Surface wind estimates are from real-time operational forecasts of Hurricane Idalia made by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System for Tropical Cyclones (COAMPS-TC) (J. Doyle et al., 2012; J. Doyle et al., 2014). Real-time COAMPS...
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service won't know the impacts from Hurricane Idalia to manatees until the flood waters recede," the spokesperson said in a statement. "Manatees can become stranded in unusual places, including roadside ditches, where they normally would not be able to access...
TAMPA- Last year it was Hurricane Ian that drew a bead on Tampa Bay before abruptly shifting east to strike southwest Florida more than 130 miles away. This time it was Hurricane Idalia, which caused some serious flooding as it sideswiped the area but packed much more punch at landfall Wed...
“One thing that’s easy to be misled by when looking at forecasts from the National Hurricane Center is how small that cone is compared to the real thing,” Connor said. “This storm is more than 300 miles wide. I mean, that’s the distance from our county to Mobile, Alabama.” Get...
He said Idalia last year bent some sturdy oaks in his backyard, exposing the roots. “I’m afraid this time they’re going to come down,” Overby said, adding that he planned to hunker down at home overnight with his wife, two children and four do...
During the design and construction of MRGO, the Corps also implemented the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Plan (“LPV”). Pursuant to that plan, the Corps constructed,inter alia, the New Orleans East Unit, levees protecting New Orleans East; the Chalmette Area Unit, levees...
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the World Meteorological Organization's hurricane committeedecided to retireIrene - the name will never again be used in the Atlantic basin. It was replaced by Irma. (Interestingly enough, Irma was also retired after the 2017 hurricane season. It will be replaced by Idalia in 2023)(Photo: Man...
The 2023 hurricane names are: Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harold, Idalia, Jose, Katia, Lee, Margot, Nigel, Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince and Whitney. Hurricane names are routinely retired if a storm was so deadly or caused so much destruction that us...