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Louisiana braces for its 3rd dangerous hurricane in only 6 weeks
By Rafi Letzter published
People in Louisiana are still living in tents after Hurricane Laura made landfall in August.

Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones: Earth's tropical windstorms
By Tiffany Means published
Hurricanes and typhoons — or more broadly, tropical cyclones — begin as clusters of thunderstorms over tropical ocean waters, taking anywhere from several hours to days to become organized.

Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead.

Hurricane season is so active in 2020, we ran out of names
By Mindy Weisberger published
With the formation of Tropical Storm Wilfred on Sept. 18, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season reached the end of its storm names list and will now "go Greek."

Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image
By Brandon Specktor published
An epic series of satellite images shows smokes from the California wildfires clashing with hurricanes in the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Sally makes landfall as Category 2 storm, bringing extreme winds and flooding
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
The slow-moving storm is toppling trees, cutting power and dropping extreme amounts of rain.

Hurricane Sally expected to bring 'historic flooding' to the Gulf Coast
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
"Extreme life-threatening" flash flooding is likely through Wednesday along the central Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Sally set to batter a Louisiana still reeling from Hurricane Laura
By Rafi Letzter published
Louisiana already has 23,000 climate refugees living in shelters following Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Sally will flood the region beginning today.
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