... Ironically, cooling in the equatorial Pacific makes it easier for tropical storms to form and gain strength in the Atlantic. That’s because La Niña weakens the vertical wind shear over the tropical Atlantic. Vertical wind shear – a change in wind speeds with altitude – is highly disruptive to storm development.
... people being evacuated in wooden boats, carrying young children as well as dogs and chickens. MORE: Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms Eta already wreaked havoc. It hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane, killing at least 120 people as torrential rains caused flash floods ...
... record high for the first time since September, adding 48 points. At least seven people have died in North Carolina in flash flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Eta. Roads and bridges were swept away after some places were inundated with as much as 10 inches of rain. One person also ...
... blew out to sea on Friday, another storm was brewing that could follow its path of death and destruction into Central America this weekend, and Tropical Storm Theta was moving closer to Europe. Hurricane experts were closely watching the Caribbean, where Tropical Depression 31 could get a name — Iota — later ...
... many residents remain trapped. Some 200,000 people were forced to evacuate. Back in this country, heavy rains pummeled Florida's western coast today, after Tropical Storm Eta crashed ashore for a second time. It happened before dawn just north of the Tampa Bay Area, packing maximum sustained winds of ...
... army urged an end to the fighting that began in September. Azerbaijan's president called the cease-fire a glorious victory. Back in this country, Tropical Storm Eta has drifted away from South Florida, leaving a swathe of the region underwater. The storm was stalled today just off Western Cuba ...
... Bridenstine said in welcoming the astronauts to Kennedy. The crew of three Americans and one Japanese are scheduled to rocket away Saturday night, provided approaching Tropical Storm Eta doesn’t interfere. It will be a speedy trip to the space station, a six-orbit express lasting under nine hours. The ...
... Guatemala were underwater from three feet of rain. Officials reported a landslide may have killed more than 100 people in one town. Eta could regain tropical storm status as it heads toward Cuba and Southern Florida. In Austria, the government closed two mosques that were visited by the gunman who ...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have caused deadly landslides while drenching the country's east and the north of neighboring Nicaragua. The storm no longer carried the winds of the Category 4 hurricane that battered ...
... recorded a nearly 50 percent increase in virus deaths in the last week. Central America has spent a long, dangerous day in the grips of Tropical Storm Eta. It lashed Northern Nicaragua and Honduras after making landfall on Tuesday as a Category 4 hurricane. The weakened storm dumped torrential rain ...
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