Explore How Isaac’s Storm Surge Could Affect Mobile
Tropical Storm Isaac is forecast to swell into a full-fledged hurricane before it makes landfall sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. The storm’s projected track is taking it in the general direction of New Orleans, which will expose Mobile’s 194,000 residents to a glancing blow. Even so, the city is likely to experience tropical-storm-force winds and … Read More
Explore How Isaac’s Storm Surge Could Affect Biloxi
Tropical Storm Isaac is forecast to swell into a full-fledged hurricane before it makes landfall sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. The storm’s projected track is taking it in the general direction of New Orleans, which will expose Biloxi’s 45,000 residents to a glancing blow. Even so, the city is likely to experience tropical-storm-force winds and dre… Read More
Hurricane Warnings Issued as Isaac Heads for Gulf Coast
It’s too early to say for sure, but as of Monday morning, Tropical Storm Isaac was forecast to turn into a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane and was expected to hit a stretch of the Gulf Coast between the Florida panhandle and New Orleans sometime early Wednesday — an eerie seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated The Big Easy… Read More
Arctic Sea Ice Sets Record Low, and it’s Not Over Yet
The National Snow and Ice Data Center has just announced that Arctic sea ice is at its lowest extent since satellite observations began in the 1970’s. The old record, set in 2007, saw the Arctic Ocean covered with 1.61 million square miles of ice, but on Sunday, the coverage was just 1.58 million square miles. What makes this milestone especially s… Read More
Top 10 Videos of Recent Major Hurricanes to Hit the U.S.
It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Andrew struck the coast of Florida as a Category 4 storm and made history as America’s most expensive natural disaster “ a record that held until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here’s a look at 10 recent major hurricanes (storms of at least Category 3 intensity) to make landfall in the U.S. Hurricane Irene from 2011 … Read More
Hurricane Tracks: 10 Recent Major Storms to Hit the U.S.
It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Andrew struck the coast of Florida as a Category 5 storm and made history as America’s most expensive natural disaster “ a record that held until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here’s a look at 10 recent major hurricanes (storms of at least Category 3 intensity) to make landfall in the U.S. Hurricane Irene from 2011 i… Read More
Explore How Isaac Storm Surge Could Flood Tampa, RNC
While it’s still too early to predict if it will directly hit Tampa, even a mere sideswipe of the storm could cause huge problems for people in the Tampa Bay area, conventioneers, included. That’s because Tampa is especially vulnerable to storm surge, the wall of water hurricanes and tropical storms push ahead of them. {image1} This interactive,… Read More
Gulf Coast States Brace for Arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac
Millions of residents in four vulnerable Gulf Coast states were bracing for the arrival of Isaac, a powerful tropical storm that has already claimed several lives on its path through the Caribbean.… Read More
