STORMSCORAL reefs & islandsREEFSCYCLONESCORAL bleachingROGUE wavesCORAL coloniesBEACH erosionIn March 2020, an unusually intense storm system struck the Gulf of Aqaba‐Eilat, resulting in severe shoreline damage. This brief account examines post‐storm observations of inconsistent damage patterns ...
Flooding is one of the most frequent and costliest natural disasters1,2, and impacts are often concentrated in cities3,4. The severity of flooding is increasing from more intense storms driven by a warming climate5, expanding development into hazardous areas6, and high levels of physical and so...
The nastiest of dust storms are global in scale, spreading across huge regions of the planet and might rage on for weeks at a time. All that dust can be bad for the rovers traversing the surface, especially when flying dust smothers their solar panels. Some of these drastic temperature var...
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have actually done so at that intensity. 1935 Labor Day Hurricane The Great Labor Day Hurricane slammed through Florida in early September 1935, becoming what the hurricane center says ...
While most storms are weak and occur in sparsely populated areas, violent tornadoes have also hit large metropolitan areas, and they have inflicted heavy casualties on many towns and cities. In 1925, the infamous U.S. tristate twister hit parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, claiming 695 ...
The nastiest of dust storms are global in scale, spreading across huge regions of the planet and might rage on for weeks at a time. All that dust can be bad for the rovers traversing the surface, especially when flying dust smothers their solar panels. Some of these drastic temperature var...
There, they become vulnerable to rogue waves and actual storms are a death sentence. Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean off the south-eastern coast of Africa. It is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. In recent years, cyclones have become fiercer and more ...
In 2024, the strong El Niño of the prior season disappeared, and forecasts predicted its counterpart, La Niña, is coming. The latter leads to weaker trade winds, which means there is less wind shear to break up tropical storms.
Figure 3 Open in figure viewerPowerPoint As in Figure 2, but for each individual geographical region defined in Figure 1. The high significance percentage of SRH1 for tornadic scenarios in the Southeast matches previous literature investigating high-shear, low-CAPE (HSLC) storms. Both Sherburn ...
The impact of this tidal cycle on extreme water levels is addressed in this paper. Storm surges arise from meteorological forcing, specifically strong onshore winds and low atmospheric pressure, associated with storms. Mean sea level is the average height of the sea after the impacts of tides ...