Eleven years ago today, Hurricane Ike made landfall on the Texas coast near Galveston. The storm would go on to kill nearly 200 people and cause an estimated 38-billion dollars in damages.
Hurricane Dorian, the strongest storm in the Atlantic so far this year has reportedly left 5 people dead in the Bahamas and first responders fear that number may grow.
Thursday is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana. The storm cost over $125 billion dollars in damage and is tied for the costliest tropical cyclone on record.
On August 28, 1844, Photographer F.N. Robinson captured a photo of a tornado near Howard, South Dakota. This photo was for a very long time believed to be the first-ever of a tornado. But it turns out that may not be the case.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is upping the ante, forecasting that we’ll see a better chance for an “above normal” season in the Atlantic.
With the lack of rain in 2011, the result was extreme drought conditions and numerous wildfires across East Texas, including the Bear Creek Fire in September, the largest wildfire in East Texas History.
With high temperatures and high humidity, we start talking about the heat index. But what does that all really mean? What is humidity and what is dew point?