Storm That Wouldn’t End Takes Toll on New England
As expected, the Friday morning high tide brought major coastal flooding to the Massachusetts shoreline, from Cape Ann to Nantucket, as high seas driven by four straight days of gale force winds eroded beaches and damaged homes. More coastal flooding is anticipated during Friday evening's high tide, but it may be less severe than what has occurred … Read More
Coastal Flooding, High Winds Battering New England
The National Weather Service is predicting moderate to major coastal flooding in several locations in eastern and southeastern parts of Massachusetts on Thursday and Friday as a storm surge combines with building seas to bombard the shoreline.… Read More
Storm Spares D.C., Pounds Coast With Wind, Water
The threat of coastal flooding exists from Delaware northward into Massachusetts, as the coast stands to take it on the chin from high winds, pounding surf, and a storm surge that should average out to between 2 and 4 feet in many spots, but locally may be higher. … Read More
‘Snowquester’ Threatens To Cause Major Coastal Flooding
While the prospect of heavy snow in places like Washington, D.C. and New York City has garnered most of the headlines so far, coastal flooding may end up being the most severe and long-lasting impact of this event, especially from Delaware northward to the picturesque towns along the Massachusetts coast.… Read More
Myriad Hazards Loom as Intense Snowstorm Moves In
In Washington itself, forecasts call for about 6 to 10 inches of snow, possibly more, depending on precipitation rates and surface temperatures. The highest snowfall amounts should fall in the western part of the D.C. metro area, with warmer air limiting accumulations to the east of Interstate 95.… Read More
High-Impact Snowstorm Headed For Mid-Atlantic
A major snowstorm is headed for the Mid-Atlantic states, potentially ending D.C.'s longest snow drought.… Read More
Time Is Running Out to Avert a Third Summer of Drought
Meanwhile, the economic toll of the worst drought to strike the U.S. since at least the 1950s is climbing, and it “will probably end up being a top-five disaster event” among the government’s ranking of all weather disasters over the past three decades, said Brad Rippey, a meteorologist in the Agriculture Department’s Office of the Chief Economist,… Read More
Warming Winters: U.S. Temperature Trends
While the U.S. has seen a warming trend that has raised temperatures by 1.3°F over the past 100 years, warming varies seasonally, and it’s winter that has seen the fastest warming. An analysis of data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network of weather stations shows that the coldest states are warming the fastest, and across the country winter… Read More
