Hurricanes that make landfall are taking more time to weaken – and climate change may be to blame. Researchers found that because of rising sea temperatures, the average North Atlantic hurricane now takes 33 hours to lose steam, compared to the 17 hours some 50 years ago. Storms forming over warmer oceans are carrying moisture … Read more
Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, made landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico late on Monday while lashing the resorts around Tulum with rain and wind. The US National Hurricane Centre said Zeta came ashore just north of Tulum with maximum sustained winds … Read more
Hurricane Laura crashed into Louisiana with ferocious 150mph winds today amid fears it will swamp the low-lying coast with an ‘unsurvivable’ 20ft surge of ocean water. The Category 4 monster made landfall at 1am with the strongest winds that Louisiana has seen since 1856 and warnings that the storm could tear up trees, rip apart … Read more