The Day After Super Typhoon Mangkhut Typhoon Mangkhut, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ompong, is known as the strongest typhoon to strike Luzon since Megi in 2010, and the strongest typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines since Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Mangkhut made landfall in the Philippine province of Cagayan on September…
Mangkhut, the strongest storm of 2018 so far made landfall on the northern tip of the island of Luzon, at about 1:40 a.m. local time. https://goo.gl/R3xtxU Category 2 Mangkhut May be a Top-Ten Costliest Typhoon for China https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Category-2-Mangkhut-May-be-Top-Ten-Costliest-Typhoon-China Sources Jekki Pascual https://www.instagram.com/newspatrol/ Philippine Red Cross https://twitter.com/philredcross CNN Philippines Typhoon #OmpongPH at its worst in Tuguegarao…
Hurricane Florence footage compilation, covering Saturday 12th to early 14th, 2018. For a current situation summary visit Wunderground here https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Florence-Continues-Lash-Coastal-Carolina-Record-Surge-Beaufort-40-Rains-Possible Sources Live coverage Hurricane Florence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA3rPY_1t88 Jeff Piotrowski https://twitter.com/Jeff_Piotrowski Accuweather Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Weather Nation https://twitter.com/WeatherNation Nearly 150 people trapped in New Bern, N.C., as small city is battered by Florence https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/nearly-150-people-trapped-new-bern-n-c-small-city-n909551 Frying Pan Ocean…
Amy Goodman from Democracy Now interviews Mike Mann on Hurricane Florence, and the connection to climate change. How the weaker jet stream comes in. My colleagues have shown the weakening over the past decades here in Science https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/1039618555128557569
Watch the full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY
The Brunswick nuclear power plant is a couple of miles near Wilmington, at the Ocean. With model forecasting Hurricane Florence to potentially making landfall near the site.
Sources
“Are Coastal Nuclear Power Plants Ready for Sea-Level Rise?” https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/are-coastal-nuclear-power-plants-ready-for-sea-level-rise/
Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Nuclear_Generating_Station
Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii, Big Island has already seen over 31 inches of rain https://abcnews.go.com/US/extreme-flooding-reported-hurricane-lane-nears-hawaii/story?id=57374083
Hurricane Lane reached Category 5 strength on August 21 with top sustained winds near 160 mph and a minimum central pressure of 940 mb. On August 22, Hurricane Lane drew close to Hawaii, prompting hurricane warnings and watches on the islands. Whether or not Lane makes landfall in Hawaii, the storm could bring damaging tropical-storm-force…
Global Extreme Freak Weather July 2018 – Footage Compilation.
Nearly 50,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces, police and firefighting services were taking part in searches for people https://goo.gl/smVVjQ & https://goo.gl/7KDWtD The Guardian https://goo.gl/9sMkd7 Japan 2018 CNN https://goo.gl/eH67Rh Japan 2017 https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/08/asia/japan-floods-and-landslides/index.html Japan 2015 CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/12/asia/japan-floods/index.html Tokio news https://goo.gl/MW8V1b Global warming may be twice what climate models predict Past warming events suggest climate models fail to…
Nor’easter Grounds Flights, Halts Trains and Floods Boston https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-02/nor-easter-grounds-flights-leaves-thousands-without-power
An epic rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims. The deluge that washed over Santa Barbara County early Tuesday was devastating for a community that was ravaged by the Thomas fire only a few weeks earlier. In…
At least 15 people are dead and a dozen injured after overnight downpours caused sudden and catastrophic flooding in cities outside Athens, according to Reuters. In western cities like Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, citizens lost homes, cars and businesses. Forecasters expect more rain tonight. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/16/564576504/deadly-floods-devastate-western-greek-cities Part of the footage via Understanding Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSzYz54q9g…
Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel describes physics behind expected increase in storm strength due to climate change. http://news.mit.edu/2017/kerry-emanuel-hurricanes-are-taste-future-0921 Video via Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT https://www.youtube.com/user/EAPSweb/videos Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center Natural disasters are the result of the interaction of a natural phenomenon…
Maria brought extreme rainfall amounts to large portions of Puerto Rico that caused record or near-record flash flooding. Numerous stations in Puerto Rico recorded rainfall amounts in excess of ten inches. Rainfall amounts in excess of 47 inches in 24 hours were recorded at three stations on the southwest side of El Yunque, the high…
Twin megastorms have scientists fearing this may be the new normal Destructive force of Irma and Harvey has Trump expressing awe, but those in power should focus on the environmental causes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/06/twin-megastorms-irma-harvey-scientists-fear-new-normal Mar-a-Lago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate to be submerged by rising sea levels due to climate change http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-climate-change-mar-a-lago-florida-flooded-sea-level-rise-global-warming-winter-white-a7677596.html Florida plans to abandon…
