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Hurricanes and Cyclones News
April 13, 2020

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Sea Level Rise Could Reshape the United States, Trigger Migration Inland

A new study uses machine learning to project migration patterns resulting from sea-level rise. Researchers found the impact of rising oceans will ripple across the country, beyond coastal areas at ... read more

Hurricanes Drive the Evolution of More Aggressive Spiders

Researchers who rush in after storms to study the behavior of spiders have found that extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones may have an evolutionary impact on populations living in ... read more

Cold, Dry Planets Could Have a Lot of Hurricanes

Study overturns conventional wisdom that water is needed to create ... read more

Early-Season Hurricanes Result in Greater Transmission of Mosquito-Borne Infectious Disease

The timing of a hurricane is one of the primary factors influencing its impact on the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as West Nile ... read more
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Applying Physics Principle Yields Grim Prediction on Hurricane Destruction in Era of Global Warming

Global warming could well lead to hurricanes more powerful than meteorologists currently forecast. A physicist noticed that one of the principles of physics -- phase transition -- did not appear in ... read more

Closing Critical Gap in Weather Forecasting

Scientists working on the next frontier of weather forecasting are hoping that weather conditions 3-to-4 weeks out will soon be as readily available as seven-day forecasts. Having this type of ... read more

Damaging Rains from Hurricanes More Intense After Winds Begin to Subside

Howling wind drives torrential rain sideways as tall, slender palms bow and tree limbs snap. A hurricane approaches, its gale-force winds wreaking havoc as it nears the coast. Storm surges combine ... read more

Prayers Can Crowd out Donations for Disaster Victims

A new study finds that people who prayed for hurricane victims before donating gave less than they would have otherwise: Because those who prayed believed that prayers improved the victims' ... read more

Climate Change Expected to Shift Location of East Asian Monsoons

More than a billion people in Asia depend on seasonal monsoons for their water needs. The Asian monsoon is closely linked to a planetary-scale tropical air flow which, according to a new study, will ... read more

Hurricanes Have Become Bigger and More Destructive for USA

A new study shows that hurricanes have become more destructive since 1900, and the worst of them are more than 3 times as frequent now than 100 years ago. A new way of calculating the destruction ... read more

Unexpected Outcomes: Damages to Puerto Rican Coffee Farms from Hurricane Maria Varied

Ecologists have studied Latin American coffee farms for a quarter century, and they tracked the recovery of tropical forests in Nicaragua following 1988's Hurricane Joan for nearly 20 ... read more

Why Are Big Storms Bringing So Much More Rain? Warming, Yes, but Also Winds

For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States. A new analysis explains why this trend is likely to ... read more

Living Through Katrina Associated With Higher Death Rate Among Breast Cancer Patients

Breast cancer patients who endured Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have a 15% higher mortality rate than those patients not exposed to the storm, according to a ... read more

Strong Storms Generating Earthquake-Like Seismic Activity

Researcher have uncovered a new geophysical phenomenon where a hurricane or other strong storm can spark seismic events in the nearby ocean as strong as a 3.5 magnitude ... read more

Study Finds Topsoil Is Key Harbinger of Lead Exposure Risks for Children

Tracking lead levels in soil over time is critical for cities to determine lead contamination risks for their youngest and most vulnerable residents, according to a new ... read more

Believing in Climate Change Doesn't Mean You Are Preparing for Climate Change

Researchers found that although coastal homeowners may perceive a worsening of climate change-related hazards, these attitudes are largely unrelated to a homeowner's expectations of actual home ... read more

Costs of Natural Disasters Are Increasing at the High End

While the economic cost of natural disasters has not increased much on average, averages can be deceptive. The costs of major disasters like hurricanes Katrina, Maria and Dorian or the massive ... read more

Hurricanes: Improving Rapid Intensification Predictions

Many scientists have said that storms are more intense than ever before - Cat. 4 or 5 storms used to be outliers, but today, it seems they are becoming the norm. Why? That's the question a ... read more

Hurricane Resilience in the Bahamas: Ecosystem

A new study provides information on how to invest in natural coastal ecosystems that the Bahamian government, community leaders and development banks are applying in post-disaster recovery and future ... read more

Hurricane Nicole Sheds Light on How Storms Impact Deep Ocean

2016's Hurricane Nicole had a significant effect on the ocean's carbon cycle and deep sea ... read more

Coastal Birds Can Weather the Storm, but Not the Sea

Coastal birds survive because their populations can absorb impacts and recover quickly from hurricanes -- even storms many times larger than anything previously ... read more

Mechanism Modeling for Better Forecasts, Climate Predictions

Modeling currents together with wind and waves provides more accurate predictions for weather forecasts and climate ... read more

Many Older Adults Aren't Fully Prepared for Emergency Situations, Poll Finds

Most people over age 50 say they're ready for natural disasters and emergency situations, but a new national poll shows that many haven't taken key steps to protect their health and ... read more

Data Assimilation Method Offers Improved Hurricane Forecasting

Operational models for severe weather forecasting predicted Hurricane Harvey would become a Category 1 hurricane in 2017. Instead, it became a massive Category 4 just before it made landfall, tying ... read more

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