2017 ‘One of Worst’ for U.S. Weather with 15 Events Costing $1 Billion or More December 29, 2017 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Brian K. Sullivan In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security...
Winds Kick up Fire Threat from California Wildfires December 15, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Dry, gusting winds are aggravating fire worries across much of central and western California, including those areas where infernos are...
La Nina Expected to Linger All Winter December 15, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Looks like a potentially market-roiling La Nina will last through the new year, threatening to bring a colder, snowier winter...
Hurricane Season Is Coming to a Close… Maybe November 29, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan In 166 years, only 17 tropical storms and six hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic after the official Nov. 30...
2017 Hurricane Season Ranks as Costliest Ever for U.S. November 28, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan This year’s U.S. Atlantic hurricane season is officially the most expensive ever, racking up $202.6 billion in damages since the...
Ireland Readies for Hurricane Ophelia, One of Its Strongest Storms in 50-Plus Years October 13, 2017 By Kelly Gilblom, Peter Flanagan and Brian K. Sullivan Ophelia strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane forecast to strike Ireland, where one of the nation’s strongest storms in half...
Drought-Ending Rain Built up Fuel to Feed Deadly California Fires October 12, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan There’s a dark side to the torrent of precipitation that ended California’s long drought earlier this year: Rain and snow...
Estimated $2.5 Billion Gulf Coast Damage from Nate Less Than First Feared October 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan and Amy Stillman Oil companies were heading back into the Gulf of Mexico and working to restore operations after Hurricane Nate fizzled out...
Storm Watch Issued for North Carolina as Puerto Rico, Markets Weigh Maria’s Economic Costs September 24, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Storm watches have been issued for North Carolina as the U.S. is threatened by a hurricane for the fourth time...
East Coast Watching Effect of ‘Zombie’ Storm Jose on Maria’s Path September 21, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Maria continued its thunderous roll northward as forecasters struggled to pin down a trajectory. Whether the storm makes landfall...