Category: Hurricanes

Tropical Storm Rose Forms as the 17th Atlantic Storm of 2021

9/20/2021 - By Hannah Gard. This year's busy tropical season continues as more activity ramps up in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Seventeen intensified into Tropical Storm Rose Sunday afternoon, about 370 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, says the National Hurricane Center. The other active storm currently in the Atlantic basin is Tropical… SEE MORE

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-texas-louisiana-miami-floods-8e71e24a3c0f8fccd493426edab757aa

Tropical Storm Nicholas Threatens Gulf Coast with Heavy Rain

9/13/2021 - HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas was strengthening just off the Gulf Coast and could make landfall in Texas as a hurricane Monday as it brings heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said top sustained winds reached… SEE MORE

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US Harbors Launches Tide Station Pilot Project in Penobscot Bay, ME

9/10/2021 - Hyper-local Stations to Provide Real-Time, Observational Data on Sea-Levels for 5 Coastal Towns Rockland, Maine -- US Harbors, in partnership with Divirod, a data and technology company, is launching a pilot program in Penobscot Bay, ME to test a new technology for water-level sensing. NOAA currently maintains 200 live, observational tide… SEE MORE

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/high-tide-bulletin/spring-2020/

How Wetlands Can Help Buffer Louisiana Storms

9/2/2021 - By Michael Phillis, Suman Naishadham and Travis Loller. A multi-billion dollar system of seawalls, levees, pumps and other flood controls helped shield New Orleans from the surge of ocean water swept up by Hurricane Ida. But Ida also encountered natural barriers like wetlands that act as a “speed bump” and… SEE MORE

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents

Ida’s Remains Threaten Once-in-a-century Flood Event in Northeast

9/1/2021 - By Jeff Berardelli. After slamming into Louisiana with 150 mph winds, Ida has weakened below tropical depression status. But even though the winds are gone, the threat for significant flash flooding remains as the system pushes northeast. In fact, that threat will only grow larger as the tropical moisture merges with a jet stream… SEE MORE

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-c43c2c68946ceb6100c2239534c6c290/gallery/8d34a9cf7a294a3b980415af25a2e64f

Tropical Storm Ida Weakens as Rescues Begin in Louisiana

8/30/2021 - By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, while across southeast Louisiana residents waited for daylight to be rescued from floodwaters and see how much damage was caused by one of… SEE MORE

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/29/us/hurricane-ida-updates

Hurricane Ida, Now a Category 4 Storm, Takes Aim at the Louisiana Coast

8/29/2021 - NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida stoked fear and dread in Louisiana on Sunday as the approaching storm threatened to grow into one of the most powerful systems to assault the region since Hurricane Katrina, forcing residents to flee or hunker down as the storm quickly intensified to a Category 4… SEE MORE

Hurricane Ida

Tropical Storm Ida a Hurricane Menace to New Orleans

8/27/2021 - MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Ida intensified as it swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday, showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a major hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. “The forecast track… SEE MORE

Atlantic Hurricane Season Shows No Signs of Slowing

8/23/2021 - The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is well underway, and atmospheric and oceanic conditions remain conducive for an above-average hurricane season, according to the annual mid-season update issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. The latest outlook reflects that the number of expected named storms (winds… SEE MORE

https://apnews.com/article/tropical-storm-henri-hurricanes-35b9448730d64a02ca81da6cbbd6dc18/gallery/2758a07106e342419a342821b0a0ca6d

Tropical Storm Henri Makes Landfall in Rhode Island

8/22/2021 - By David Klepper, Michael Kunzelman and David Porter. WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday afternoon, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led to flash flooding from New Jersey to Massachusetts. The storm… SEE MORE

Category: Hurricanes

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