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'Destructive' Severe Thunderstorm Warning to Trigger Emergency Alerts on Mobile Phones

7/27/2021 by US Harbors

• Coastal News
• Health & Safety
• Weather & Tides

The National Weather Service has announced that a new category of "Destructive" Severe Thunderstorm Warning will trigger wireless Emergency Alerts on mobile phones starting August 2. Severe thunderstorms can be life threatening, but not all severe storms are the same. The National Weather Service has announced that a new category… SEE MORE

• NWS
• Thunderstorm Warning

Warming Rivers in US West Killing Fish, Imperiling Industry

7/27/2021 by US Harbors

• Coastal News
• Fishing
• Nature

By Daisy Nguyen. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as… SEE MORE

• climate change
• fishing

Low Oxygen Levels off Coast Raise Fears of Marine Dead Zones

7/25/2021 by US Harbors

• Coastal News

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Low oxygen levels measured off the coast of Oregon and Washington are raising concerns of large “dead zones” that could decimate crabs and bottom-dwelling fish within them. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week that researchers have detected unseasonably low oxygen levels in a… SEE MORE

Surfing, Where the Playing Field is Never Level

7/23/2021 by US Harbors

• Coastal News

By Sally Ho. TOKYO (AP) — Surfing is as much skill and science as instinct and timing. That begins with learning how to read ocean swells to anticipate the formation of the wave to quickly execute a maneuver. Here, we explain what you need to know about surfing to appreciate… SEE MORE

• olympics
• Surfing