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1 month to go: John Morales on where this season stands and 3 areas to watch
When it comes to hurricanes, Floridians’ spirits lift in November. The end of the season is in sight. While a November storm can never be ruled out — see 2022’s Hurricane Nicole — the chance of being struck by a hurricane drops rapidly as we march towards Thanksgiving.
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John Morales: NOAA debunks claims about modifying the weather, creating hurricanes
In the subheading, NOAA cut to the chase: “No one creates or steers hurricanes; the technology does not exist.”
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John Morales: Fears of backloaded hurricane season materialized in awful way in Florida
Fears of a backloaded hurricane season materialized in an awful way in the past few weeks. Hurricanes Helene and Milton collectively claimed hundreds of lives. And each hurricane is estimated to have produced at least $50 billion in damage.
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Morales: Calamity-filled weeks show importance of dispelling weather conspiracies
Humans can change some aspects of the weather. Science-based weather modification techniques are now employed in over 50 countries according to the World Meteorological Organization. But for every science-based weather-altering technique, there are dozens of pseudoscientific urban legends.
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A monstrous Cat 5: Milton's rapid intensification explained by John Morales
Last year, Hurricane Otis struck very near Acapulco, Mexico, as a monster 165 mile-per-hour category 5 cyclone. About 24-hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was predicting it would do so as 70 mile-per-hour tropical storm. With the energy content (and destructive potential) of the wind increasing with the cube of the windspeed, that means that Otis reached Mexico…
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Helene leaves behind apocalyptic scenes, a humanitarian catastrophe that's still unfolding
No one can hide from the truth. Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, are becoming more extreme.
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Historic Hurricane Helene larger than 90% of tropical cyclones: John Morales
Mean Helene is on a mission to be yet another multibillion-dollar disaster.
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The Central American gyre and how it relates to tropical systems
In what has turned into a below-average hurricane season by many measures, a lack of areas of interest in the tropical Atlantic means all eyes are laser-focused on the one area in which something — anything — might develop.
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By many metrics, this season has ‘suddenly become quite ordinary': John Morales
This is the week in which historical statistics caught up with the activity we’ve seen so far.
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‘Global weirding': John Morales among forecasters scratching head as hurricane season goes quiet
It’s not even halftime and we’ve had two U.S. hurricane landfalls, including beastly Beryl, and more could come.
