Florida Has It All: Hurricanes, Toxic Algae, and Stifling Heat
(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. No one really knew what would happen when Hurricane Michael hit Florida’s red tide. The toxic algae bloom has plagued Florida’s Gulf Coast this year, killing fish,…
This Amazing True-Crime Story Involves Bees, Thieves, and Almonds
Honeybees return to a hive at an apiary in California’s Central Valley. Bees have become big business in California, as they are an essential ingredient in the state’s yearly almond harvest.Paul Kuroda for Reveal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Reveal. It appears here as part of…
Maybe Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Will Finally Talk About Climate Change
Matt Gaetz and Donald TrumpTom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Michael has torn through the Florida Panhandle with 155 miles per hour winds, leaving hundreds of thousands of people to deal with the wreckage of their flooded homes, towns, and beaches. With storm surges as…
Hurricane Michael Just Slammed Into Florida With 155-MPH Winds
NOAA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, with 155 mph winds. About 375,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation, but it’s unclear how many people have left. A rare extreme wind warning is in effect in parts of the Panhandle, and the National…
Here’s Why Hurricane Michael Is Especially Terrifying
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Michael—with its 145 mph winds—has made landfall and it’s set to become the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Florida Panhandle. Coming on the heels of Florence, which inundated the Carolinas with record rainfall and led to at least 17 deaths, Michael is especially dangerous because…
Hurricane Michael Is Gaining Strength and Heading Straight for Florida
NOAA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A major hurricane is expected to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle later this week, bringing with it heavy rainfall, strong wings, and life-threatening storm surges as it tracks its way up the eastern United States. #Michael could produce three life-threatening hazards along portions…