The devastation of Hurricane Katrina sparked sweeping changes in hurricane forecasting and emergency preparedness. Forecast models, satellite imagery, and real-time data from Hurricane Hunter aircraft ...
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Scientists Propose A New Classification System For Hurricanes That Will Better Identify Both The Level Of Risk And Where The Danger Is Coming From
So, the new system that is proposed takes those things into account. Dubbed the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale (TCSS), this ...
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...
Forty years before Katrina, Hurricane Betsy was the most recent modern-era flood in New Orleans. On Sept. 9, 1965, 60 years ago tonight, Betsy roared ashore in southeast Louisiana at Category 4 ...
Twenty years ago this week, NPR reported on one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in American history. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR CONTENT) MARY LANDRIEU: It is gorgeous. It's sunny. And it is ...
This week brings a somber anniversary for the Gulf Coast: It was on August 29, 2005, that Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3 storm. The storm wasn’t the strongest hurricane ...
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How a Single Superstorm Could Reshape an Entire Coastline
Every coastline has its breaking point. The moment when towering waves and relentless storm surge overwhelm centuries of ...
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