More than a month on
from Hurricane Maria, Arecibo Observatory, the gargantuan radio telescope built into a depression in Puerto Rico's karst hills, is still waiting to resume normal operations.
In the wake of massive flooding
from Hurricane Irene, consumers may be hit with an unsuspected trick.
The study's authors expected about a 6 percent increase in rainfall
from Hurricane Harvey because of warming in the Gulf of Mexico.
In the GRL study, researchers used a statistical model based on historical climate data to separate how much of the extreme rainfall
from Hurricane Harvey was due to natural influences and how much was due to human influences.
Tropical Storm Lee's devastating sneak - attack on states just beginning to dig out
from Hurricane Irene's devastation was a recurrent theme throughout the talk.
Aerial views during an Army search and rescue mission show damage
from Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast, Oct. 30, 2012.
Damage
from Hurricane Sandy took several wastewater treatment plants offline in New Jersey, and raw sewage carrying high levels of bacteria and viruses emptied into some waterways in the northern part of the state.
The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater
from Hurricane Harvey have created a massive plume of freshwater in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening the coral reefs of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary about 100 miles offshore of Galveston.
Some of the hardest - hit reefs were still recovering
from Hurricane Hugo, which hit the islands in 1989.
First the good news: Universities and research institutions in Texas suffered far less damage than some had feared
from Hurricane Ike.
Houston is battling unprecedented floods
from Hurricane Harvey — and yet Texas's plans to protect itself from floods remain stalled
The team will give the first detailed results
from the hurricane season at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in December.
Attribution of extreme rainfall
from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017.
There's no doubt that the storm packed a punch, but the National Hurricane Center downgraded
it from hurricane to «tropical storm» on Monday, October 29.
The demotion
from hurricane to tropical storm does not make the event any less deadly, says Noah Diffenbaugh, a climate scientist at Stanford University.
$ 2.9 million for Rockland and $ 14 million to five counties in the Hudson Valley Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday announced that New York State will cover the local share of disaster response and recovery costs resulting
from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in five counties in the Hudson Valley.
The National Weather Service says that a crane has collapsed in Miami as strong wind
from Hurricane Irma blows in.
BREEZY POINT — Frustrated residents still recovering
from Hurricane Sandy railed against the city's Build It Back program, along with other city agencies and decisions made after the storm, at a town hall sponsored by the city comptroller Wednesday night.
New Berlin, N.Y. — Chobani is shipping 300,000 packages of its Greek yogurt to food banks and shelters in areas of Texas hit by massive flooding
from Hurricane Harvey.
Puerto Rico's governor says there will be no classes on Monday because hundreds of schools still do not have power or water after the island took a hit
from Hurricane Irma.
And while we are far
from Hurricane Harvey or Irma, Western New York is seeing the corresponding price...
About 4,500 inmates were evacuated from three state prisons in Brazoria County south of Houston because the nearby Brazos River is rising
from Hurricane Harvey's heavy rain.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Mr Trump lauded the efforts by Texans to extract storm victims from flooded areas of Houston and beyond after record amounts of rainfall
from Hurricane Harvey.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Hudson Valley this afternoon, his second stop of the day in communities that qualify for funding for recovery and rebuilding
from Hurricane Sandy, Tropical Storm Lee, and Hurricane Irene under a new state program.
The rain
from Hurricane Harvey had barely stopped in Texas when the first team of volunteers left Rockland to help out.
Throughout the evening, attention was drawn to the needs of the people of Puerto Rico still recovering
from hurricane damage.
President Donald Trump surveys the wreckage
from Hurricane Maria on a walking tour with first lady Melania Trump in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
We don't know yet if the team will be heading out to help communities recover
from Hurricane Irma or even Tropical Storm Jose, which is still swirling out in the Atlantic.
These numbers are even more sobering when you consider that they only reflect our present risk and a small portion of the total amount of federal disaster assistance paid out in the nine states most at risk
from Hurricane Joaquin.
A $ 30 million - grant program for communities and businesses in New York recovering
from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee is now accepting grant applications, Empire State Development and the Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week.
In announcing the outreach campaign, Gov. Scott pointed to the public's altruistic efforts to help the state bounce back
from Hurricane Irma.
Winds
from Hurricane Sandy were stronger coming off Lake Ontario than in other parts of central New York.
Governor Andrew Cuomo took a helicopter tour of areas devastated
from Hurricane Sandy, along with New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Some elected officials in New York City are adamantly seeking answers and federal aid for their communities following storm - damage
from Hurricane Irene.
«In light of reports that Mr. and Mrs. Markowitz are involved in an ongoing law enforcement investigation, out of an abundance of caution, the campaign will donate the full amount of their contributions to charities helping New Yorkers recovering
from Hurricane Sandy,» a spokesman for Schneiderman's office said in a statement.
Cuomo says he does not want to scare people, but he says there is concern that the storm predicted for Wednesday and Thursday could be potentially significant, and he says there are worries that debris that still litters many streets and yards
from Hurricane Sandy could become projectiles in high winds, and that already damaged homes could be further effected.
Puerto Rican evacuees
from Hurricane Maria's wrath last fall have been granted another six weeks of federal assistance to live in emergency motel shelters in Florida, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Thursday.
The Westchester county executive also said that the Startup NY campaign, «where this governor has the audacity to take almost $ 40 million away
from hurricane relief funds, for homeless Sandy victims, to put on TV for his thinly - disguised political campaign ads.
WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses issues stemming
from Hurricane Harvey flooding, the possibility of paths for Hurricane Irma, President Trump's priorities in the budget negotiation process, and the latest news of Trump's connections to Moscow and Russian officials.
The funds were spent promoting tourism in areas recovering
from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
New Paltz Central School District officials sent out word late tonight that they'd pre-emptively canceled classes in expectation of damage and flooding
from Hurricane Sandy.
Delays also resulted
from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when FEMA was inundated with new buyout requests.
As Puerto Rico continues its recovery
from Hurricane Maria, officials on the island are preparing for billions of dollars in federal reconstruction aid that will begin flowing in the coming months.
De Blasio, who is running for reelection this fall against Republican Nicole Malliotakis and a string of third - party candidates, told churchgoers: «It takes a lot of gall to tweet negative things about people recovering
from a hurricane while you're at your golf course playing golf.»
According to a report published by Cowen & Co. analyst Helane Becker on Tuesday, the financial toll
from the hurricane on United could be more than $ 265 million.
Libous, the top Republican fundraiser for the conference, added that Queens Republican Senate candidate Eric Ulrich has had a difficult time in recent days following the devastation
from Hurricane Sandy in his district.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $ 50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico
from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster.
Over the weekend, federal first responders were decamping
from the Hurricane Harvey havoc in Texas to head for Florida.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. government announced Tuesday that it will award $ 18.5 billion worth of disaster recovery grants to Puerto Rico to help repair homes, businesses and its crumbling power grid as the U.S. territory struggles to recover
from Hurricane Maria.
Gelman said Stringer has «worked around the clock» on Sandy relief and that he «feels strongly that we are all one city, and for that reason has worked collaboratively to target areas that suffered damages
from Hurricane Sandy, including other boroughs that were particularly hard hit,» she said.