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A tropical storm came to the desert, and migrant farmers faced a new danger
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRafael Nuñez, 29, right, and Isabel Ramirez, 23, work to prop up a piece of roofing to try to divert...
California’s 10th Atmospheric River This Winter Causes Levee Breach and Thousands to Evacuate....
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA boy and a man ride bicycles through floodwaters in Watsonville, Calif., on March 11, 2023. Credit...
California, facing another wet winter, races to prevent more flooding with levee repairs
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe breached Boyette Levee at Tulare Lake. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As forecasters...
L.A. was ready for Tropical Storm Hilary. That preparedness proved to be life-saving
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHillary Tucker and her dog, Oakley, make their way through a flooded street in Valley Village on...
Here’s what the hurricane categories mean
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOnce a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5. Knowing...
New Orleans testing floodgates, levees in preparation for busy hurricane season forecast this year
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 1 week agoBELLE CHASSE, La. – Major coastal cities like New Orleans are preparing for this hurricane season...
Unprecedented wrath of Hurricane Agnes reverberates 50 years later
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn June 15, 1972, a tropical wave developed into Tropical Storm Agnes, which soon became Hurricane...
Hurricane Ian updates from Tuesday: Tropical storm warning for Palm Beach County, schools closed
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Palm Beach Post has made this article free of charge for all readers in the interest of public...
Hurricanes are getting stronger. Blame the climate crisis
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe era of hurricanes fuelled by the climate crisis arguably began with Katrina. In late August...
Hurricane Ian brought wind and rain but Sarasota-Manatee spared from major storm surge
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHurricane Ian hit the Sarasota-Manatee county area with sustained winds comparable to a tropical...