How ‘Bermuda High’ Threw Irma and Damage Estimates Off Course September 12, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Twenty miles may have made a $150 billion difference. Estimates for the damage Hurricane Irma would inflict on Florida kept...
Life-Threatening Hurricane Irma Heads for Miami-Dade County September 8, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Irma continued on a collision course with Miami after devastating a chain of Caribbean islands, triggering the largest evacuation...
Hurricane Irma Devastates Chain of Caribbean Islands, Now Setting Sights on Florida September 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Irma barreled toward Florida after battering Puerto Rico and devastating a chain of small Caribbean islands, as the Category 5...
Powerful Hurricane Irma, on Path to Slam Caribbean Then Florida, Could Surpass Katrina September 5, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday...
Harvey Hits Texas With Massive Winds, Torrential Rain August 26, 2017 By Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan Harvey became the strongest hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, making landfall in the heart of the...
Harvey Set to Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding Across Texas August 23, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan, Laura Blewitt and Jim Polson Harvey, which could strengthen into the first hurricane to strike Texas since 2008, forced workers off Gulf of Mexico platforms,...
Warm Atlantic Sets Stage for Busy Hurricane Season Peak August 17, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Not one, but three potential storms threaten to usher in the busiest phase of the Atlantic hurricane season later this...
Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for More Storms as El Nino Fades August 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Researchers again boosted the number of storms the Atlantic may produce before the hurricane season ends as a missing Pacific...
Deluges Follow Droughts as ‘Hydrological Extremes’ Become ‘New Normal’ July 10, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River...
Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms – as Odds Drop of El Niño Formation June 9, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Forecasters again lowered the odds of El Niño forming by year’s end, a scenario that may mean more Atlantic hurricanes...