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Regardless, the process cannot create storms out of thin air. Ken Leppert, an associate professor of atmospheric science at ...
Gratuitious globetrotter Ted Cruz was once again out of the country while his state suffered a natural disaster.
The death toll from the Texas flooding disaster reached at least 109 victims on Tuesday, though 161 are still known to be ...
These are failures of technology—messages sent but not received, or messages received by the wrong people. But they are also ...
Deadly floods like Texas’ are rare in California, but climate change-fueled storms could make them more likely, climate ...
Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to ...
Social media users are spreading false claims that flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people were caused by ...
Congress began tearing down the most consequential climate policy it had ever passed as torrents from a 1,000-mile-long atmospheric river lashed Washington, D.C. The worst impacts of Tuesday’s ...
But it's not rare for atmospheric rivers to land in areas outside of California, he said. They typically happen because of a "cutoff low," according to Hazelton — when the jet stream from the Gulf of ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an "atmospheric river" event is set to hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast. The weather event typically occurs in the West.