When the power went out, an electric car kept the AC running » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: When Hurricane Helene hit Georgia late last September, the power grid went down for days. And temperatures that week ...
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NOAA Hurricane Hunter layoffs threaten to degrade hurricane forecasts » Yale Climate Connections
Layoffs last week at NOAA’s Office of Aircraft Operations, home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, threaten to reduce the quality ...
Read moreDetailsHow to sort fact from fiction after a weather disaster » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Last year, Hurricane Helene caused devastating floods in North Carolina. And after the storm, rumors about the recovery effort ...
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The National Hurricane Center set an all-time record for forecast accuracy in 2024 » Yale Climate Connections
Finally, there’s some good news to report from NOAA, the parent organization of the National Hurricane Center, or NHC: During ...
Read moreDetailsHow the Trans Disaster Relief Fund helps with housing and more after disasters » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: When Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in 2017, part of Cristan Williams’s roof caved in. Williams, a cofounder ...
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Cat 4 Cyclone Zelia hits Western Australia » Yale Climate Connections
Tropical cyclone Zelia made landfall in Western Australia about 30 miles east of Port Hedland at 11:30 p.m. EST Thursday, ...
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Hidden gem of whitewater rafting faces uncertain future after Hurricane Helene
ERWIN, Tenn. -- After 24 years of guiding whitewater trips on the Nolichucky River Gorge for other companies, Patrick Mannion ...
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Storm Èowyn brings hurricane-level destruction to Ireland » Yale Climate Connections
The same low-pressure system that brought historic snowfall to the U.S. Gulf Coast early this week intensified into an extremely ...
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The planet had 58 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2024, the second-highest on record » Yale Climate Connections
The planet was besieged by 58 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2024, ranking second-highest behind only 2023, which had 73, said ...
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‘This is your Hurricane Katrina’: Former FEMA heads describe long road ahead for L.A.
Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters. ...
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