meteorology
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Could We Ever Stop a Hurricane in Its Tracks?
Neutralising a hurricane as it barrels over the ocean might seem like a dumb idea, but if we refused to indulge seemingly dumb ideas, would we ever have, you know, gone to the Moon, that kind of thing? Yes, hurricanes are unfathomably huge and powerful — but so is, in my opinion, the collective ingenuity…
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Satellite Imagery Shows the Staggering Bomb Cyclone Hitting the West Coast
The West Coast wet season kicked off with a bang over the weekend. After a series of successively more powerful storms fuelled by an atmospheric river hit the region late last week, the big one arrived with a force on Sunday.
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This Saildrone Footage Inside a Category 4 Storm Will Make You Seasick
There are few places I’d rather be less than the eye of a Category 4 storm in the middle of the ocean. But I have always been curious to know what it would be like, what with monster waves, squalls of rain, and whips turning the ocean into a frothy mess.
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New York Grinds to a Halt as Record Rain Floods City, Kills At Least 9
Cities and towns across the northeast turned into lakes on Wednesday night as Tropical Depression Ida wrought a 1-in-200 year flood across an incredibly wide area.