• Countless communities across the United States have felt firsthand the often deadly and devastating impacts of hurricanes, from Hurricane Katrina, which left 1,833 people dead after slamming into the Gulf Coast in 2005, to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017-some of the most costly tropical storms on record-along with many others. (americanprogress.org)
  • And recently, on August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura lashed Louisiana with 150-mile-per-hour winds, killing six people and registering as one of the most powerful storms on record to strike the United States. (americanprogress.org)
  • 2 All in all, as of September 23, 2020, the Atlantic hurricane season has produced 23 named storms-nearly double the season's long-term average and exhausting, for only the second time in history, the National Hurricane Center's list of 21 names. (americanprogress.org)
  • 3 Yet the 2020 hurricane season represents uncharted territory, as storms are expected to continue making landfall in communities that are still struggling to contain COVID-19 outbreaks, maintain social distancing, and weather the historic pandemic-induced economic downturn-all amid a national reckoning with racial oppression and resource disparities in Black communities and other communities of color. (americanprogress.org)
  • Their projections are for 13 named storms, including 6 hurricanes, 2 of which they expect to be major (Category 3 or higher) storms. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • Widespread flooding oftentimes occurs during periods of intense precipitation, especially during hurricanes, nor'easters, ice jams, or other severe storms. (crisisequipped.com)
  • It was also the most intense hurricane to strike the continental United States since Katrina in 2005, the first major hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Wilma in the same year, and the first Category 4 hurricane to strike the state since Charley in 2004. (wikipedia.org)
  • NWS offices utilize the real-time reporting of weather events to assist in warning operations, but certainly hurricanes Katrina and Rita have shown us that ham radio operators are equally important during the recovery phase of large-scale natural disasters,' Floyd pointed out. (arrl.org)
  • The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2017 season, Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys. (wikipedia.org)
  • Can the Florida Insurance Market Withstand a US$100 Billion Repeat of Hurricane Andrew? (rms.com)
  • Hurricane Andrew's landfall in Florida in 1992 changed the face of property catastrophe insurance and kick-started many new initiatives, including the development of hurricane risk modeling. (rms.com)
  • The wide-ranging impact of Hurricane Andrew on the Florida insurance market is a familiar story within the risk management world. (rms.com)
  • 1 Hurricane Sally rapidly intensified shortly before making landfall on September 16, 2020, as a slow-moving Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds, dumping 20 to 30 inches of rainfall along hard-hit communities in western Florida and coastal Alabama. (americanprogress.org)
  • As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast as a major hurricane, there is also a collective sigh of relief among many that the route of the storm avoided areas like Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico that are still recovering from the 2017 hurricane season. (columbia.edu)
  • Florida, a state known for its sun-soaked beaches and vibrant communities, also faces a formidable adversary - hurricanes. (servprogreaterstaugustinestaugustinebeach.com)
  • Florida can experience hurricanes of varying intensity. (servprogreaterstaugustinestaugustinebeach.com)
  • Even in areas where power lines are buried, flooding can lead to loss of power, as occurred in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Harvey. (guyonclimate.com)
  • Hurricane Harvey, followed quickly by Irma, left in its wake upended lives and enormous property damage, estimated by some at $150-180 billion. (indymedia.org)
  • Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. (wikipedia.org)
  • Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. (wikipedia.org)
  • Favorable conditions allowed Irma to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale by late on August 31. (wikipedia.org)
  • On September 4, Irma resumed intensifying, becoming a Category 5 hurricane by early on the next day. (wikipedia.org)
  • Another eyewall replacement cycle caused Irma to weaken back to a Category 4 hurricane, but the storm re-attained Category 5 status before making landfall in Cuba. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hurricane Irma was the top Google searched term in the U.S. and globally in 2017. (wikipedia.org)
  • Early on August 31, shortly after the development of a central dense overcast (CDO) and an eye feature, Irma underwent rapid intensification, becoming a Category 2 hurricane at 18:00 UTC and then a Category 3 hurricane, becoming a major hurricane - around 00:00 UTC on September 1. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was also the third-strongest Atlantic hurricane at landfall ever recorded, just behind the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Dorian. (wikipedia.org)
