weather
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Hurricane Idalia Could Be the Most Expensive Climate Disaster of 2023
Hurricane Idalia barrelled through several states this week and could be the most expensive climate disaster in the United States this year according to analysts. Idalia made landfall over the Florida Bend this Wednesday morning as a strong category 3 hurricane. The storm swept through the state and up into Georgia and the Carolinas. Idalia…
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AI Systems Could Help Us Speed Up Extreme Weather Forecasting, Studies Show
As climate change makes extreme weather more likely, and more unpredictable, meteorologists and government agencies need new tools to keep up. Two studies published this week in the scientific journal Nature suggest that artificial intelligence can be used to support accurate and faster forecasting and extreme weather warnings.
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NASA Set to Launch Satellite Constellation to Better Track Extreme Storms From Space
NASA is finally, once again, scheduled to get its constellation of small, storm-monitoring satellites into space after a 2022 launch failure tanked two of the six planned cubesats. Launch of the TROPICS mission is set for May 8, at 11:00 a.m. AEST from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s North Island.
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy Has Lasted More Than a Month, Potentially Setting New Record
Almost 200 people are dead and tens of thousands affected in Southern Africa after a tropical cyclone, which at 34 days could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, hit a second time in the course of a few weeks, following a first landfall in February. It’s officially the most energetic storm on record.