Historic 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Not Done: Hurricane Delta Aims for the U.S. Gulf Coast
The historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is not done yet. Hurricane Delta, the 25th named storm of the season, is expected to make landfall on…
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Looking Down at Storm From Space, NASA Finds Heavy Rainfall Ringing Major Hurricane Maria’s Eye
Imagine being able to look down at a storm from orbit in space, and provide data that lets scientists calculate the rate in which rain…
NASA’s Aqua Satellite Finds Hurricane Marie Rapidly Intensifying
NASA infrared imagery revealed that Hurricane Marie is rapidly growing stronger and more powerful. Infrared imagery revealed that powerful thunderstorms circled the eye of the…
Between Fire and Hurricane: US West Coast on Fire While Hurricane Sally Hits Gulf Shores
Over the past month, dozens of wildfires have burned vast swathes of land in California, Oregon, and Washington State, killing more than 30 people and…
NASA Satellite Data Analysis of Rainfall and Rainmaking Capability in Hurricane Sally
NASA satellites provided a look at the rainfall potential in Hurricane Sally before and after it made landfall in southern Alabama. NASA’s Aqua satellite and…
Catastrophic Flooding Possible: NASA Aqua Satellite Eyes Hurricane Sally and Finds Heavy Rain Potential
NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed the cloud top temperatures and water vapor content in Hurricane Sally as it crawls toward landfall, and found the potential for…
Global Warming Warning: Devastating Hurricanes Could Be Up to Five Times More Likely in the Caribbean
Global warming is dramatically increasing the risk of extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean, but meeting more ambitious climate change goals could up to halve the…
Hurricane Nana Caught Making Landfall Under Cover of Night by NASA-NOAA Satellite
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime look at Hurricane Nana just after it began making landfall in Belize. At 11 p.m. EDT on September…
Eyes on the Storm: NASA Aids Disaster Response to Hurricane Laura [Incredible HD Image]
Early in the morning on August 27, Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Louisiana and Texas coastline, bringing 150 m.p.h. winds, flash floods, and heavy…
NASA Watches a Dangerous Storm Nearing the Gulf Coast
Government meteorologists issued unusually dire warnings as a large hurricane neared the U.S. Gulf Coast on August 26, 2020. After rapidly strengthening as it passed…
NASA Investigates Powerful Major Hurricane Laura Headed for Landfall
During the afternoon of August 26, as major Hurricane Laura nears landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border, NASA satellites have been providing forecasters with a great…
NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Tracks Hurricane Douglas, Tropical Storm Hanna From Space
Wild weather sweeping in from the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico is bringing flooding rains, high winds, and dangerous storm surges to Hawaii and…
NASA Sees Hanna Strengthen into First Atlantic Hurricane of 2020
NASA satellite imagery revealed powerful thunderstorms fueled the intensification of Hanna into a hurricane along the Texas coast. Hanna has become the first hurricane of…
Hurricane Douglas Rapidly Closing In on Hawaii
In July 2020, the Eastern Pacific experienced its first major hurricane of the year. After intensifying to category 4 strength on July 23, Douglas rapidly…
Brace for an Active 2020 Hurricane Season
Less than two months into hurricane season, the Atlantic basin has already produced six named storms, delivering some of the earliest activity in the past…
Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger According to Analysis of Long-Term Satellite Imagery
In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new study by…
Hurricanes Have Become More Destructive for USA – Climatic Increase in Frequency of Worst Storms
A new study by researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Aslak Grinsted, Peter Ditlevsen and Jens Hesselbjerg shows that hurricanes have become…
NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System Aids Hurricane Forecasts
Eight briefcase-size satellites flying in a row may be key to improving forecasts of a hurricane’s wind speed – detecting whether it will make landfall…