How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida
3 years, 4 months ago

How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida

NPR  

How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Ida was a fierce Category 4 hurricane when it came ashore Sunday in Louisiana. Climate change helped Ida rapidly gain strength right before it made landfall. As the Earth heats up, rapidly intensifying major hurricanes such as Ida are more likely to occur, scientists say. Abnormally hot water also increases flood risk from hurricanes.

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Climate Change Has Boosted Hurricane Wind Strength By A Terrifying Amount
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Climate Change Has Boosted Hurricane Wind Strength By A Terrifying Amount

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BAKU, Azerbaijan — Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday. A Category 5 storm causes more than 400 times the damage of a minimal Category 1 hurricane, more than 140 times the damage of a minimal Category 3 hurricane and more …

Is climate change fuelling Idalia and other hurricanes?
1 year, 4 months ago

Is climate change fuelling Idalia and other hurricanes?

Al Jazeera  

Scientists say climate change has contributed to the intensity of hurricanes, driving higher winds and wetter storms. It ultimately made landfall in the United States as a powerful Category 3 storm — the threshold for a “major hurricane” — with wind speeds whipping at approximately 193 kilometres per hour. With the Atlantic hurricane season only now entering its peak months, …

What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel
1 year, 4 months ago

What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel

Associated Press  

Feeding on some of the hottest water on the planet, Hurricane Idalia is expected to rapidly strengthen as it bears down on Florida and the rest of the Gulf Coast. “It’s basically all systems go for the storm to intensify.” That water “is absurdly warm and to see those values over the entire northeast Gulf is surreal,” said University of …

Here’s what’s known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones
2 years ago

Here’s what’s known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones

The Hindu  

Hurricane Ian hit Florida in September 2022 as one of the United States’ most powerful hurricanes on record, and it followed a two-week string of massive, devastating storms around the world. It is clear that climate change increases the upper limit on hurricane strength and rain rate and that it also raises the average sea level and therefore storm surge. …

Climate crisis driving increasingly damaging hurricanes on US East Coast
2 years, 2 months ago

Climate crisis driving increasingly damaging hurricanes on US East Coast

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The worsening climate crisis means the United States’ Atlantic coast is "becoming a breeding ground" …

Climate change makes storms like Ian more common
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate change makes storms like Ian more common

NPR  

Climate change makes storms like Ian more common Enlarge this image toggle caption Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images Hurricane Ian was just shy of a Category 5 hurricane when it barreled into Florida. Climate change supports rapid intensification of hurricanes Hurricane Ian went from a tropical storm to a hurricane in less than 24 hours, …

Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water
2 years, 3 months ago

Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water

Associated Press  

Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change, just like 30 other Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that became much more powerful in less than a day. Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said the warm water creates “a lot more rocket fuel for the storm.” Climate change has …

New Orleans Was Already a 'Heat Island.' Then Ida Cut the Power
55 years ago

New Orleans Was Already a 'Heat Island.' Then Ida Cut the Power

Wired  

On Sunday, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, tying with 2020’s Hurricane Laura as the strongest storm ever to hit the state. “Nobody who’s out there needing power is satisfied with that.” The misery is particularly acute in New Orleans and other cities that already form “heat islands” in the landscape. “This whole region is already hot and humid through …

Hurricane Ida blows in a HEATWAVE: Summer is set to make a late appearance with 30C temperatures
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida blows in a HEATWAVE: Summer is set to make a late appearance with 30C temperatures

Daily Mail  

Summer is set to make a late appearance as Hurricane Ida could blow a mini heatwave across some parts of Britain just in time for the school holidays to finish. Summer is set to make a late appearance for Brits this month as Hurricane Ida could blow a mini heatwave across large parts of the UK just in time for …

EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfall
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfall

Associated Press  

Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000 miles away from its landfall. In Ida’s case, he said, conditions were ripe “for rainmaking and it all came to fruition along the I-95 corridor.” The storm dumped more than 3 inches of rain on New …

How Hurricane Ida Turned Into a Monster, Wreaked Havoc in Louisiana
3 years, 4 months ago

