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Extreme Storms May Protect Beaches Against Sea-level Rise

May 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Extreme Storms May Protect Beaches Against Sea-level Rise

SYDNEY, New South Wales, Australia, May 17, 2022 (ENS) – Climate change is making storms more intense and destructive, but the impact of extreme storms is not wholly negative, an [...]

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Alabama Power Plant Risks Catastrophic Coal Ash Spill

February 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Alabama Power Plant Risks Catastrophic Coal Ash Spill

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BUCKS, Alabama, February 6, 2022 (ENS) – A new digital mapping tool shows that a Category 2 hurricane, packing winds up to 110 mph, could create a [...]

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Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

November 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Back-to-back Hurricanes Forecast to Double on U.S. Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON, DC, November 11, 2021 (ENS) – The interval between tropical storms making landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has been getting shorter over the past 40 years. By the [...]

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Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

September 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 (ENS) – At least 66 people across nine U.S. states have died due to Ida in her various phases from Category 4 hurricane when [...]

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Ida Still Dangerous with Heavy Rains, Storm Surge, Power Outages

August 30, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Ida Still Dangerous with Heavy Rains, Storm Surge, Power Outages

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, August 30, 2021 (ENS) – Precisely 16 years after devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall, another major hurricane hit southern Louisiana around noon on Sunday. Hurricane Ida came [...]

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Hurricane Forecast: Henri Heads for New York, New England

August 20, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Forecast: Henri Heads for New York, New England

MIAMI, Florida, August 20, 2021 (ENS) – Hurricane Hunter Aircraft from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve flying into the midst of what is now Tropical Storm Henri off [...]

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Deadly 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Smashes Records

December 7, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Deadly 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Smashes Records

 

WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2020 (ENS) – The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is finally over, after a record-breaking 30 named storms and 12 landfalling storms in the [...]

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Hurricane Eta Kills 3 Central Americans, Aims at Florida

November 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Eta Kills 3 Central Americans, Aims at Florida

 

MIAMI, Florida, November 4, 2020 (ENS) – Slow-moving, wet and windy, Hurricane Eta made landfall south of Puerto Cabezas, on the coast of Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane [...]

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Zeta Strikes Louisiana, Fifth Hurricane This Season

October 28, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Zeta Strikes Louisiana, Fifth Hurricane This Season

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 28, 2020 (ENS) – Hurricane Zeta has just made landfall as a 110 mile per hour, Category 2 hurricane near Cocodrie, Louisiana, a fishing, shrimping [...]

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Hurricane Laura Roughs Up Louisiana, Texas, Kills 18

August 31, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Laura Roughs Up Louisiana, Texas, Kills 18

 

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, August 31, 2020 (ENS) – One of the 10 strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United States, Hurricane Laura struck Louisiana in the middle [...]

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Dangerous 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted

May 21, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Dangerous 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted

 

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, May 21, 2020 (ENS) – There is a 60 percent chance of an above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, with three to six major hurricanes, forecasters [...]

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