Saturday, 19 September 2020

Tropical Storm Beta, (the second letter of the Greek alphabet) has formed in the Gulf Of Mexico just days after Hurricane Sally dumped horrendous amounts of rainfall along the Gulf coast; A life-threatening surge storm surge and hurricane-force winds are expected along portions of the Texas coast

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  Beta forms just days after Hurricane Sally, credit RSOE Just days after Hurricane Sally dumped horrendous amounts of rainfall along the Gu...

We're gonna need a bigger alphabet; Forecasters run out of traditional names for storms as three new systems form in about six hours forcing them to begin using the Greek alphabet; Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally

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The Remnants of Sally affecting the Carolinas LOXLEY, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the ...
Friday, 18 September 2020

If you thought climate change would be a slow phenomenon well, think again. Climate change arrived like a thief in the night and by 2020 had reached "WHAM-BAM-THANK-YOU-MAM" proportions: Joking aside, 2020 has been the year when even the most stoic optimist would have begun to see the glass half empty.

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Desert Times If you thought climate change would be a slow phenomenon well, think again. Climate change arrived like a thief in the night in...
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Thursday, 17 September 2020

Sally the second hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in less than three weeks and the latest to blow in during one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever: Moving at just 3 mph (5 kph), Sally battered the Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama, metropolitan areas encompassing nearly 1 million people

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Earthwindmap showing the incredible amounts of water produced by Hurricane Sally PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the ...

Almost 5 million acres destroyed 34 deaths, many more missing and thousands of homes burnt to the ground as the scale of the west coast fires become apparent: Mobile morgue set up in Oregon: A thick, blanket of smoke trapped by mountain ranges on either side in Washington State.

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San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid and Salesforce Tower are seen amid daytime smoke from wildfires on Wednesday. Photograph: Eric Risberg/...