How Hurricane Ida Turned Into a Monster, Wreaked Havoc in Louisiana

The Quint  

We monitor ocean heat content from space each day and keep an eye on the ocean dynamics, especially during the summer months. Keep in mind that warm eddies in the wintertime can also energize atmospheric frontal systems, such as the “storm of the century” that caused snowstorms across the Deep South in 1993. To gauge the risk this heat pool …

Hurricane Ida and the Coming Eviction Crisis
55 years ago

Hurricane Ida and the Coming Eviction Crisis

Slate  

This story was originally published by Grist and has been republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Mother Nature is trying to evict us with cause.” While natural disasters may uproot families and their homes, landlords have used hurricanes, floods, and other wild weather events as an opportunity to kick renters out. “We see this after every disaster,” …

These Images Show Just How Bad Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana's Coastline
3 years, 4 months ago

These Images Show Just How Bad Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana's Coastline

NPR  

These Images Show Just How Bad Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana's Coastline Enlarge this image toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP David J. Phillip/AP Hurricane Ida's fierce Category 4 winds and torrential rain left the Louisiana coastline badly beaten. Enlarge this image toggle caption Go Nakamura/The Washington Post via Getty Images Go Nakamura/The Washington Post via Getty Images The winds knocked out …

Hurricane Ida sequel to 2005's Katrina, but stronger & smaller | Explainer
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida sequel to 2005's Katrina, but stronger & smaller | Explainer

India Today  

Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. The main story with Ida will be a combination of wind, storm surge, and fresh water flooding damage,” said meteorologist Jeff Masters, who flew hurricane missions for the government and founded Weather Underground. “And, the worst of the …

Astronaut captures eye of Hurricane Ida, looks dangerously similar to Katrina that struck 16 years ago
3 years, 4 months ago

Astronaut captures eye of Hurricane Ida, looks dangerously similar to Katrina that struck 16 years ago

India Today  

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana of the United States as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the country, knocking out power stations blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River. Ida is a Category 4 storm that has hit the shores of Louisiana, 16 years after it was struck by Katrina, the …

Live Updates: Ida Promises More Destruction As Storm Moves Beyond Louisiana
3 years, 4 months ago

Live Updates: Ida Promises More Destruction As Storm Moves Beyond Louisiana

NPR  

Lee Celano/AFP via Getty Images / AFP Damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, an abandoned house is seen in the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans in August 2015. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm in southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021— exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the same area. NPR's John Burnett is in …

Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4

India TV News  

Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. The National Hurricane Center predicted Ida would become an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with 130 …

Explainer: Ida and Katrina similar but tiny differences are key
3 years, 4 months ago

Explainer: Ida and Katrina similar but tiny differences are key

Al Jazeera  

Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. “This has the potential to be more of a natural disaster whereas the big issue in Katrina was more of a man-made one” because of levee failures, said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy. “It is forecast to track over …

Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana with extreme winds, storm surge
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana with extreme winds, storm surge

Al Jazeera  

‘Extremely dangerous’ Category 4 hurricane makes landfall in southern US state, bringing winds of more than 240kmph. Officials in the United States have warned of the “catastrophic” effects of Hurricane Ida, as the Category 4 hurricane brought extreme winds, a dangerous storm surge and flash flooding to the southern state of Louisiana after making landfall there on Sunday. Ida made …

Hurricane Ida: US Gulf Coast prepares for ‘dangerous’ storm
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida: US Gulf Coast prepares for ‘dangerous’ storm

Al Jazeera  

Storm is expected to make US landfall late on Sunday, bringing heavy downpour, tidal surge and 225kmph winds to region. The hurricane is expected to bring a “life-threatening storm surge, potentially catastrophic wind damage, and flooding rainfall” to the northern Gulf coast beginning on Sunday morning, the NHC said. “Ida is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when …

‘On steroids’: Hurricanes are becoming turbocharged and harder to predict
4 years, 1 month ago

‘On steroids’: Hurricanes are becoming turbocharged and harder to predict

Hindustan Times  

When Hurricane Laura battered Louisiana in August, becoming the most powerful storm to ever make landfall in the US, forecasters were confounded by its behaviour. Laura’s behavior, known as rapid intensification, was likely exacerbated by climate change, according to some scientists, with warmer ocean waters causing storms to become super-charged. “People might decide not to evacuate for a Cat 1 …

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