Joy Moses Hall: Storm surge and hurricane rain
A brutal cyclone season now simmers down; from savage storm surges in coastal Florida to ruthless rain faraway in western North Carolina, the long recovery begins. The devastation of a hurricane starts with sunny days. Sunbeams and Sol-shine spread to Earth from the Sun, warming our oceans, especially in the tropics where the Sun’s strong arc sizzles high overhead, baking the bounding brine. Warm oceans heat the air above. When...
Hurricane Milton forecast: Worst case scenario with cataclysmic storm surge beyond Helene
Hurricane Milton remains on a collision course with west-central Florida, with landfall as a major hurricane expected overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. Milton will bring catastrophic surge damage to a broad swath of west-central and Southwest Florida, potentially including Tampa Bay, damaging coastal and inland winds to Central Florida, and flooding rains to central and north-Central Florida. ...