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Hurricane Hone made a close approach to Hawaii last weekend, bringing minor damage and more than 31 inches of rain, which preliminarily ranks it number 4 for the highest rainfall from a tropical ...
Every hurricane in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was made stronger than it otherwise would have been without human-caused climate change, according to analysis from nonprofit climate research ...
The tendency for strong tropical cyclones to have undergone rapid intensification and the infrequency with which storms gradually strengthen to strong intensities leads to a bimodal distribution in global tropical cyclone intensities, with weaker and stronger tropical cyclones being more commonplace than tropical cyclones of intermediate ...
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Hawaii’s Big Island with the storm bringing heavy rain, strong winds, dangerous seas and fire concerns to a tinder-dry state still recovering from one ...
The combined impact of worsening climate change and less pollution is like a performance enhancer for tropical cyclones.
On average, a hurricane season produces 14 named storms (winds of at least 39 miles per hour or 63 kilometers per hour), of which seven become hurricanes (winds over 74 mph or 119 kph) and three ...
Three strong and destructive hurricanes are known to have made landfall on the islands, an unnamed storm in 1871, [11] Hurricane Dot in 1959, and Hurricane ʻIniki in 1992. Another hurricane, ʻIwa, caused significant damage in 1982 but its center passed nearby and did not directly make landfall. The rarity of hurricanes making landfall on the ...
In less than 24 hours, Hurricane Otis' wind speeds increased by 110 miles per hour. Forecasters say climate change may be altering storm behavior. In less than 24 hours, Hurricane Otis' wind ...