hurricane season

Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Eta Will Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions to Central America

I know there’s a lot going on, but pause for a moment and consider the Caribbean. Hurricane Eta is a monster bearing down on Central America, cranking up from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in 24 hours. Nicaragua—where it’s expected to make landfall—faces “catastrophic” conditions, as do the surrounding countries that will be…

Earther Brian Kahn Nov 2

Ugh, Zeta

By Tuesday afternoon, we should have Hurricane Zeta, the twelfth hurricane of the 2020 season. The storm is expected to reach Louisiana by Wednesday and batter a state that’s spent much too much time in the bullseye this year. Zeta is currently a tropical storm swirling away from the Yucatán Peninsula, a region that’s also…

Earther Brian Kahn Oct 27

Hurricane Delta Is Heading for the Petrochemical Hub That Hurricane Laura Hit Six Weeks Ago

Louisiana can’t catch a break. Just six weeks after Category 4 Hurricane Laura made landfall and took over two dozen lives, another powerful storm is on its way. Hurricane Delta is gaining power after striking the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center’s Thursday evening update found winds of 115…

Earther Dharna Noor Oct 8

Not Again

There was one brief, beautiful week where Atlantic hurricane season let up after a staggering run of storms, and we could relax. That break is, unfortunately, over. Hurricane Delta is shaping up to be an incredibly dangerous storm as it picks up steam in the Caribbean. At this time 24 hours ago, Delta had just…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Oct 6

Hurricane Season Breaks Records, Map

Take a quick glance at the map above and you may think there are only two named storms and a tropical depression in the Atlantic. But look closer, my friends. There, peeking out on the upper right fringe, is Subtropical Storm Alpha, the first Greek letter-named storm of the season. Of course, in a year…

Earther Brian Kahn Sep 18

Still Looks Bad

Earther began the week by nothing things looked bad in the Atlantic. And because the Atlantic is on a bender, we’re ending the week the same way. The storms are mostly new. While there are currently fewer named ones spinning in the basin, the ones that are there are major trouble. We’ve also run out…

Earther Brian Kahn Sep 18

Why Hurricane Sally Is Going to Make It Rain So Much

Fire, heat, storm surge, and wind have all made appearances on our record-setting disaster bingo card in the past month. Now, record rain and flooding is about to show up. Hurricane Sally is angling toward the Mississippi and Alabama coastline for a Wednesday landfall. While many folks’ eyes will be on what category the storm…

Earther Brian Kahn Sep 15

Looks Bad

I do not like this map one bit. The Atlantic hurricane season from hell is kicking into overdrive with five tropical cyclones dotting the map, two more that could form in the next week, and one particularly worrisome storm heading for the Gulf Coast. We’re in the heart of hurricane season, but this level of…

Earther Brian Kahn Sep 14

Conservative Media May Be Influencing People Not to Evacuate During Hurricanes

The climate crisis is making already dangerous weather worse. That means it’s more important than ever to listen to evacuation orders and get out of harm’s way whether its catastrophic fires or souped up hurricanes. But new findings suggest that when politicians and media personalities deny that fact, the effects can put people in danger.…

Earther Dharna Noor Sep 11

An Incomplete List of the Past 72 Hours of Unprecedented Weather-Related Calamities

You may have seen our earlier a piece on the swing between fire and freezing in the West, but that only told a small portion of the wild weather Americans have experienced over the past few days. While your humble correspondent included what he deemed a “fair” amount of facts, stats, and other things to…

Earther Brian Kahn Sep 8

Seeing Hurricane Katrina in 2020 Vision

I thought I understood time until 2020. There are regularly days when I am not sure which day of the week it is until it’s time to go to bed. Then there are weeks where I’m not sure what year it is. This week, as we neared the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, when I saw…

Earther Mary Heglar Aug 29

Hurricane Laura Sparks a Chemical Plant Fire, Continues to Wreak Havoc on the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Laura’s devastation is becoming clear as light spreads over Gulf Coast. The storm made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana early Thursday with “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center. When it made landfall, Laura tied the record for the strongest storm to hit…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 27

