6 to a Category 5 storm 24 hours later, becoming the fifth-strongest Atlantic hurricane. Milton reached rare wind speeds of 180 mph, almost never-seen barometric pressure lows and has an incredibly small eye, known as a ‘pinhole’. Milton made landfall in Florida near Siesta Key on Oct. ...
Thinking long term: While the 1965 team of engineers in New Orleans tried to build levees strong enough to withstand the strongest possible storm in 200 years, Dutch engineers designed a system strong enough to match the kind of catastrophic storm that only occurs once in 10,000 years. Less...
This precursor to the tornado is called a mesocyclone, and it is typically 2 to 6 miles (3 to 10 kilometers) wide. Once a mesocyclone forms, there's a roughly 50 percent chance that the storm will escalate into a tornado in around 30 minutes. Some tornadoes consist of a single ...
In this article, the term northern lights will predominantly be used, but the same science applies to the southern lights that are seen around the Antarctic. The reason the southern lights can often be overlooked is due to the fact that the strongest auroras occur on the Antarctic continent ...
The first tropical storm of 2024,Alberto, hit on June 19. As of Sept. 26, eight other named storms have formed in the Atlantic. Five of the season's storms have been hurricanes. What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are tropical cyclones. When a tropical cyclone's sustained winds reach 39 to ...
The 2024 general election is set to be mighty close - with the largest parties all duking it out, according to our exit poll Election 2024: Party leaders and president Michael D Higgins vote in today's General Election. Conor Pope
In May a large and complex sunspot cluster produced strong solar flares that formed an extreme geomagnetic storm, the strongest in 20 years - with the highest G5 rating given. The colourful display could be seen across the UK. Image:Rutland ...
With a storm this intense, the main concern in areas recently burned by wildfires is high-intensity precipitation. Content continues belowWhen land burns, the surface can become impervious –almost hydrophobic. So, when that surface gets hit wit...
The strongest Atlantic hurricane on record is Allen in 1980, which reached wind speeds of 190mph (306 kph) as it moved through the Caribbean and Gulf before striking Texas and Mexico. Milton became the third-fastest intensifying storm on record in the Atlant...
It doesn't have the strongest start, but it turns into a little magical gem of a film. It's not your typical cute romcom; you probably need to be more of a romance movie fan than a romcom enthusiast. It didn't make me feel too mushy inside, which is basically how I judge ...