The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1 and will run until Nov. 30. In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, hurricane season begins May 15 and ends Nov. 30, according to the National Weather Service. However, most of these storms hit during peak hurricane season between August ...
After two years of relatively mild hurricane seasons, 2023 will see above-average hurricane activity, a University of Arizona-led hurricane forecasting team predicts. The forecasters expect the number of major hurricanes this year to be similar to 2017, which saw the extremely intense hurricanes Har...
Record-warm Atlantic Ocean temperatures and a shift to La Niña conditions have led forecasters to predict an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season in 2024. Learn how to build business resilience to mitigate risk for hurricane-prone properties. ...
The 2023 season was the least impactful for the U.S. in nearly a decade, with only one hurricane strike. "The 2024 hurricane season will likely be a very active season, potentially even more so than 2023 with a shift to La Niña conditions. The necessary ingredients will be present, so...
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Numerous Atlantic basin tropical cyclones have recently developed prior to the official start of hurricane season, including several pre-season landfalls in the continental United States. Pre-season and early-season tropical cyclones disproportionately a
“The second half of the hurricane season is likely to be very active, as conditions will be more favorable for tropical systems,” AccuWeather long-range expert Paul Pastelok said. La Niña typically leads to more tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic due to reduced wind shear, or...
This hurricane season has also amplified another disturbing trend: misinformation about catastrophic weather extremes. For example, social media users havefalsely claimedthat Hurricanes Helene and Milton were created or steered by human technology. Such lies generate mistrust and anger, which are too ofte...
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Disaster planning for older adults: What to know this hurricane and wildfire season When Hurricane Ian struck southwestern Florida in 2022, it led to the deaths of more than 150 people—the majority of whom were older adults who had heart-related problems, power outage-related accidents, medical...