Although winter did not officially begin until this past Monday — December 21st – Mother Nature delivered a walloping of snow to a large portion of the northeastern United States last Wednesday and Thursday. The heaviest snow from this storm fell over portions of northern Pennsylvania, Upstate New York, and central and northern New England,…
Just two weeks agio Hurricane Eta devastated large portions of Central America with strong winds, heavy rain, mudslides, and storm surge. But there was no rest for the storm-battered region, as Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua this week as a category 4 hurricane. Iota’s landfall was just 15 miles to the north of Eta’s….
The 2020 North Atlantic Hurricane Season has certainly been hyper-active. And now it is officially record-breaking. Tropical Storm Theta became the 29th named storm of the season Monday night. This number surpasses the previous record of 28 named storms set in 2005. And it is likely that the number of named storms will continue to…
The State of Louisiana is certainly no stranger to hurricanes and tropical storms. This year has been exceptionally busy, though. Hurricane Delta became the latest storm to strike the state when it make landfall last week as a category 2 hurricane last Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. Delta was the sixth tropical…
Although thunderstorms are usually associated with summer in the northeastern United States, fall has produced its fair share of intense weather as well. That’s exactly what happened on Wednesday over Upstate New York and New England, when a line of severe thunderstorms struck the region. This included an EF0 tornado that touched down in Montgomery…
Wildfires are nothing new to the state of California. But this year’s fires have taken an especially devastating toll on the state. One fire in particular, the August Complex Fire, has become the largest fire in state history, having consumed 471,185 acres as of Thursday afternoon. This beat the previous record of 459,000 acres set…
In most places with warm summers and cold winters, a months long autumn separates the summer from the winter. The front range of the Rocky Mountains are about to go through a drastic seasonal transition this weekend into early next thanks to a strong push of unseasonable cold air from Canada. Summer will be in…
When one thinks of places in the United States getting hit by tornadoes, New England usually does not come to mind. But on Thursday, it was Connecticut’s turn to get hit as a cluster of thunderstorms produced two tornado touchdowns in the state. The first touchdown was an EF0 tornado in the small town of…
The 2020 North Atlantic Hurricane Season thus far has featured a historic amount of named storms. So far, Hurricane Laura was the strongest of them all. Laura made landfall in western Louisiana as a strong category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of roughly 150 mph. It was the strongest hurricane (by wind speed) to…