With hurricane season less than two weeks away, and a very active season predicted by meteorologists, all thoughts are on what happened last year, when a tropical cyclone named Sandy raced north from the Caribbean, hung a sharp left off the...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide hurricane struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to Minnesota.
OVERVIEW This post presents the annual cycle in sea surface temperatures for the hurricane main development region in the North Atlantic. It also presents the sea surface temperature anomalies for three regions: (1) the Main Development Region, (2)...
After Hurricane Sandy, New York's Rockaway beach lay in tatters. A small army of electricians, stone masons, carpenters, designers, landscape architects and engineers has worked seven days a week, often in double and triple shifts, to deliver the...
When a handful of retired homeowners from Osborn Island in New Jersey gathered last month to discuss post-Hurricane Sandy rebuilding and environmental protection, L. Stanton Hales Jr., a conservationist, could not have been clearer about the risks...
RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test on team captain Eric Staal’s right knee revealed a...
It's been seven months since Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York City-area beaches, decimating facilities like lifeguard stations and changing rooms, and it's been a race against the clock to get the beaches back in shape for the summer season. As part...
The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season was short-lived. Satellite imagery revealed that Tropical Storm Alvin became a remnant low pressure area 36 hours after it was named.
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With the power out and in the middle of a hurricane, of course that's when Meredith needed to have her and Derek's baby. This is the "Grey's Anatomy" season finale, after all. She also needed an emergency c-section. Luckily, despite a few nervous...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is being criticized by Democrats for appearing with his family in a new federally funded commercial to promote tourism at the Jersey Shore after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Christie's appearance,...
Following a torturous recruiting cycle in which head coach Al Golden had to save scholarships for the majority of the year, the Miami Hurricanes coaching staff is already loading up on prospects for the 2014 class.CaneInsider's Kyle Pumariega broke...
Via the National Weather Service: The six lists above are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years, i.e., the 2013 list will be used again in 2019. The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the...
What is the long-range weather forecast for the giant planets Uranus and Neptune? These planets are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around as Earth, immense weather systems that last for...
Jon Stewart reports on "Hurricane Scandy, the continuing tropical shitstorm that is rocking the Obama administration" and White House weatherman Jay Carney: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political...
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On Wednesday, Jon Stewart delivered another night of commentary on "Hurricane Scandy, the continuing tropical sh*tstorm that is rocking the Obama administration." And while Stewart's Daily Show monologue was not as substantive as Monday night's...
The Atlantic Hurricane season starts in just a few weeks. With sequestration, the National Weather Service has ordered furloughs and a hiring freeze that have left vacancies throughout the agency, including the National Hurricane Center. Florida's...
The hurricane season opened Wednesday with a flourish, and more specifically, with the debut of its first named storm, Tropical Storm Alvin.
Tropical Depression 1-E was upgraded and named a tropical storm on Wednesday, which happens to be the first...
It's almost camping season. Is your tukus prepared? If not, here's the BUM stool, a stylish chair created by BAGGU and UM Project especially for Reclaim x2, a Hurricane Sandy relief fund created by local designers.Read more...
Homes in the Rockaways, N.Y., were severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Photo by Spencer Platt/ Getty Images.
Last fall Hurricane Sandy crippled sections of the East Coast of North America. It left New York City and cities in...
The iconic Jet Star roller coaster that was partially submerged off the Jersey shore due to Hurricane Sandy has now been demolished. Hundreds of workers in the area, who are doing their best to rebuild the boardwalk, stopped and watched as Seaside...
