Hurricanes and Cyclones News

December 1, 2023

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A Fifth Higher: Tropical Cyclones Substantially Raise the Social Cost of Carbon

Nov. 23, 2023 — Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study now finds: Accounting for the long-term impacts of these storms raises the ...

Idai Vs. Impalas: New Study Shows in Real-Time What Helps Mammals Survive a Natural Disaster

Nov. 17, 2023 — After a massive cyclone transformed the ecosystem of Gorongosa National Park, researchers studied the immediate and knock-on impacts to garner lessons for wildlife managers around the ...

Scientists Find Two Ways That Hurricanes Rapidly Intensify

Oct. 26, 2023 — Scientists at NCAR have identified two entirely different modes of hurricane rapid intensification. The findings may lead to better understanding and prediction of these dangerous ...

New Study Finds 50-Year Trend in Hurricane Escalation Linked to Climate Change

Oct. 19, 2023 — New research by climate scientists indicates that there have been great changes to Atlantic hurricanes in just the past 50 years, with storms developing and strengthening ...

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New Study Confirms Presence of Flesh-Eating and Illness-Causing Bacteria in Florida's Coastal Waters Following Hurricane Ian

Oct. 16, 2023 — When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in ...

Climate Change Brings Earlier Arrival of Intense Hurricanes

Oct. 6, 2023 — New research has revealed that since the 1980s, Category 4 and 5 hurricanes (maximum wind speed greater than 131 miles per hour) have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade ...

Greater Excess Mortality After Hurricanes More Recently and for Most Socially Vulnerable in the U.S.

Aug. 16, 2023 — Over recent decades, there was a large variation in cyclone-related excess deaths by hurricane, state, county, year, and social vulnerability for ...

Sea Level Rise Shifts Habitat for Endangered Florida Keys Species

Aug. 1, 2023 — A newly published study describes the response to sea level rise by the silver rice rat, an endangered species only found in the Florida ...

Freely Available Risk Model for Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones

June 27, 2023 — As human-driven climate change amplifies natural disasters, hurricanes and typhoons stand to increase in intensity. Until now, there existed very few freely available computer models designed to ...

Trees in Areas Prone to Hurricanes Have Strong Ability to Survive Even After Severe Damage

Apr. 11, 2023 — The island of Dominica took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Maria. Nine months afterward, researchers found that while 89% percent of trees ...

AI Could Set a New Bar for Designing Hurricane-Resistant Buildings

Mar. 30, 2023 — Being able to withstand hurricane-force winds is the key to a long life for many buildings on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast of the U.S. Determining the right level of winds to design for is ...

East Coast, US, Landslide Impacts from Puerto Rico to Vermont and in Between

Mar. 15, 2023 — In the U.S., we may often think of landslides as primarily a West Coast problem, mostly plaguing the mountainous terrain of California, Oregon, and ...

One Is Bad Enough: Climate Change Raises the Threat of Back-to-Back Hurricanes

Feb. 27, 2023 — Driven by a combination of rising sea levels and climate change, destructive hurricanes and tropical storms could become far more likely to hit ...

Endangered Bahamas Bird May Be Lost from Island Following Hurricane

Feb. 8, 2023 — The endangered Bahama Warbler may be surviving on just one island following Hurricane Dorian's devastation in 2019, according to researchers. A new study shows the bird's distribution and ecology on ...

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Using Machine Learning to Help Monitor Climate-Induced Hazards

Jan. 12, 2023 — Combining satellite technology with machine learning may allow scientists to better track and prepare for climate-induced natural hazards, according to new ...

Cyclone Researchers: Warming Climate Means More and Stronger Atlantic Tropical Storms

Jan. 4, 2023 — Tropical cyclone researchers report a warming climate could increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, potentially creating more and stronger hurricanes. In a ...

Climate Risk Insurance Can Effectively Mitigate Economic Losses

Jan. 4, 2023 — Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses caused by these storms. Better ...

