Catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall in the Bahamas
NOAA Hurricane Dorian made landfall Sunday afternoon at Elbow Cay, Abacos in the Bahamas. The Category 5 storm came ashore with wind speeds up to 185 miles per hour and gusts up to 220 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Dorian is now tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for…
Trump Attacks Puerto Rico Ahead of the Storm—When the Island Is More Vulnerable Than Ever
Jorge Ortiz works to tie down his roof as he prepares for the arrival of Tropical Storm Dorian, in the Martín Peña neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.Gianfranco Gaglione/AP Hurricane Dorian is set to make landfall today in Puerto Rico, with the potential of winds up to about 75 mph and…
Burn. Build. Repeat: Why Our Wildfire Policy Is So Deadly
A multiple-exposure image of developer Jeb Allen at a construction site in Redding’s Salt Creek Heights Justin Maxon Standing on Shingletown Ridge and gazing west toward the setting sun, Bruce Miller eyes a rainbow of colors. He sees pink: the dusky sky blanketing a postcard-perfect valley 3,000 feet below. He sees gray: distant snow-capped mountains. He…
Killer Heat Waves Are Becoming Much More Common. Fortunately Scientists Are Getting Better at Predicting Them.
In Paris, July 25, 2019 beat the heat record set in the capital in 1947.Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Getty This story was originally published by Wired and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The City of Lights could be the City of Lights Out tomorrow as temperatures approach a record of 107 degrees. And Paris isn’t the only…