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Hurricane Ida knocks out 911 systems in and around New Orleans, leaving thousands scrambling to reach emergency help
New Orleans safety officials told residents to go to their nearest fire station or try to find a po…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Hurricane Larry will likely bring life-threatening currents by midweek to the East Coast, which is still grappling with Ida's aftermath
The National Hurricane Center forecasts life-threatening currents will reach the East Coast and Atl…
Morgan Keith
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Watch Hurricane Dorian throw lightning strikes off its swirling vortex, signalling a disaster
The lightning show is a loop of satellite images from the end of August put together by Dakota S…
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Hurricane Laura jumped from Category 1 to Category 4 in a day. Here's why hurricanes are now stronger, wetter, and more frequent.
Hurricanes Laura's winds jumped from 75 to 140 mph within 24 hours. Experts say that kind of "rapid…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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Trump complained on a radio show that the media spent 'all night' Sunday covering the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida instead of his 'great agreement' with the Taliban
"All they talked about was the hurricane," the former president told the conservative radio host To…
Cheryl Teh
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Here's what's wrong with the way we measure hurricanes — and how we could do better
Water-based threats like storm surge and flooding are responsible for 90% of the deaths in powerful…
Meg Teckman-Fullard,Joshua Th…
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A sheriff's department in the path of Hurricane Laura told residents that if they don't evacuate the best they can do is ID them after they die
Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm at 1 a.m. CT on Thursday, met with…
Sinéad Baker
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Weather forecasters are predicting a rare, 'extremely active' 2020 hurricane season with up to 13 more named storms than average
NOAA researchers say 2020 will be "extremely active" in the Atlantic. Hurricanes are intensifying b…
Susie Neilson
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Hurricane Laura made landfall as a Category 4 storm Thursday morning. Here are the 18 strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
With wind speeds of 145 mph, Hurricane Laura has caused serious damage along the Gulf Coast. Here a…
Susie Neilson
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US National Hurricane Center set Hurricane Hanna back to tropical storm status
Hurricane Hanna impacts southern region of Texas as the state tries to address surging cases of cor…
Inyoung Choi
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Experts forecast a highly active Atlantic hurricane season, with up to 6 major storms. The season starts June 1.
The climate crisis is warming the world's oceans. Each decade, that fuels an 8% increase in the odd…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Hurricane Iota is now an 'exceptionally dangerous' Category 5 storm. It's the 30th — and strongest — named storm this year.
Hurricane Iota is expected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Monday evening. It's the latest in a re…
Susie Neilson
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The 2021 hurricane season is expected to be 'above normal' yet again - and that's based on a new official definition of normal
Rising temperatures are linked to wetter and more destructive storms. Experts predict the 2021 seas…
Aylin Woodward
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I'm a Louisiana nurse whose hospital was inundated by Hurricane Ida and COVID-19. This is what it was like.
A Louisiana nurse said their hospital wasn't only overwhelmed by Hurricane Ida and COVID-19, but al…
Elle Hardy
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An astronaut on the space station captured dramatic photos of Hurricane Laura barreling towards Louisiana and Texas
Hurricane Laura is the latest storm in a record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Images fro…
Susie Neilson
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Forecasters warn Hurricane Laura will bring 'unsurvivable' storm surge — a wall of water up to 20 feet high
Hurricane Laura is forecast to make landfall on Thursday as a category 4 storm, bringing "unsurviva…
Susie Neilson
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Hurricane Ida is so powerful it made the Mississippi River flow backwards
Although Hurricane Katrina also reversed the flow of the Mississippi River, the phenomenon is extre…
Morgan Keith
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Hurricane Ida is expected to pummel Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday - exactly 16 years after Katrina
The National Hurricane Center has "higher-than-normal confidence" that Ida will strengthen quickly …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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Hurricane Ida expected to bring 'extremely life-threatening inundation' to the Gulf Coast, forecast warns
The inundation is expected to stretch from parts of Louisiana to the coast of Mississippi, the Nati…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Hurricane Delta grew from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in 1 day. Here's how cyclones are now intensifying so quickly.
Hurricane Delta has whipped winds faster and faster in a process of rapid intensification. As ocean…