• La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone after 3 years

    La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone after 3 years

    Mar 09, 2023 08:59 PM EDT

    ... more storms in the Atlantic during hurricane season because it removes conditions that suppress storm formation. Neutral or El Nino conditions make it harder for storms to get going, but not impossible, scientists said. Over the last three years, the U.S. has been hit by 14 hurricanes and tropical ...

  • Weakened Cyclone Freddy continues to batter Madagascar, killing 4

    Weakened Cyclone Freddy continues to batter Madagascar, killing 4

    Feb 22, 2023 10:58 PM EDT

    ... a new cyclone forming near the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean were raised after Reunion's cyclone center said it's monitoring a new tropical depression that “has significant potential to strengthen into a tropical storm by Thursday.” Associated Press writer Wanjohi Kabukuru in Mombasa, Kenya, contributed to this ...

  • Madagascar, Mozambique prepare for 'dangerous' Cyclone Freddy

    Madagascar, Mozambique prepare for 'dangerous' Cyclone Freddy

    Feb 20, 2023 04:54 PM EDT

    ... nations brace for landfall. Cyclone Freddy is projected to reach Madagascar on Tuesday evening and hurtle toward Mozambique by the end of the week. The tropical cyclone is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane and is expected to dump heavy rain and bring turbulent winds. A "significant deterioration in weather ...

  • Hurricane Ian, drought conditions amplified 2022 U.S. weather extremes

    Hurricane Ian, drought conditions amplified 2022 U.S. weather extremes

    Jan 10, 2023 09:18 PM EDT

    In 2022, there were nine billion-dollar non-tropical storms, including a derecho, three hurricanes, two tornado outbreaks, one flood, one winter storm, a megadrought and costly wildfires. The only general type of weather disaster missing was an icy freeze that causes $1 billion or more in crop damage, Smith ...

  • News Wrap: Ukrainian forces take back city of Kherson

    News Wrap: Ukrainian forces take back city of Kherson

    Nov 11, 2022 11:50 PM EDT

    ... of horror. Judy Woodruff: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the day historic and said that his first focus was to de-mine the region. Tropical Storm Nicole has now weakened to a depression, dumping heavy rain from Georgia on up to Southern Canada. The storm claimed at least three ...

  • Tropical Depression Nicole dumps rain from Georgia to New York

    Tropical Depression Nicole dumps rain from Georgia to New York

    Nov 11, 2022 03:43 PM EDT

    WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole sent heavy rains falling from Georgia to New York on Friday as flooding and surging ocean waters receded from a stretch of Florida coastline where the most damaging impacts became evident after it made landfall as a hurricane ...

  • Hurricane Nicole topples beachfront homes into ocean

    Hurricane Nicole topples beachfront homes into ocean

    Nov 10, 2022 10:43 PM EDT

    ... and Daytona Beach Shores as director of sales and marketing at Salty Dog Vacations, had witnessed backyards collapsing into the ocean just ahead of the storm. WATCH: Florida Gov. Desantis gives update on Tropical Storm Nicole preparations In the aftermath, the backsides of about seven colorful houses along Highway A1A ...

  • News Wrap: Zelenskyy urges world community to force Russia into peace talks

    News Wrap: Zelenskyy urges world community to force Russia into peace talks

    Nov 08, 2022 11:10 PM EDT

    ... but he has spent much of the time since then in prison. Back in this country, Florida's Atlantic Coast has begun getting ready for Tropical Storm Nicole and emergency shelters opened in the Bahamas. The storm is now expected to grow into a minimal hurricane, before making landfall in ...

  • Subtropical storm expected to reach Bahamas, eastern Florida after election day

    Subtropical storm expected to reach Bahamas, eastern Florida after election day

    Nov 07, 2022 05:43 PM EDT

    ... Seminole County were still flooded weeks after Ian tore through. A subtropical storm is a non-frontal low-pressure system that has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones. They tend to have a larger wind field, extending much farther from their centers. Forecasters said the storm could possibly transition ...

  • COP27 begins as world leaders up urgency of climate crisis

    COP27 begins as world leaders up urgency of climate crisis

    Nov 07, 2022 03:24 PM EDT

    ... or the heat waves from Europe to China or indeed in the last few days in my own region, the devastation caused in Belize by Tropical Storm Lisa or the torrential floods a few days ago in St. Lucia.” Ahead of this year’s conference, known as COP27, leaders and ...