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NEWS ABOUT: hurricanes

hurricanes stories: 11 news summaries

 Lightning Predicts 
 Hurricane Intensity: Study 

It may be useful in hurricane forecasting

Apr 9, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A day before the gustiest part of a hurricane hits, nature sends a warning sign via lightning, researchers tell USA Today. A study of Category 4 and 5 storms yielded a strong correlation between the hurricanes’ intensity and lightning, making the latter a powerful gauge for places that don’t... More »

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study • storm • meteorology • lightning • hurricanes

 Kyle Drenches Maine, 
 Guns for Canada 

Landfall expected in Canada tonight or tomorrow

Sep 28, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Kyle soaked Maine this weekend and continued churning toward Canada, the AP reports. Maine's coastal areas, which have already absorbed 5.5 inches of rain, expect to get winds as high as 60mph and waves up to 20 feet. The state enacted its first hurricane warning in 17 years,... More »

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Maine • hurricanes • Hurricane Kyle

 2K Rescued From Ike; 
 Houston Enacts Curfew 

Hundreds of thousands of residents still without power

Sep 14, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 2,000 people who refused to evacuate the Texas coast ahead of Hurricane Ike have been rescued, state officials reported this afternoon, with the Wall Street Journal reporting only 4 confirmed casualties. Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched what he called the biggest rescue in state history, sending crews by... More »

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Houston • Galveston • hurricanes • Hurricane Ike

 Don't Get 
 Complacent, 
 Big Easy: 
 Officials 

Much to be done if New Orleans is to survive next big storm

Sep 7, 08 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans residents may be celebrating Hurricane Gustav's near-miss this week, but that's no reason to get complacent, the New York Times reports. Officials admit that protective infrastructure still isn’t up to par, and there were several close calls when Gustav made landfall. “I want everybody to understand—... More »

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New Orleans • Katrina aftermath • hurricanes • Hurricane Gustav

 Haitians Starving in Hanna Hell

Survivors stranded on rooftops beyond reach of aid workers

Sep 5, 08 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Impoverished Haiti is reeling from the devastation of a series of tropical storms and hurricanes, with refugees starving on rooftops in flood-ravaged areas, reports the Guardian. Faced with washed-out roads and winds too strong for helicopters, UN aide workers are using inflatable boats to reach at least some survivors. The... More »

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United Nations • Cuba • Haiti • hurricanes • Tropical Storm Fay • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike • Port-au-Prince

 Big Easy Not Ready 
 for '100-Year Storm' 

Official says city is up to pre-Katrina levels, but unprepared for bigger disaster

Aug 31, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Hurricane Gustav set to thrash the Big Easy almost exactly 3 years after Katrina, Newsweek sits down with New Orleans Levee District executive director Stevan Spencer to find out what will change this time around. “We are better than before Katrina —we've raised the levees and strengthened... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • levees • hurricanes • Hurricane Gustav

 Fay Slams Cuba, Floridians Flee

Hurricane warnings issued for southern and western coasts of Florida

Aug 18, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Fay slammed into Cuba's southwest coast with 50 mph winds today as Florida residents and tourists continued to jam roadways to get out of the path of what's expected to become a hurricane as early as tomorrow, reports Reuters and the Miami Herald. Fay could drop as much... More »

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Florida • Miami Hurricanes • hurricanes • Fay

 Hurricane-Proof Your Vacation 

A little preparation can save big bucks

Aug 17, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The government’s storm-watching body upped this year’s hurricane forecast to include 14 to 18 named storms, which could spell trouble for travelers. Forbes offers tips to stem potential financial losses and prevent your Caribbean vacation from going south.
  • Know your risks: The National Hurricane Center offers a
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Florida • insurance • National Hurricane Center • NOAA • hurricanes • travel insurance

OPINION

 5 Man-Made Natural Disasters

Floods to mud, there's lots we can take responsibility for besides global warming

Aug 3, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Humans can do a righteous job of messing up the planet in the long term. We're also more than capable of wreaking short-term havoc with these man-made natural disasters, reports the New Scientist:
  1. Mud volcanoes: While we can't create the real thing, shoddy mining practices in East Java
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global warming • flooding • natural disaster • mud • oil drilling • manmade flood • hurricanes

 US Weather Hell:
 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 

Global warming will deliver decades of hurricanes, floods and heat waves

Jun 20, 08 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will suffer a wide range of increasingly extreme weather events in the coming decades as a result of global warming—from drought and excessive heat to wildly destructive hurricanes and record floods triggered by intense rains, reports the Washington Post. The grim prognosis was revealed in the latest... More »

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climate change • drought • global warming • tropical storms • National Climatic Data Center • rainstorms • hurricanes • National Center for Atmospheric Research • greenhouse-gas emissions • Climate Change Science Program • excessive heat

 Warming Will Reduce
 Hurricanes: Study 

New research refutes megastorms fears

May 19, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change is likely to trigger fewer hurricanes and tropical storms off the Atlantic coast, not more, according to new research that contradicts an earlier study. But future hurricanes will probably be more powerful, according to the research published in Nature Geoscience. The number of tropical storms will likely decline... More »

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climate change • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • global warming • Atlantic Ocean • tropical storms • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • hurricanes • National Center for Atmospheric Research

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