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Tropical Pacific Ocean conditions are still clinging to some above-average warmth in critical parts of the eastern and central regions that just meet their minimum threshold of at least 0.5 degrees Celsius for maintaining an El Niño Advisory.
A common frequently asked hurricane question is, âWhat is the Main Development region?â Well, there is not a scientific standard for the MDR, but many meteorologists consider it to be the region between Africa and the Lesser Antilles, where the majority of tropical cyclones form. Climatologists estimate that 85% of major hurricanes and 60% of all other tropical cyclones form in either the Caribbean or the Atlantic MDR.
The chance for severe storms stretches from Texas to the mid-Atlantic on Thursday. The greatest threat from the storms will be hail and damaging winds. More than 80 million people are in threat zones, including Dallas, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Raleigh.
The first full month of spring was stormy, warm and snowy according to NOAA's April 2024 climate assessment. That means through April, this year is the fifth-hottest out of the nation's 130-year climate history, and the country has endured seven billion-dollar disasters so far.
Every single tree on one Portage, Michigan yard was leveled thanks to the powerful Tuesday evening tornado. Even so, the homeowner considers himself lucky.
Cleanup efforts continue in Oklahoma after a powerful and deadly tornado with a preliminary rating of EF-4 struck the communities of Barnsdall and Bartlesville Monday night, and an intense video recorded in a local Hampton Inn shows the dramatic moments guests were running for cover as the twister hit, sending debris flying into the air while sirens blared.
Recent floods in the Rio Grande do Sul region of southern Brazil have caused catastrophic damage and loss of life.
A Lake Michigan fisherman's jumbo perch has broken Indiana's 43-year-old state record.
The nation's deadly severe weather outbreak enters its third day with a higher risk of strong, long-track tornadoes in densely populated areas.
People in Portage, Michigan, told terrifying stories of surviving a tornado that they said hit with almost no warning. It was the first of two tornadic storms that moved through the city just south of Kalamazoo.