tropical storms
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Strong Hurricanes Intensify Faster Now Than They Did In The 1980s
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was brutal, featuring strong weather systems that morphed into severe and treacherous hurricanes in a remarkably short period of time. This phenomenon, known as rapid intensification, is now happening with greater ferocity than it did three decades ago, according to new research.
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Irma Weakens To A Tropical Storm, But Danger Persists
Irma, which made landfall in the Florida Keys yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane, has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. The system, which is now 644km wide, may have lost some strength, but it’s continuing to produce heavy winds and rain as it marches northwards towards Georgia.
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How Do You Pronounce Tropical Storm Hermine?
Hermine has an identity problem, shifting from hurricane to tropical storm to “post-tropical cyclone”. Whatever the heck it is, it’s already caused damage in Florida and power outages in Georgia and South and North Carolina, and is expected to produce life threatening storm surges in New Jersey and New York over the course of today.
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We’ve Never Seen This Many Massive Storms On The Pacific At Once
It was a historic moment in meteorology late last week, when three Category 4 storms were simultaneously spotted marching across the Pacific. As if that wasn’t ominous enough, a tropical depression has just added itself to the mix.