The United States Has Become a Disaster Area
If you are reading this in the United States, you are experiencing a disaster—maybe more than one. Hurricane Sally hammered Alabama and the Florida panhandle...
Devastation left in the wake of Hurricanes Sally and Laura along the US Gulf Coast
Power restorations, debris hauling, and the rebuilding of damaged critical infrastructure continue in communities along the northern Gulf Coast portion of Florida and southern Alabama...
Weary Gulf Coast mayors say hurricane season has changed for the worse
It has been a tough summer across much of the Gulf Coast, where storm after storm has taken aim and two hurricanes — Laura and...
After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers
Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally's rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama today, as the storm's remnants continued to...
Hundreds Rescued as Floods From Hurricane Sally Hit Florida and Alabama
Floodwaters rushed through parts of Alabama and Florida on Wednesday, turning roads into rivers, submerging cars and sending several out-of-control construction barges into waters along...
Climate change may make extreme hurricane rainfall 5 times more likely in the Caribbean, study suggests
In August, Hurricane Laura battered the Caribbean before making landfall on the Gulf Coast. In 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 Hurricane, brought as much...
Our Focus Has to Be on the Victims of Hurricane Laura
Normally, after a disaster like Hurricane Laura, atmospheric scientist Adam Sobel from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory finds himself writing and commenting about what role climate change may...
Hurricane Laura Live Updates: Storm Plows Through Louisiana
After landfall overnight with 150 m.p.h. winds, Laura ripped northward. Officials confirmed at least six deaths tied to the storm, and hundreds of thousands of...