The warm waters of the Caribbean Sea have been mostly untouched this hurricane season, making the region prime for tropical development. Now, as AccuWeather reports, the conditions in the Caribbean are displaying the conditions that look favorable for tropical development mid week, like lower wind shear, or disruptive winds higher up in the atmosphere. For over […]
The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists across the world. As AccuWeather reports, humans are burning fossil fuels and ratcheting up temperatures, which is […]
A powerful coastal storm, dubbed a “nor’easter,” tracked up the East Coast over the weekend and into the start of the new week, bringing pounding surf, heavy rain and gusty winds that flooded streets, eroded beaches and snarled travel from the Carolinas to New England. The storm’s strongest impacts were felt along the shoreline, where […]
High winds and years of drought didn’t help, but the cause of the deadly fire that ravaged the Pacific Palisades community, causing the deaths of 12 people and millions of dollars in damage wasn’t an accident, and it wasn’t a result of neglect or dereliction of duty by Los Angeles county or the state of […]
The leaves may be turning and the temperature may be falling in parts of the U.S., but the tropics are far from done for the season. AccuWeather hurricane experts are warning that a tropical storm may soon form in the Atlantic, while a hurricane will be on the prowl close to Mexico this week. These tropical threats […]
Get ready for one of the most magical nights of the year! Tonight, the Super Harvest Moon – the first super moon of 2025 – will rise, appearing bigger, brighter, and closer than usual. This stunning full moon marks the closest full moon to the autumn equinox and has guided farmers for centuries as they […]
People in the southeastern United States have Hurricane Humberto and high pressure over the Northeast to thank for Imelda’s upcoming right turn to sea this week. However, the two hurricanes and the high will combine forces to bring long-lasting rough surf, dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding. As AccuWeather reports, Imelda strengthened to a hurricane on Tuesday […]
A new nationwide survey highlights America’s deepest weather fears, and the results show striking gaps between the threats people worry about and how prepared they actually feel to face them. As AccuWeather reports, the poll of 2,500 adults, conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Master Lock, found tornadoes ranked as the scariest natural disaster overall (46%), […]
A swarm of tornadoes tore across parts of central North Dakota and South Dakota Sunday afternoon, leaving some damage as flooding rainfall swamped Bismarck during a bizarre September limited outbreak of severe weather in the Northern Plains. More tornadoes touched down in North Dakota on Sunday than the state had seen in any September over […]
Very warm waters, steering currents and other factors point to the Gulf as the main area of concern for tropical development over the next couple of weeks, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Other systems may form farther east over the Atlantic basin, but Gulf development would allow the least time for U.S. coastal preparations. “The western Caribbean […]