La Floride a tiré les leçons de l’ouragan Andrew

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:31:00 +0100la-croix (fr)

La Floride se prépare à affronter des ouragans dont le changement climatique devrait accentuer la force. En Floride, le « Wall of Wind », ou « mur de vent », permet aux scientifiques de mieux comprendre les ouragans. À Miami, sur le calendrier des ouragans, il y a définitivement un « avant » et....

Obituary: George Franklin McGinnis Jr. / Sailor survived typhoon, kamikaze attack in WWII

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 06:10:00 +0100post-gazette (en)

A disciplined only child of the Great Depression, George Franklin McGinnis Jr. was just a few years out of high school when he survived a typhoon and a kamikaze attack in World War II. Then he came home and broke the rules. His secret wedding to the former Alice Proch in 1946 defied standards then....

Satellite video shows Hurricane Sandra moving north along Mexico's west coast

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:01:00 +0100phys (en)

On Nov. 24, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared data on Tropical Storm Sandra as it was strengthening. Cloud top temperatures near -63F/-53C indicating powerful thunderstorms circled the center in the northern, eastern and southern quadrants of the storm.

Out of the Eye ... & Staying There

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:21:00 +0100marinelink (en)

I have never been in a hurricane. That’s a fact. Actually, my wife likes to say that whenever there is any kind of natural disaster, I’m typically nowhere to be found. And, when I think about it, I realize that she is right. Whether by accident or by design, that’s exactly how it has played out during the 30+ years that we have been together.

NASA sees Tropical Storm Rick become a post-tropical low

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:24:00 +0100phys (en)

On Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. EST (1600 UTC) RapidScat saw the strongest winds were near 15 meters per second (33.5 mph/54 kph) east of the center. Credit: NASA/JPL, Doug Tyler. The remnants of post-tropical cyclone Rick continued to linger in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on November 23.

Tropical Storm

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:02:00 +0100topix (en)

ABC - Tropical Storm Rick is moving to the west-northwest in the eastern Pacific off Mexico's coast and poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm's maximum sustained winds Friday are 40 mph with little change in strength forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Rick in eastern Pacific is no threat to land

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:11:00 +0100timesdaily (en)

Posted: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:41 am Updated: 11:00 am, Fri Nov 20, 2015. Associated Press 0 comments MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Rick is moving to the west-northwest in the eastern Pacific off Mexico's coast and poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm's....

Tropical Storm Rick in eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico poses no threat to land

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:08:00 +0100neurope (en)

(AP) — Tropical Storm Rick is moving to the west-northwest in the eastern Pacific off Mexico’s coast and poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm’s maximum sustained winds Friday are 40 mph (65 kph) with little change in strength forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Rick in eastern Pacific is no threat to land

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:07:00 +0100news-yahoo (en)

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Rick is moving to the west-northwest in the eastern Pacific off Mexico's coast and poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm's maximum sustained winds Friday are 40 mph (65 kph) with little change in strength forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Rick in eastern Pacific is no threat to land

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:01:00 +0100therepublic (en)

MIAMI Tropical Storm Rick is moving to the west-northwest in the eastern Pacific off Mexico's coast and poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm's maximum sustained winds Friday are 40 mph (65 kph) with little change in strength forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Rick in Eastern Pacific Is No Threat to Land

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:55:00 +0100ABCnews (en)

Tropical Storm Rick is moving to the west-northwest in the eastern Pacific off Mexico's coast and poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm's maximum sustained winds Friday are 40 mph (65 kph) with little change in strength forecast during the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Rick is pictured off the coast of Mexico, near Manzanillo, in this November 19, 2015 NASA satellite handout photo

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:18:00 +0100trust2 (en)

. The National Hurricane Center noted that only three tropical storms have formed later than this calendar date in the eastern North Pacific since reliable records began in the early 1970s. REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.

Tropical Storm Rick joins an elite late-season storm group

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:50:00 +0100phys (en)

On Nov. 19 at 1500 UTC (10:00 a.m. EST) the NOAA's GOES-West satellite saw Tropical Storm Rick southwest of the western Mexican coast. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. The twenty-first tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean season strengthened into a tropical storm on Nov.

Tropical Storm Rick strengthens off Mexico coast

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:45:00 +0100nydailynews (en)

OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images Tropical Storm Rick is strengthening off the Mexico coast about 315 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo (pictured) which felt Hurricane Patricia in October. Tropical Storm Rick has formed in the eastern Pacific off Mexico’s coast.

Twenty-first depression forms in eastern Pacific Ocean

Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:07:00 +0100phys (en)

On Nov. 18 at 1500 UTC (10:00 a.m. EST), the NOAA's GOES-West satellite saw the Tropical Depression 21E form well southwest of the western Mexican coast. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. NOAA's GOES-West satellite provided images of the birth of the latest tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Local Women's and Girls' Clubs assist with Hurricane relief

Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:54:00 +0100freeport (en)

(0) Members of the B-Fly! Girls Club at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Academy make the finale donation to Sparkle Beyond the Storm, a hurricane relief drive for girls organized by the Miss Katey's Girls Foundation and Every Girl Can Bahamas. In the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin, several women’s....