The Superstorm Era Is Upon Us 

It should be no surprise that Hurricane Beryl broke virtually every early-season hurricane record in June. It was the fastest intensifying June hurricane; earliest Category 5 storm in history; and the strongest July Atlantic hurricane as well, with winds of 165 mph. As ocean and air temperatures spike around the globe, hurricanes and extreme weather fueled by warming seas are growing more intense than any time in modern history. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] After reporting on climate change and its geophysical fallout for more than a decade, I spent the last three years documenting warming oceans and the resulting uptick in severe storms.

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  • The Superstorm Era Is Upon Us
    As we can see in the data, the science, and now in our own backyards, extreme weather is merely the result of inaction.
    09/10/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
  • The Superstorm Era Is Upon Us
    This is the dawn of the Superstorm Era—and it will only continue to rise, unless we take action to stop it. More Category 4 and 5 hurricanes hit the U.S. mainland from 2017 to 2021 than from ...
    09/9/2024 - 6:55 am | View Link
  • Alexander Almaraz, ex-LI contractor, admits bilking homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy out of more than $1M
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  • Superstorm Sandy By The Numbers 10 Years Later
    Superstorm Sandy didn't technically make landfall as a hurricane or tropical storm, but when it finally came ashore near Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the evening of Oct. 29, 2012, it did...
    09/10/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Website
  • Superstorm Sandy | Path & Facts | Britannica
    Superstorm Sandy, massive storm that brought significant wind and flooding damage to the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. in late October 2012. Flash flooding and coastal surges killed 147 people. It was among the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history.
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  • Perfect storm
    A perfect storm is a meteorological event aggravated by a rare combination of circumstances. [1] The term is used by analogy to an unusually severe storm that results from a rare combination of meteorological phenomena.
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  • California Prepares for Superstorm That Could Lead to Major Flooding ...
    New research by climate scientists has found that the risk of a monthlong superstorm, one that would pummel both Northern and Southern California with rain and snow in astounding quantities, is...
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