Hurricanes

NOAA has released its seasonal hurricane outlook for the Atlantic basin, and due to warm waters and a diminishing El Niño, the agency believes the year could be ferocious.

While forecasters are predicting a busy 2024 hurricane season, a phenomenon out of Africa could act as a wild card as the atmosphere transitions into summer.

Cities such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach all rank high to risks of natural disasters and pay some of the highest premiums.

Colorado State University hurricane researchers have released their initial outlook for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which they believe promises to be an extremely active year, courtesy of an impending La Niña.

Akará is the first named system in the South Atlantic Basin since 2022.

Since 1980, half of the 197 tropical cyclones rated a Category 5 happened within the past 17 years. Five of the storms would have met the hypothetical Category 6, according to the study.

Studies and hurricane experts have warned since the early 2000s that the hurricane forecast cone is not doing its job as people often misinterpret the graphic.

Severe weather dominated what people were searching about most in the news cycle this year, but didn’t take the top two spots.

According to initial estimates, between $3-$4 billion worth of damage was done during the 2023 hurricane season.

In Acapulco, families held funerals for the dead on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris.

The images reveal the extensive damage to the Pearl of the Pacific, which has resulted in the tragic loss of at least 27 lives. Four people were still missing at last check from Mexico’s Minister of Security and Civil Protection.

Mexican officials say they are moving supplies into Acapulco and getting people out of the devastated city three days after Hurricane Otis pummeled Mexico’s Pacific coast.

Acapulco, known as the Pearl of the Pacific, is recovering after being pummeled by deadly Hurricane Otis, the most powerful storm on record for the Pacific coast of Mexico.

Otis was the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall on the Pacific side of Mexico. It was also the first time an Eastern Pacific hurricane made landfall at Category 5 intensity.

An elevated weather station in the hills overlooking Cabo San Lucas reported multiple wind gusts of more than 90 mph, with a peak gust of 107 mph.

The once Category 4 hurricane weakened substantially before landfall which helped spare communities around Cabo San Lucas from more extensive damage.

As Philippe churns toward New England, much of Maine is now in the storm's forecast cone as it moves northward through the western Atlantic Ocean. New York has already implemented their Flash Flood Emergency Plan as the flood risk increases for vulnerable areas.