Several factors make for high water levels, and they conspired to worsen the storm surge that flooded coastal areas from North Carolina to New York.
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Players have been injured by lightning during games, and a strike to the stands could hurt a lot of fans.
With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground.
In a rural South African village, climate action is influenced by ubuntu: the belief that people are connected and have a responsibility to one another.
Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
A National Academy of Sciences report examined the latest advances in extreme event attribution science. As four of the authors explain, the type of disaster makes a difference.
Citizens don’t just respond to disasters. They also respond to how governments manage them.
Marine species are increasingly battling intense storms and heatwaves – four experts explain why this matters.
Costs from severe storms are increasing – and this global shift in hailstorm spells bad news for crops, too.
A new study shows it does rain more in cities, but the trend over time has been exaggerated by changes in satellites.
Don’t blame the weatherman. A meteorologist explains where your local weather forecasts really come from, and what storm scientists are doing to bring them closer to home.
Wellington’s extreme deluge was caused by an unfortunate combination of weather factors. But a warming climate is upping the odds of more of these events in future.
The northwest of Australia is one of only a few places in the world that experience tropical cyclones in the desert.
When you’re inside a vortex, your body experiences things the news cameras can’t capture.
Seabirds are washing up on Europe’s beaches in large numbers after weeks of bad weather.
As the UK experiences high levels of rain, Somerset Levels in the south-west of England is trying to cope with extreme flooding and its consequences.
Behind this summer’s floods and slips is a simple signal we rarely talk about: humidity. As the climate warms, NZ will need to pay closer attention.
A dramatic ocean rescue reminded us that Australian coastal weather can be unpredictable. Here’s how to spot when conditions are changing.
Four centuries on, scientists are still debating whether the catastrophic flood of 1607 was driven by a storm surge or a tsunami.
Understanding what is happening deep beneath the ocean surface is key to understanding the weather patterns we are experiencing on land.
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Meteorologist and Research Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Middle Tennessee State University
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Professor of Meteorology, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Penn State
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Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Penn State
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne