Hurricane Beryl swept into Texas early Monday with heavy rains and powerful winds, knocking out power to 1.5 million homes and businesses and flooding streets with fast-rising waters as first responders raced to rescue stranded residents.
Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.
Hurricane Ivan hit Gulf Shores, Alabama, in September of 2004. It brought damage and power outages far inland, including in Montgomery.
Why has the National Hurricane Center forecasted an especially busy 2024 season?
You may think that being in Central Alabama would protect us from the effects of tropical weather. But we can and do receive damage.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm on Wednesday and was unleashing life-threatening storm surges and rainfall in an area not accustomed to such pummeling.
Florida residents are preparing for the expected arrival of Idalia, which could become a major hurricane when it hits the U.S. later this week.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday for most of the state’s Gulf coast as forecasters say a weather system off the coast of Mexico could soon become a tropical storm and start moving toward the area.
While hurricanes often bring fatalities and property damage, weather experts say they are actually a necessary part of Earth’s weather system.
Bluewater Chief Meteorologist Rich Thomas was just one of many weather experts to attend the 2023 National Tropical Weather Conference to examine forecasting trends for the upcoming hurricane season.
