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Hurricane categories are based on wind speed, but the worst damage usually comes from water. Photos...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHurricane Idalia is seen barreling toward Florida as a Category 1 storm on Tuesday, August 29,...
Climate change made floods from Hurricane Harvey up to 50 per cent worse
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn August 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast, dropping nearly four feet (1.2 metres) of...
Six years after Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston still hasn’t allocated $200 million in relief...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWorkers sort through piles of flooded belongings at an apartment complex near Greens Bayou in the...
On This Day, Aug. 25: Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRescue workers bring in a family through rising flood waters in the Cypress Station neighborhood as...
Hurricane Harvey more than doubled the acidity of Texas' Galveston Bay, threatening oyster reefs
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeabirds forage on an oyster shell island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ Universal...
Here's what the hurricane categories mean
CBS News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which includes...
The US isn’t ready for stronger hurricanes, experts say. How structures are built could help.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs southwestern Florida reels from Hurricane Ian’s devastation, residents can look to recovery...
Climate expert estimates global warming "responsible for about 1/3" of the damage from 2017's...
The Recount via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTake Hurricane Harvey and the record flooding it caused in the greater Houston area, for example....
Stronger hurricanes may call for a 'Category 6'
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCategory 5 storms all have wind speeds over 158 miles per hour, but there is currently no upper threshold. As ocean temperatures skyrocket to new...
Hurricane season is in full swing. Here’s why storms are getting stronger
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHurricane Ian officially formed as a Category 1 storm on Monday, bearing down on the Cayman Islands...
