For residents of southwest Louisiana, the prospect of Hurricane Delta, coming less than two months after Hurricane Laura slammed into the region in late August, is becoming overwhelming. The 25th named storm
The storm formerly known as Potential Tropical Cyclone 26 intensified rapidly yesterday to a tropical storm yesterday morning and grew to a hurricane just 12 hours later. Hurricane Delta could reach Category
Oily water covered a five-mile stretch of beach on Perdido Key, Florida over the weekend, just two weeks after Hurricane Sally hit the area. US coast guard officials are in the process
Several days after Hurricane Laura slammed into an area littered with dozens of petroleum, petrochemical and other industrial sites, key state and federal air pollution monitors remain offline. Residents say that’s typical.
Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast near Cameron, Louisiana, at about 1 a.m. CDT as an extremely strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and what officials
Earlier this month Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas, delivering winds upwards of 180 miles an hour and widespread flooding, enough destructive force to kill at least 50 people and leave
The advantages of wind power are well-known. Wind is clean, plentiful and renewable. Installing turbines in large numbers could help wean our carbon-intensive civilization from its addiction to fossil fuels. New research
I woke to a terrible sound early Friday morning. It reminded me of the high-pitched notes made by blowing across the top of a glass bottle, but far more powerful. It was
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, J.R. Atkins, 38, hauled his kayak into the flooded streets of his community and went to check on his elderly neighbors. A former paramedic, he knew
One of the more frightening features of climate change is the way it compounds risks to public health. People who live through a powerful hurricane, for instance, endure severe mental and emotional
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The widespread devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria is still being assessed, as communities continue to endure health impacts in the wake of these massive storms. But one thing is
Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that has laid waste to Barbuda and inundated Puerto Rico, is headed for Florida. The most powerful storm ever to descend on the Atlantic, Irma has
Hurricanes don’t care if you’re rich, poor, white or black — but that doesn’t mean that every person is equally vulnerable to a storm. Low-income families are more likely to live in flood-prone areas
Late Friday night, Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas, the first Category 4 cyclone to hit the United States in nearly 12 years. The storm delivered winds up to 130 miles
New Orleans cardiologist Dr. Anand Irimpen began to notice that his on-call nights at the hospital were getting busier soon after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. It seemed as if many
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As Hurricane Matthew barreled toward the Southeast, millions of Americans fixated on a single measure of its destructive power: wind speed. While they tracked miles per hour like adrenaline junkies watching a
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“I brought all the kids to the third floor, and in about an hour and a half the water was past the first floor... The waves were hitting my house. It felt
Pregnant people in Bangladesh are suffering from alarming rates of negative health effects tied to rising salinity in drinking water due to sea level rise and climate-fueled cyclones, The Guardian reports. Increased
A major Louisiana utility company wants to build a floating methane gas-fired power plant to supply electricity to oil and gas infrastructure. Entergy Louisiana says it is necessary to make those operations
As the enormous energy demand of artificial intelligence continues to grow the new (again) owner of the beleaguered Mountain Valley Pipeline sees a business opportunity. EQT Corp. CEO Toby Rice said on
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