  • the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has announced that surface observations indicated that the center of Hurricane Ian made landfall on Friday, September 30, as a Category 1 hurricane at 14:05 ET (18:05 UTC) near Georgetown, South Carolina (pop, ~9,000). (rms.com)
  • An RMS HWind wind field snapshot (below), integrated into the RMS ExposureIQ ™ application, shows Hurricane Ian close to landfall. (rms.com)
  • At the time, it was considered the most powerful hurricane on record in the open Atlantic region, outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, until it was surpassed by Hurricane Dorian two years later. (wikipedia.org)
  • Two people walk down a flooded street in Rodanthe, North Carolina, as Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras on September 6, 2019. (americanprogress.org)
  • Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Abacos and Grand Bahama Island, and the USVI collectively held our breath as we remembered our own trauma and knew exactly what was in store for the communities impacted by Dorian. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • As Hurricane Ian departed into the Atlantic from Florida's east coast at 12:00 UTC (08:00 Eastern Time ET) Thursday, September 29, it then regained hurricane intensity later that day at 21:00 UTC (17:00 ET). (rms.com)
  • Hurricane Season: Florida's hurricane season typically spans from June 1st to November 30th, with the most active months being August and September. (servprogreaterstaugustinestaugustinebeach.com)
  • As disaster impacts increase in scope and frequency ( 2023 had seen 15 "billion dollar" disasters even before the Lahaina Fire and Hurricane Idalia , and we're still four days from the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season), federal resources are stretched thin. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • As we have seen with Hurricane Idalia the impact can range between slight rainfall to flooding and damaging your home. (servprogreaterstaugustinestaugustinebeach.com)
  • The 2017 hurricane season was the costliest on record, stretching federal resources to their breaking point . (columbia.edu)
  • Ham radio operators and volunteers at Miami work together when hurricanes threaten to provide real-time weather data and damage reports to the Hurricane Center's forecasters. (arrl.org)
  • In April, Colorado State University released their first long range forecast for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • The governor's comments reference Hurricane Sandy, which struck the Atlantic coast in October 2012. (wikidot.com)
  • Sandy coastlines are dynamic environments that are continuously modified in response to wave, tidal, and eolian processes. (intechopen.com)
  • Hurricane Irene in 2011 (at the time downgraded to tropical storm) and Hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused catastrophic flooding throughout New York City. (crisisequipped.com)
  • Despite the deadly consequences of both delaying the federal response to the pandemic at its outset and urging states to reopen their economies before it was safe to do so, President Donald Trump has boasted about the federal government's response to COVID-19 and the nation's preparedness for the 2020 hurricane season. (americanprogress.org)
  • The Yucatán coast, characterized by karstic geology and the presence of barrier islands, was impacted by Hurricane Gamma and Hurricane Delta in October 2020. (copernicus.org)
  • The 2015 figure, at just over half the inflation-adjusted previous 10-year average of $62 billion in insured catastrophe losses, was substantially tied to a quiet Atlantic hurricane season. (rms.com)
  • 2008) and that category four and five hurricanes have increased substantially in recent decades (Holland and Bruyère, 2014), strong winds may be experienced farther inland in the future, all other TC and environment characteristics being equal. (copernicus.org)
  • The largest cause of direct deaths from hurricanes is usually from the water rather than the wind . (columbia.edu)
  • But the direct deaths are often just the tip of the iceberg of hurricane-related fatalities. (columbia.edu)
  • As the United States struggles to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state, and local governments must prepare communities for an extremely active hurricane season fueled by climate change, as well as support resilient and equitable rebuilding in the wake of disasters. (americanprogress.org)
  • and the onset of an unusually active hurricane season-caused by warmer ocean temperatures that are fueled by climate change-that continues to break storm formation records. (americanprogress.org)
  • The 2018 hurricane season began on the heels of already stretched federal resources, both in terms of cost and human resources with ongoing disaster response and recovery. (columbia.edu)
  • Hurricane season is something we can prepare for, but we must understand it first. (servprogreaterstaugustinestaugustinebeach.com)
  • Hurricane Season started yesterday, June 1, and a hurricane could snap any of the 31,000 miles of offshore oil pipelines lying across the seafloor down to 300' by whipping up underwater currents. (candobetter.net)
  • The Atlantic hurricane season also can pose major safety issues and cause massive travel disruption between June and November, peaking in August and September. (globalguardian.com)
