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Hurricane's Perfect Timing Brings A Scientific Bonanza
August 4, 1998 In October 1996, Hurricane Lili was a killer in Central America. In Cuba, it destroyed homes and cane crops. But at its final landfall, among the small islands of the central Bahamas, the great storm ... > full story -
Study 'Gone With The Wind' Provides Stellar Ecological Example
July 31, 1998 A biologist at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues at the University of California, Davis were literal recipients of a natural windfall in October 1996 during Hurricane Lili. Through a ... > full story -
Wind Hazards Like Tornadoes Receive Only Fraction Of Research Funding
April 15, 1998 Wind hazards like hurricanes and tornadoes result in a greater dollar loss than floods and earthquakes in the United States but receive only a fraction of the research funding, according to Clemson ... > full story -
El Niño Not The Driving Force Behind North Pacific Hurricanes
March 27, 1998 El Niño may be responsible for severe weather conditions across North America, but an Ohio State University study has revealed that El Niño weather systems don’t always spawn ... > full story -
Wind Expert Cites Poor Building Practices In Connection With Storm Deaths And Destruction
March 4, 1998 National wind expert Dr. Peter Sparks, a professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics at Clemson University, cites poor practices in connection with last week's tornado-related death ... > full story -
Strongest El Niño In History Dampers '97 Hurricane Season; Colorado State's Gray Says Still Most Active Three-Year Period
December 2, 1997 Despite the strongest summer El Niño event on record, 1997 hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin was 54 percent of the long-term average but was less than predicted by Colorado State ... > full story -
Great Lakes Intensify Ferocity Of Passing Storms, Scientists Say
November 7, 1997 The Great Lakes exert a significant influence on passing cyclones, causing storms to speed up and grow in strength, say researchers at the University of Illinois and the Illinois State Water Survey. ... > full story -
New Findings Blame Jump In Hurricane Toll On Coastal Growth, Not Climate Change
May 22, 1997 A new study indicates that recent U.S. hurricane damages do not reflect any unusual increase in hurricane strength or frequency, but rather a continued flocking of Americans to vulnerable coastal ... > full story
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