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PM Modi offers condolences to US President Joe Biden over death, devastation caused by hurricane Ian
• 2 years agoAt least 66 people are believed to have died because of Hurricane Ian in Florida and four people were killed in storm-related incidents in North Carolina, officials said
What's in a name? Why a storm is called hurricane in US and typhoon in East Asia
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoOnce a storm reaches maximum sustained winds of 119 kmph or higher, it is classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone. However, the moniker given to it depends on its location
Hurricane Fiona rushes towards Atlantic Canada with heavy rain and strong winds
• 2 years agoOfficials have warned people of prolonged power outages, damage to trees and structures, coastal flooding, and possible road washouts
Cars submerged, people dead, Hurricane Ida makes New York hell
Fp Staff • 4 years agoAuthorities called for a state of emergency, a first ever, after record rainfall turned streets into rivers and water gushed into subways, leading to their shutdown
Climate change causing frequent cyclones as they draw energy from warm waters
• 4 years agoCyclone Tauktae could be the biggest to hit western India in three decades.
Bye Eta, Zeta, Theta: Greek alphabets ditched for hurricane names for being too 'confusing'
• 4 years agoOn 17 March, an expert committee also plans to discuss whether the Atlantic hurricane season should begin 15 May instead of the traditional 1 June.
Space hurricane in 2014 'rained electrons' from a plasma cyclone in the upper atmosphere: Study
Tech2 News Staff • 4 years agoThe team modelling the conditions of the space hurricane to pinpoint the cause of the 'plasma ruckus'.
Amid wildfires and sweltering Siberia, 2020 emerges as one of three hottest years on record, says UN
• 4 years agoThe 2020 provisional State of the Global Climate report also found temperature averages across the last five years, and across the last 10-year period to be "the warmest on record"
Climate change is causing warmer seas which leads to stronger hurricanes, more destruction
• 4 years agoStorms that develop over warmer water retain more "stored moisture" which keeps them stronger for longer after landfall, even though they are cut off from the ocean supply.
Hurricane Hanna makes landfall twice in Texas; residents warned of heavy rainfall, ‘catastrophic flooding’
• 5 years agoTrump said his administration was monitoring Hanna, along with Hurricane Douglas, which is heading toward Hawaii