Hurricanes

Federal investment needs to support and trust bottom-up contributions from other entities if we are to protect ourselves from far worse hurricane seasons yet to come.

They likely take advantage "of all the new scavenging opportunities from dead animals that were churned up in the storm," study author Neil Hammerschlag says.

Eta is forecast to gradually strengthen through early Thursday, while Theta is projected to remain in the eastern Atlantic region over the next several days.

Amazed eyewitnesses managed to capture footage of the fireball as it blazed through the Earth's atmosphere.

Biden claimed Trump once considered detonating a nuclear device inside of a hurricane to stop it—but did Trump really?

Tropical Storm Teddy is "likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," the National Hurricane Center warned.

Sally is the earliest 18th-named tropical storm to form in a single Atlantic hurricane season.

"La Niña" is a periodic climate pattern characterized by cooling of the sea surface in some parts of the Pacific Ocean.

As of September 9, there have been 17 named storms in the Atlantic Basin.

Those affected by Hurricane Laura can be helped through financial donations, volunteering and giving blood.

The two tropical systems that are expected to enter the Gulf next week both formed on Thursday in the Atlantic Basin.

At one point on Tuesday, Genevieve clocked wind speeds of around 130 miles per hour, making it a powerful Category 4 hurricane. It has now weakened to a tropical storm after lashing Baja California.

Weather officials say the tornado touched down just to the west of Dover in Kent County at around 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

The latest daily death toll marked the state's largest single-day spike in fatalities since the outbreak began.

With hurricane season taking place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you may need to adjust your preparations based on the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Social distancing will force authorities along the south and east coast to rethink how they manage people who must evacuate their homes in the event of a disaster.

"Every year that goes by seems to bring a new round of record-breaking weather events, many with devastating consequences," researcher Douglas Le Comte said.

The newly identified natural phenomenon is the result of powerful storms transferring some of the vast amounts of energy that they produce into the Earth's crust.

"The climate crisis is feeding monster hurricanes that bring suffering and death to some of our nation's most vulnerable wildlife," the author of a new report said.

Karen hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while Lorenzo is not expected to make landfall in any U.S. territories.

Scientists simulated a hypothetical but physically plausible storm dubbed "Hurricane Rhody" that makes landfall twice in an area that FEMA has called the "Achilles' heel of the Northeast."

In general, extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent and intense, as global temperatures warm

"The weather affects every place on the Earth, from our backyard to entire forested, agricultural, or oceanic landscapes," an expert told "Newsweek."

Tom Golisano—founder of payroll and human resources company Paychex—is estimated to have a net worth of around $3.1 billion, according to Forbes.

Pilots from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been conducting regular flights into the storm to collect data and help forecasters make predictions.

Experts say that the strange purple skies are the result of light from the sun being scattered in a particular way by hurricane storm clouds.

"Our thoughts are with the people and biodiversity in this tragedy," Diana Bell—a professor of Conservation a Biology—said

"There is immense energy in a hurricane which can cause very frequent lightning strikes," Met Office spokesperson Oliver Claydon told "Newsweek."

The storm equaled the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall in the Bahamas, tying with the Labor Day hurricane of 1935.

"If it works, it's totally worth it," said Brittany Vidal, who lives in the Davis Shores neighborhood of St. Augustine, Florida.