USGS Is Installing 20 Storm-Tide Sensors Along Puerto Rican Coast for Isaac
Storm surge is among the most dangerous natural hazards unleashed by hurricanes, with the capacity to destroy homes and businesses, wipe out roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, and profoundly alter coastal landscapes.
Hurricane Florence, already a monster, is due to strengthen as 1 million people are told to flee the US East Coast
More than 1 million people face mandatory evacuation orders Tuesday in coastal areas of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, as one of the strongest hurricanes to churn toward the eastern seaboard in decades – a Category 4 storm that may approach Category 5 strength – nears shore.
Fossil fuel dependence poses ‘direct existential threat’, warns UN chief
United Nations secretary general António Guterres has warned that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change”.