A TV reporter in West Virginia just proved how much of a pro she is by pushing through an incredible situation to continue coverage in an unbelievable live TV shot! On Wednesday night, Tori Yorgey was live for WSAZ-TV on the scene of a water main break caused by severe weather in the town of Dunbar, West […]
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300-year-old tree rings confirm recent uptick in hurricane-driven rainfall
Enlarge / Towering longleaf pines in the Green Swamp of North Carolina. (credit: Jared Lloyd / Getty Images) Tropical cyclones like Hurricane Ida can cause severe flooding, producing disruptions, damage, and loss of life. Like many other types of weather, tropical cyclones and hurricanes on the US East Coast have become more extreme over the […]
Europe’s July floods: So rare and extreme, they’re hard to study
Enlarge / Damaged left behind by flooding in the Ahr valley. (credit: Picture Alliance / Getty Images) The backdrop of a steadily warming climate has frequently raised questions about whether any given extreme weather event could have been influenced by climate change. It’s a natural question to ask, but answering it in peer-reviewed detail usually […]