disaster management agency, Doni Yusrizal said rescuers by Saturday pulled out seven bodies in the worst-hit village of Koto XI Tarusan.
Investigation by forest service into Smokehouse Creek fire says decayed Xcel Energy pole ‘had broken off at ground level’ The biggest wildfire in Texas state history, which killed two people and scorched more than 1m acres, was caused by a power line pole that had decayed at the base, an investigation has concluded. The finding comes from a Texas A&M forest service investigation into the Smokehouse Creek fire, which blazed through the state’s Panhandle region and into neighbouring Oklahoma after breaking out near the small town of Stinnett on 26 February. Continue reading...
Wednesday's storm dumped even more rainfall across Southern California, pushing up yearly rain totals well above average.
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy Chelle Walton remembers how the water rushed into her home, the night Hurricane Ian made landfall. The 68-year-old found herself chin-deep in water, scrambling to grab essentials like her husband’s medication. “Strangely enough, things float in saltwater,” Walton said. Walton and her husband Rob had decided to shelter in place, despite repeated evacuation notices. Continue reading...
People often think of disasters as great equalizers. After all, a hurricane, tornado or wildfire doesn't discriminate against those in its path. But the consequences for those impacted are not "one-size-fits-all."
The statewide snowpack by Monday had swelled to 104% of normal for the date, with a snow water equivalent of 24.4 inches. Snowpack was about 94% of its average for April 1, the date when it is typically at its deepest.
A winter storm brought heavy snow to much of Utah on Saturday and into Sunday morning, and more snow is on the way, according to the forecast. High wind gusts also knocked out power to about 8,000 Salt Lake City area residents.
In the Tian-Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, villagers have made an artificial glacier to provide water for their drought-hit farms.
Washouts from this week's intense flash flooding have caused road damage all over New Brunswick, while some homeowners are cleaning up what the storm left behind.
CNNCNN anchor Dana Bash on Thursday faced some backlash online for prominently featuring a conservative Twitter troll and podcaster who first rose to prominence by peddling disinformation during Hurricane Sandy.During Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s Inside Politics, Bash welcomed the hosts of Ruthless, a conservative political podcast, to discuss the news that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will step down from GOP leadership this fall.The Ruthless hosting crew consists of four political operatives, three of who have worked for McConnell: the GOP leader’s former chief of staff Josh Holmes, longtime GOP communications strategist Michael Duncan, and John Ashbrook, their partner at conservative PR firm Cavalry. The fourth host is a Republican operative who goes by the pseudonym Comfortably...
Heavy snowfall of up to 10ft in Sierras likely from what forecasters say may be strongest storm of the season A Pacific storm packing powerful winds and heavy snow is shaping up to be the strongest of the season, forecasters say, as it pushes toward California with potential blizzard conditions in the Sierra and up to 10 feet (3 meters) of snow in the mountains around Lake Tahoe by the weekend. The National Weather Service in Reno issued a blizzard warning on Wednesday for a 300-mile (482km) stretch of the Sierra from north of Lake Tahoe to south of Yosemite national park effective from early Thursday to Sunday morning. Continue reading...
Have you experienced financial trouble after a flood, wildfire, hurricane or heat wave? NPR's Climate Desk wants to hear about it.
B.C. weekend weather: A rainfall alert is in effect for the eastern end of the Fraser Valley and winter-storm warnings have been issued for mountain passes in the Interior.
Small hail and high winds lashed Columbia, South Carolina, in the late afternoon on Friday, February 23. This video from Harrison Brant shows conditions at Williams-Brice Stadium in southeast Columbia, where the University of South Carolina’s Gamecocks football team play their home games. The quick-moving storm arrived in the Columbia area at around 4:30 pm and had moved away from the city by 5:50 pm, the National Weather Service said. Credit: Harrison Brant via Storyful
Unusually high temperatures combined with the abatement of the El Niño southern oscillation could aid the formation of extreme hurricanes this year.
"Ultimately, these post-analysis changes do not diminish the significant wind impacts that Hilary and its remnants brought to the southwestern United States," a National Hurricane Center postmortem says.
Visitors cannot return to tourism-reliant coastline so there’s ‘no money to pay the bills’ or for rebuilding, MP Warren Entsch says Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community Far north Queensland is “stuck in recovery mode” after ex-Cyclone Jasper caused catastrophic flooding, Warren Entsch says. The weather system crossed the coast near the remote Indigenous community of Wujal Wujal, 120km north of Cairns, in mid December, dumping more than a metre of rain on surrounding communities. The army was mobilised as people fled to rooftops to survive the flood waters, and the entire population of Wujal Wujal was evacuated. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter ...
Storms in February have significantly boosted California's snowpack, giving the state near-average conditions and ample water supplies.
Residents in Sydney are being warned to brace for yet another severe thunderstorm while other parts of the country brace for fallout from ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln.
Tropical storms seldom roam off the coast of Brazil — and until this century, they weren't recognized at all. The post A rare bird in the South Atlantic: Tropical Storm Akará appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
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A storm is brewing for Southern California over Presidents Day weekend, the National Weather Service says. Storms are expected in the San Francisco Bay Area too.