Loon Stratospheric Balloons Confirm Wind Data from Aeolus

Dec. 20, 2022 — ESA's novel Aeolus satellite reliably measures wind speed also in higher air layers and thus in a region of the atmosphere where other direct global wind measurements are relatively sparse. This ...

Americans Flocking to Fire: National Migration Study

Dec. 8, 2022 — Americans are leaving many of the U.S. counties hit hardest by hurricanes and heatwaves -- and moving towards dangerous wildfires and warmer temperatures, says one of the largest studies of U.S. ...

Coupled Computer Modeling Can Help More Accurately Predict Coastal Flooding, Study Demonstrates

Dec. 7, 2022 — Researchers used a unique coupled computer modeling approach to accurately recreate the coastal flooding that occurred during Hurricane Florence, demonstrating that it is more accurate than ...

Hurricane's Effects Killed Sturgeon in Apalachicola River

Dec. 6, 2022 — As hurricane Michael churned through the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall near Florida's Apalachicola River in 2018, it left a sea of destruction in its wake. The path was easy to follow on land, ...

Tropical Cyclones on the Rise in Low And Middle Income Countries Yet Remain Least Studied of Climate-Related Events

Nov. 30, 2022 — A new article illustrates the increases in adverse public health outcomes following tropical cyclones, especially in communities with existing health conditions. The paper explains that the focus ...

When Cyclones and Fires Collide...

Nov. 28, 2022 — As strong winds and torrential rains inundate Australia's south-eastern coast, new research suggests that high intensity bushfires might not be too far behind, with their dual effects extending ...

Tropical Cyclones Act as 'Massive Heat Pumps' That Fuel Extreme Heat

Nov. 8, 2022 — Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones, which can complicate disaster recovery even further, researchers have ...

Waikiki Beach Studies Reveal Complex Drivers of Changing Shoreline

Nov. 3, 2022 — The Royal Hawaiian Beach in Waikiki is a popular beach at the center of Hawai'i's tourism hub, with a valuation of $2.2 billion, according to a 2016 study. Two recently published studies ...

Double Trouble When 2 Disasters Strike Electrical Transmission Infrastructure

Oct. 21, 2022 — One natural disaster can knock out electric service to millions. A new study suggests that back-to-back disasters could cause catastrophic damage, but the research also identifies new ways to monitor ...

Economic Losses from Hurricanes Become Too Big to Be Offset by the US If Warming Continues

Oct. 17, 2022 — Hurricane damages can increase due to increasing global temperatures, caused by greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. Computer simulations of regional economic sectors and supply chains in the ...

Land in a Cyclone's Wake Becomes More Vulnerable to Forest Fires

Oct. 13, 2022 — The strong winds and torrential rains that accompany a cyclone do tremendous damage to ecosystems, and this damage can make them more prone to future wildfires. As intense cyclones are projected to ...

Hundreds of Hospitals on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts at Risk of Flooding from Hurricanes

Sep. 29, 2022 — A new study systematically investigates flooding risk to hospitals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from Category 1-4 storms and finds that even relatively weak storms pose a serious flood risk to ...

Powerful Hurricanes Get Second Wind in Europe

Sep. 26, 2022 — Stronger hurricanes that are reenergised by jet stream winds are twice as likely to cross the Atlantic and wreak havoc in Europe than weaker ones, new research has ...

Climate Models Unreliable in Predicting Wave Damage to Coral Reefs

Sep. 21, 2022 — A new study finds that climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral ...

COVID-19 Amplified Hardship for Many Harvey Victims

Sep. 13, 2022 — A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were ...

Climate Change Exacerbated Hurricane Harvey's Flood Damage, Hitting Low-Income and Latinx Neighborhoods Disproportionately Harder

Aug. 25, 2022 — New research shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent of residences in Houston's Harris County would likely not have been flooded by Hurricane Harvey five ...

What Has America Learned Since Hurricane Katrina? Not Enough

Aug. 24, 2022 — A first-of-its-kind study of the 50 largest cities in the U.S. found a lack of preparedness, specifically to evacuate carless and vulnerable populations. Only seven cities had strong plans, including ...

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