Catastrophic Floods Strike East Africa After Historic Drought
Heavy rainfall in the Horn of Africa submerged entire towns in floodwater. Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October…
Heavy rainfall in the Horn of Africa submerged entire towns in floodwater. Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October…
Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study published in the journal Nature Communications now finds: Accounting for…
GEOMAR researchers reconstruct historic volcanic eruption using 3D seismics. The explosion of the underwater volcano Kolumbo in the Aegean Sea in 1650 triggered a destructive…
Earth’s upper atmosphere plays a crucial role in shaping geomagnetic storms, with both solar and ionospheric plasma contributing to their development, according to a new…
Cities and towns darkened after a cyclone unleashed torrential flooding along the country’s coast. On September 10, 2023, a powerful storm brought heavy rain to…
Flash floods in the port city destroyed roads and swept neighborhoods out to sea. Heavy rain from a cyclone in the Mediterranean inundated cities along…
Researchers found that Atlantic hurricane activity and Sahel rainfall follow aerosol emissions. A new climate study led by scientists at the University Miami Rosenstiel School…
The major storm fluctuated in intensity as it approached the U.S. East Coast. On September 12, 2023, Hurricane Lee continued its slow west-northwest trajectory across…
A stalled storm dropped three feet of rain over four days on the Thessaly region, triggering extensive flooding. Following weeks of heat waves and fires,…
The storm delivered torrential rain to parts of Southern California, Nevada, and Mexico, leaving flooded streets and power outages in its wake. Once a powerful…
The major hurricane was expected to weaken before delivering heavy rain to Mexico and Southern California. Hurricane Hilary, a category 4 storm in the Pacific…
Likelihood of greater activity rises due to record-warm sea surface temperatures. NOAA has increased the prediction for an above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season to 60%,…
Megastorms leave marks on Saturn’s atmosphere for centuries. Researchers have discovered long-lasting megastorms on Saturn, similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, through the study of…
Typhoon Khanun approached China’s coast on the heels of Typhoon Doksuri, which left a trail of destruction in the days prior. Following the devastation of…
Observations made by NASA’s newest storm-watching satellites captured the evolution of Hurricane Adrian’s structure as the storm strengthened. In the final week of June 2023,…
Cyclone Mocha, a powerful storm, wreaked havoc across the Bay of Bengal in May 2023. The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission provided vital satellite imagery, aiding disaster…
NASA’s CPEX-CV mission in September 2022 gathered extensive data on the early stages of hurricane formation off Africa’s northwestern coast, providing insight into how dust,…
Researchers are using artificial intelligence and a 3000-year-old water harvesting technique to combat the $13 billion annual loss caused by sand and dust storms in…