February 15, 2024 1:10 PM Deforestation, drought, fire and rising temperatures have eroded the ability of the Amazon’s forests to withstand shocks.
Australia's north is preparing for another cyclone as the country's southeast continues to recover from massively damaging storms earlier this week.
A gathering ‘perfect storm’ – due to various developments, several quite deliberate – now threatens much devastation in the global South, likely to most hurt the poorest and most vulnerable. Globalisation’s protracted decline The age of globalization had mixed consequences, unevenly incorporating national markets for labour, goods and even some services. It ended gradually, with […]
The snowfall comes after the province reported the snowpack is at 61 per cent of normal.
Keeping active is a huge part of life for 76-year-old Isobel Cunningham. But when an ice storm hit, she was forced to come to terms with her aging body's limitations and tap into new strengths.
Experts say utility companies should prioritize vulnerable communities in post-storm recovery efforts In the days leading up to Hurricane Ian in 2022, Jeffrey Perdomo and his parents resisted increasingly stern calls from officials to evacuate their mobile home in Kissimmee, Florida. “We don’t have much and we wanted to stay on top of our things,” said the 25-year-old, who works as a restaurant host at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, just outside Orlando. The family’s trailer was old and uninsured; Perdomo wanted to be around to address any damage as soon as it happened. “If it ended up flooding, we would have very little recourse. We would become effectively homeless.” Continue reading...
At least seven dead across state and wet weather dumped over 1ft of rain in region, causing 475 mudslides around Los Angeles Tell us: have you been affected by the storm and flooding in California and Arizona this February? The extreme weather that has battered southern California in recent days, unleashing record amounts of rain and causing hundreds of mudslides, was expected to ease as the storm moves out of the region on Wednesday. Authorities continued to warn that the threat of collapsing hillsides remains after the historic storm, one of the wettest ever seen in southern California. Continue reading...
Six out of seven of Chile’s most destructive fire seasons on record have occurred since 2014. The post Chile’s wildfire death toll rises above 130 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A study says it could be time to warn people about hurricanes with winds so strong they are labeled as Category 6 storms.
Most of southern California remains under flood watches after storm battered northern part of state killing three people Rainfall from one of the wettest storms in southern California history was to ease off on Tuesday, but forecasters warned that floods were still possible and soaked ground raised the threat of potentially deadly landslides. The slow-moving storm that parked itself over the region on Monday, dumping a record amount of rain on parts of Los Angeles, could linger into Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. Scattered showers and some possible thunderstorms would bring light to moderate rain, but there was still the threat that many places could see brief, fierce downpours dumping 0.5 to 1in ( 1.3 to 3cm) of rain in an hour. Continue reading...
The storm fed off of unusually warm waters as it grew. It also reached "bomb cyclone" status as it neared California.
February 06, 2024 7:50 AM There were extreme-weather advisories for floods, high wind and winter storm conditions.
The deadly storm that is walloping California with hurricane-force winds and record amounts of rainfall was fueled in part by the powerful weather phenomenon known as a "bomb cyclone," the National Weather Service said.
Scientists propose new category 6 rating to classify ‘mega-hurricanes’, becoming more likely due to climate crisis Hurricanes are becoming so strong due to the climate crisis that the classification of them should be expanded to include a “category 6” storm, furthering the scale from the standard 1 to 5, according to a new study. Over the past decade, five storms would have been classed at this new category 6 strength, researchers said, which would include all hurricanes with sustained winds of 192mph or more. Such mega-hurricanes are becoming more likely due to global heating, studies have found, due to the warming of the oceans and atmosphere. Continue reading...
Hundreds of thousands of people are without power and forecasters said winds could gust up to 92 mph in some areas What are the atmospheric rivers hitting California right now? A second “atmospheric river” was passing over California on Monday, causing dramatic flooding to roads, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people, and prompting the National Weather Service to issue a rare warning about hurricane force winds. About 550,000 of 15 million electricity customers tracked in the state were without power early Monday, according to poweroutage.us . Continue reading...
The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California Sunday. Forecasters have warned that the storm could hover of major cities in the state for the next couple of days
California Gov Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for parts of southern California on February 4, as an intense storm hit. A flash flood warning was in place, with the National Weather Service urging locals to avoid driving through inundated roads. Santa Barbara officials issued an evacuation order for properties near waterways and those near Sycamore Creek. Flooding forced Santa Barbara Airport to close on Sunday, canceling all commercial flights. This footage was captured by X user @SBIncidents and shows emergency services on Santa Barbara’s flooded roads. The source said police were “going door to door to residents” as “evacuations [were] taking place in the area.” Credit: @SBIncidents via Storyful
An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river began moving into California on Sunday, leaving about 800,000 customers are without power in the state.
Atmospheric rivers began hitting the state last week, toppling trees and dousing roads. With the ground already soaked from the first storm, officials expressed concern about mudslides and flooding.