As Hurricane Larry curved north in the Atlantic in 2021, sparing the eastern seaboard of the United States, a special instrument was waiting for it on the coast of Newfoundland. Because hurricanes feed on warm ocean water, scientists wondered whether such a storm could pick up microplastics from the sea surface and deposit them when … Read more
Hobart Hurricanes beat Sydney Thunder by 24 runs in the WBBL 2023 on Monday, October 30 at the Aurora Stadium in Launceston. After opting to bat first, the Hurricanes scored 174 for the loss of three wickets. Lizelle Lee emerged as the top-scorer with a knock of 91 off 54 with 12 fours and two … Read more
ACAPULCO, Mexico — More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Saturday that his opponents are trying to inflate the toll to damage … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Tropical activity abounds in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, where the oceans are churning out named storms as if it’s still September. Norma slammed into Mexico over the weekend and another storm seems eager to do the same, while Hurricane Tammy could soon have company in … Read more
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. The storms were each Category 1 hurricanes when they hit. There was a threat of … Read more
The worldwide cholera surge drove a vaccine scarcity proper when nations wanted it most. Malawi previously used the cholera vaccine for prevention, however “now when you don’t have an outbreak, you don’t get the vaccine,” stated Otim Patrick Ramadan, WHO incident supervisor for regional cholera response in Africa. In response to the scarcity, the worldwide … Read more
Early Tuesday morning, Tropical Storm Idalia strengthened into Hurricane Idalia, charting a course for Florida’s west coast and panhandle. Its most sustained winds have already reached almost 100 miles per hour, and it’s anticipated to maintain feeding on exceptionally heat ocean waters and intensifying earlier than making landfall early Wednesday. It’s going to pound Florida—together … Read more