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Hurricane Otis rapidly intensified to Category 5 as it struck Acapulco, Mexico
Otis displayed one of the hallmarks of modern hurricanes: rapid intensification, when a hurricane gains at least 35 mph in wind speed over 24 hours.
This North Shore community wants stronger protection against disasters, climate change
Residents in Hauula have been working for years to build Oahu’s first-ever resiliency hub, a storm-resistant center that could better protect their rural, isolated and vulnerable North Shore community after a hurricane, tsunami or other disaster.
California extreme weather is the new normal
California's bout of extreme wet weather could become the new normal as climate change worsens, a researcher has warned.
Miami Beach hybrid reef could help Florida coasts battle climate change
A new manmade hybrid reef being tested off Miami Beach aims to do what climate change has increasingly foiled: provide a powerful protector to storm surge and rising seas hammering Florida’s shores.
A rare blizzard hits California as summerlike heat roasts the eastern U.S.
An astonishing smorgasbord of extreme weather gripped the U.S. last week, with blizzards and epic snows in the West and Northern Plains, a deadly ice storm in the Midwest, and summerlike heat in the East and South.
Hurricanes are changing with the climate. Our words about them may need to change, too
Although scientists have fine-tuned their forecasts, dramatically slicing hurricane track errors in half since the days of Hurricane Andrew, and more recently enlisting social science teams to tailor-make forecast graphics, our language and terminology are miring communications in the past.
Gary Yohe: What's worse than the worst-case scenario for climate change?
Going forward, all we know is that adverse weather events will increase in both frequency and impact, and we cannot quantify either component of the risk calculation.