Hurricanes
Top U.S. storm team sees above average Atlantic hurricane season
MIAMI - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season will be "above average" with 18 tropical storms, nine of which will intensify into hurricanes, forecasters at Colorado State University predicted on Wednesday.
UPDATE 1-Top U.S. storm team sees above average Atlantic hurricane season
MIAMI, April 10 - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season will be "above average" with 18 tropical storms, nine of which will intensify into hurricanes, forecasters at Colorado State University predicted on Wednesday.
Top U.S. storm team sees above average Atlantic hurricane season
MIAMI, April 10 - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season will be "above average" with 18 tropical storms, nine of which will intensify into hurricanes, forecasters at the Colorado State University predicted on Wednesday.
CORRECTED-Warming temperatures could multiply Katrina-like hurricanes -study
(Corrects that IPCC assesses but does not run computer simulations, and expands range of warming, paragraph 5)
Warming temperatures could multiply Katrina-like hurricanes : study
WASHINGTON - The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.
Warming temperatures could multiply Katrina-like hurricanes -study
WASHINGTON, March 18 - The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.
Hurricane center pushes to improve storm surge warnings
MIAMI - Friday marks the end of an Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season where the greatest devastation was caused by water rather than wind, U.S. National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said.
U.S. hurricane center pushes to improve storm surge warnings
MIAMI, Nov 29 - Friday marks the end of an Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season where the greatest devastation was caused by water rather than wind, U.S. National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said.
Sandy forecasts were on target, but message was a bit garbled
- The first predictions of the monster storm that slammed into the East Coast of the United States came nearly a week before Sandy made landfall on Monday, giving state and local officials ample notice to issue warnings and make preparations for the threat.
Sandy forecasts were on target, but message was a bit garbled
* U.S. decision not to issue hurricane warnings questioned
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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