Hurricane Milton becomes the Gulf’s strongest late-season storm on record
Hurricane Milton, the ninth hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, October 7, 2024. The storm exploded in strength and intensity at near record pace becoming one of the most intense hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin. This explosive strengthening was fueled in part by record to near-record warmth across the Gulf of Mexico. The warmer the ocean is, the more fuel there is for hurricanes to intensify, provided other atmospheric conditions (like wind shear) are also favorable. For more information on Milton check out
#Milton one-stop page: The latest storm forecasts, maps, imagery and more
One-stop event page for #Milton Posted October 5, 2024 NOAA's National Weather Service wants you to have the latest, most accurate information on Milton to keep you informed and safe. Here is a compilation of information that you can use before, during, and after the storm to have the most current forecasted weather conditions for your area, evacuation and shelter information, and available resources to help keep you safe. NWS offices will be using the hashtag #Milton on X throughout the event. For the Latest Storm Information NWS Jacksonville, FL Social Media: Facebook, X NWS Key West, FL Social Media:
The receding waters of Nuphar Lake, near Norris Geyser Basin
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Nuphar Lake is a small, non-thermal body of water—more pond than lake, really—adjacent to the entrance road to Norris Geyser Basin. It was mostly unremarkable until the past few years, when some interesting changes began occurring. In 2021 and 2022, the lake level started to rise dramatically, by several feet (about a meter), and the water changed color from dark green to a
Contemporary fires are less frequent but more severe in dry conifer forests of the southwestern United States
A fire-scarred southwestern white pine in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. The tree survived and recorded multiple low-severity fires, the last of which burned over 140 years ago in 1880. How do you study forest fire history? After a forest fire, surviving trees will continue to grow new layers of wood to heal fire injuries. As tree rings provide information about the growth history and age of trees, scientists can use tree-ring fire scars to obtain information about the year, season, severity, frequency, size, and fire-climate relationships of fires that occurred centuries to millennia prior to modern records. In this study
Volcano Watch — The 2024 Great Hawaii ShakeOut
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today's article is written by HVO seismologist Jefferson Chang. Back in my hanabata (younger) days, we would sometimes hear these melodic chimes slowly moving through the neighborhood. You couldn’t see where it was at first, but you knew what it was immediately. That sweet sound signaled that the manapua truck was coming by. As kids, we would hear that sound and run outside to look for the truck and wait in anticipation—all the while yelling to our neighbors that “the
Free Disaster Legal Services Available to Missourians Impacted by the May 19-27 severe storms
Free Disaster Legal Services Available to Missourians Impacted by the May 19-27 severe storms Cape Girardeau, MO – Unexpected legal issues often arise after a disaster that can leave individuals and families devastated. If you are facing legal issues resulting from the late May severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding, you may be able to get free legal advice on disaster-related issues. Disaster Legal Services (DLS) now are available to low-income, elderly and other vulnerable residents who were affected by the May 19-27 severe storms in 10 Missouri counties and are unable to afford a lawyer. The 10 Missouri counties designated
FEMA in the Field: Assisting Flood Survivors Door-to-Door
FEMA in the Field: Assisting Flood Survivors Door-to-Door Once a disaster is declared, FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams are ready to go into impacted communities. Because of this, they are often called FEMA’s “boots on the ground”. They often walk through affected areas or set up in small groups in a neighborhood facility. In coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM), FEMA DSA teams are prepared to knock on doors in Chaves County following the Oct. 19-20 storms and flooding. Their mission is to help affected residents apply to FEMA for federal financial grant assistance and
FEMA Disaster Assistance Available for New Mexicans Impacted by the Oct. 19-20 Chaves County Flood
FEMA Disaster Assistance Available for New Mexicans Impacted by the Oct. 19-20 Chaves County Flood Chaves County homeowners and renters, who sustained damage from the Oct. 19-20, 2024, severe storm and flooding may be eligible for disaster assistance under FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. FEMA disaster assistance may include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help people recover from the effects of the disaster. FEMA’s assistance offers benefits that provide flexible funding directly to survivors when needed the most. In addition, FEMA’s new simplified Individual Assistance process and expanded eligibility allows New
FlySafe Topic of the Month: Don’t Get Disoriented by Vestibular Illusions
Vestibular Illusions Which way is really up? To some, this may sound like a silly or odd question, but for pilots, this can be a real concern. Statistics show that between 5 to 10% of all general aviation accidents are attributed to spatial disorientation, and 90% of those are fatal. Spatial orientation is our natural ability to maintain our body’s orientation and/or posture in relation to the surrounding environment (physical space) at rest and during motion. This #FlySafe topic examines the vestibular illusions that you may encounter and what you can do to avoid these dangerous situations. Read More #FlySafe
Earthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute – What to do when the ground shakes…
New York City, with its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, is probably not the first place people think of when they think about earthquakes. Yet, as surreal as it sounds, earthquakes do rattle New York on occasion and we’re not just talking about in hokey disaster movies. For example, on August 10, 1884, a magnitude 5.2 quake struck near Coney Island, shaking homes, crumbling chimneys, and leaving many confused by what had happened. Would people be any less baffled if a large earthquake struck the city today? Unlike other natural disasters, earthquakes strike without warning (with limited exceptions for a