  • The storm caused catastrophic damage in Barbuda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Anguilla, and the Virgin Islands as a Category 5 hurricane. (wikipedia.org)
  • We have the clearest evidence to date that the Gulf Stream is weakening and may ultimately collapse, with catastrophic implications for the marine life of the Atlantic and the global climate. (counterpunch.org)
  • The official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria," researchers wrote. (indymedia.org)
  • Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of the extreme weather that wreaks havoc on our power grid-from wildfire to heat waves and hurricanes. (guyonclimate.com)
  • Katja Frieler's research is dedicated to increasing our understanding of the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems through i) the integration of impact projections from different disciplines and ii) the attribution of observed changes in natural and human systems to historical changes in climate or direct human forcings such as landuse changes, changes in water or agricultural management, or in exposure or vulnerability of human systems. (pik-potsdam.de)
  • The study explored Hawaii's exposure to similar "extreme tsunami," modeling potential areas of inundation further inland than previous maps. (hawaiiweblog.com)
  • Inner shelf, coastal, and inland observations were acquired simultaneously near a coastal community (Sisal, Yucatán) located within 150 km of the hurricanes' tracks. (copernicus.org)
  • Storm Surges: Coastal regions are particularly vulnerable to storm surges, which occur when hurricanes push seawater inland. (servprogreaterstaugustinestaugustinebeach.com)
  • The deal doubled the firm's production base in the basin and increased exposure and access to Gulf Coast pricing. (pemedianetwork.com)
  • The National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring a tropical wave over western Africa on August 26. (wikipedia.org)
  • He notes that the HWN, organized in 1965 during Hurricane Betsy, started out as an informal group of amateurs but has since developed a formal relationship with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami via its Amateur Radio station WX4NHC. (arrl.org)
  • Old knobbies - compromised by time, wear, and exposure to sunlight and ozone - harden, losing their elasticity and ability to conform to the terrain. (sapiensman.com)
  • Special attention to the status of health-care systems and access to resources is necessary, as well as public health outreach on hazards in hurricane clean-up will be critical to mitigate some of this. (columbia.edu)
  • Barrier islands in tropical regions are prone to coastal flooding and erosion during hurricane events. (copernicus.org)
  • Two different modeling systems, aimed at providing coastal flooding early warning and coastal hazard assessment, presented difficulties in forecasting the coastal hydrodynamic response during these seaward-traveling events, regardless of the grid resolution, which might be ascribed to a lack of terrestrial processes and uncertainties in the bathymetry and boundary conditions. (copernicus.org)
  • a) There has been no net warming since 1997 with CO2 up 8+% .Global Temperatures have been declining since 2003-4 The period from 2003- 2005 represents a peak in both the 60 year PDO cycle and in a millennial solar cycle. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Hurricane Otis, which seemed to materialize almost full-grown out of the eastern Pacific, is one of the fastest-intensifying hurricanes in history, growing from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours. (counterpunch.org)
  • Experts have calculated that $915 billion is needed to relieve the fiscal pressures that the COVID-19 pandemic has put on states, localities, tribes, and territories 8 -all during a year that is expected to be "one of the most active hurricane seasons on record," the resource needs of which will likely strain state and local government finances further. (americanprogress.org)
  • Our findings indicate that government leadership supported prioritizing health equity from the beginning of the pandemic, seeing it as a need and vital part of the response framework. (bvsalud.org)
  • Having partnerships, resources, and infrastructure in place before the pandemic facilitated the establishment of equity-focused COVID-19 response activities. (bvsalud.org)
  • We used weather surveillance radar data to measure spring stopover distributions of northward migrating birds along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast and found a strong influence of winds over nonadjacent water bodies, the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, along with the contiguous Gulf of Mexico. (birdcast.info)
  • Winds over the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean were just as, or more, influential than winds over the Gulf of Mexico, with the highest stopover densities in the central and eastern regions of the coast following the fastest winds from the east over the Caribbean Sea. (birdcast.info)
  • NOAA also predicted up to 14 hurricanes, of which between three to seven will be 'major' tempests, packing winds in excess of 110 mph. (candobetter.net)