Hurricane Laura Forecast Goes From Bad to Catastrophic

Gulf Coast residents are waking up to a nightmare on Wednesday. Hurricane Laura has ballooned in size and strength, becoming the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of the season. The storm is forecast to keep intensifying up until landfall and is poised to be a massively destructive Category 4. Laura underwent a phase of rapid intensification…

Earther Brian Kahn Aug 26

Evacuations Underway as Hurricane Laura Beelines for Louisiana and Texas

This week, Louisiana caught a fortunate break from Tropical Storm Marco, which rapidly lost steam before its a projected landfall. But the state’s luck doesn’t look like it will last, because Hurricane Laura is on the way. Laura brought heavy rain and flash floods to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and parts of Cuba, and then…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 25

Louisiana Braces for Unprecedented Back-to-Back Hurricane Strikes

Two hurricanes are forecasted to slam the Gulf Coast this week, and Lousiana could see back-to-back landfalls in an unprecedented succession. Marco strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane over the weekend, and the latest National Hurricane Center forecast has it hitting the southeastern coast of Lousiana on Monday. Tropical Storm Laura…

Earther Alyse Stanley Aug 23

Dammit, Two Hurricanes

A tropical depression and tropical storm are currently blowing through the Atlantic. They are creating the potential for one hell of a rare event by Tuesday: two storms in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. Not only would this be historic weather-wise; it would stretch disaster response resources even more thin than usual,…

Earther Yessenia Funes Aug 21

The Atlantic Hurricane Forecast for This Year Just Got Way Worse

Perhaps you, like me, are done with the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Well, sucks to be us, because the heart of the season is still ahead, and a new forecast issued Thursday calls for the already hyperactive season to ramp up. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does an official mid-season forecast update every year,…

Earther Brian Kahn Aug 6

A Scary Amount of Rain Is About to Drench the East Coast

Tropical Storm Isaias is making its way to the U.S. East Coast, and it looks like the region is about to get a lot of rain. After lashing the Bahamas on Friday and then weakening over Florida’s coast over the weekend, the storm is expected to pick up speed and strengthen back to hurricane status…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 3

Hanna, First Hurricane of the Atlantic Season, to Strike Coronavirus-Ravaged Texas

Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t care about coronavirus and doesn’t discriminate between states that have been decimated by the pandemic and those that have fared better. Hurricane Hanna, the first of the Atlantic season, is headed to Texas—which has reported more than 369,000 cases of covid-19 and an average of more than 8,900 cases per day…

Earther Jody Serrano Jul 25

Two Tropical Cyclones Could Make Landfall in the US This Weekend

Just when it feels like 2020 can’t 2020 any harder, things somehow get worse. The latest example of this year of no chill is the prospect of two tropical cyclones making landfall in the U.S. at once this weekend, albeit 3,700 miles apart. The National Hurricane Center has its hands full right now with a…

Earther Brian Kahn Jul 23

Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Eta Will Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions to Central America

Ugh, Zeta

Hurricane Delta Is Heading for the Petrochemical Hub That Hurricane Laura Hit Six Weeks Ago

Not Again

Hurricane Season Breaks Records, Map

Still Looks Bad

Why Hurricane Sally Is Going to Make It Rain So Much

Looks Bad

Conservative Media May Be Influencing People Not to Evacuate During Hurricanes

An Incomplete List of the Past 72 Hours of Unprecedented Weather-Related Calamities

Seeing Hurricane Katrina in 2020 Vision

Hurricane Laura Sparks a Chemical Plant Fire, Continues to Wreak Havoc on the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Laura Forecast Goes From Bad to Catastrophic

Evacuations Underway as Hurricane Laura Beelines for Louisiana and Texas

Louisiana Braces for Unprecedented Back-to-Back Hurricane Strikes

Dammit, Two Hurricanes

The Atlantic Hurricane Forecast for This Year Just Got Way Worse

A Scary Amount of Rain Is About to Drench the East Coast

Hanna, First Hurricane of the Atlantic Season, to Strike Coronavirus-Ravaged Texas

Two Tropical Cyclones Could Make Landfall in the US This Weekend

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