  • Estimating disease burden by water exposure route helps direct prevention activities. (cdc.gov)
  • However, with significant exposure growth, the impact of social inflation, and climate change complications, the insurance market could struggle to respond to a repeat of Andrew. (rms.com)
  • Note the Zeta's words on wasting the opportunity to pose question to themselves, and get a response via Nancy. (ning.com)
  • Merriam-Webster defines "danger" as: exposure or liability to injury, pain, harm, or loss. (globalguardian.com)
  • A recent Government Accountability Office report described how the sequence of hurricanes last year led to staffing shortages, requiring the use of staff who would not normally be placed in key roles, complicating response efforts. (columbia.edu)
  • The more you know about risk and exposure, the more they can be managed. (rms.com)
  • By alerting individuals, these tools can lessen the risk of the detrimental effects of constant exposure to high noise levels. (atlanticcitynews.net)
  • Background Paper prepared by the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) and for the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction . (preventionweb.net)
  • the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response (ADRRN)-SEEDS background paper to the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction . (preventionweb.net)
  • One particular need is to characterize overland footprints for mountainous countries that have both a high TC risk and significant insurance exposure, such as the Philippines and Japan. (copernicus.org)
  • Nancy has warned that the time is quickly coming when you will get no response from her at all, just a statement as to which questions will be accepted. (ning.com)
  • Not only does the Gulf Stream distribute oxygen, nutrients, carbon, and heat around the Atlantic, but its sweeping currents also regulate sea levels, keeping near-shore water levels as much as up to 5 feet lower than the ocean farther off-shore. (counterpunch.org)
  • We estimated disease incidence for 17 pathogens according to recreational, drinking, and nonrecreational nondrinking (NRND) water exposure routes by using previously published estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • Recreational water exposure was responsible for 36%, drinking water for 40%, and NRND water for 24% of hospitalizations from waterborne illnesses. (cdc.gov)
  • High $\beta$ plasma response to the rotating n=1 external magnetic perturbations is numerically studied and compared with National Spherical Torus eXperiment (NSTX). (princeton.edu)
  • Since the external rotating fields and high plasma rotation are presented in NSTX experiments, the importance of resistive wall effect and plasma rotation on determining the plasma response is also identified, where the resistive wall suppresses the plasma response through the wall eddy current. (princeton.edu)
  • The complexity of plasma response, in this study, indicates that MHD modeling, including comprehensive physics e.g. the drift kinetic effects, resistive wall and plasma rotation, is essential to reliably predict the plasma behavior in high beta spherical tokamak device. (princeton.edu)
  • Whether it is hurricanes, or fire, or flooding, or earthquakes, or some other hazard that imparts disaster, the commonly resounding theme is this: communities save themselves. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • e)The temperature trends in the first +/- 100 years after the peak are likely to be the reverse of the trends in the +/- 100 years before the peak and the Hadsst3 data set Figs 2 and 3 is a generally accepted representation of the latter trend. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • The physical wind response to variable surface drag and terrain height produces substantial local modifications to the smooth wind field provided by the parametric wind profile model. (copernicus.org)
  • Based on the award-winning Ready Georgia app , the Ready Hawaii app was built by UpTop , formerly Peak Systems, creators of popular apps like Diptic . (hawaiiweblog.com)
  • Systems after hurricanes Mitch and Ivan. (preventionweb.net)
  • The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital city San Juan issued a plea for urgent help as she expressed frustration with the speed at which rescuers were being sent to work on the hurricane-ravaged U.S. territory. (indymedia.org)
  • Hurricane Florence will likely be another billion-dollar weather event, with recovery in some areas taking as long as a decade, or more. (columbia.edu)
  • This can lead to unmet needs that are not even knowable in the early phases of recovery when attention and donations are at their peak. (columbia.edu)
  • A federal response is never going to roll into town and succeed unless they are plugging in to local knowledge, customs, and experience. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • Here I make the same assumption that the current temperature peak is an approximate repeat of the +/- 1000 AD solar cycle related temperature peak (Fig1 ) .The simplest assumption for trends following the peak is that the downslope to about 2650 AD may well look like the downslope from 1000 to1650.Naturally predictions beyond the 30 years which coincides with a PDO declining temperature trend would be increasingly more speculative. (wattsupwiththat.com)