This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share * until 7 p.m. | until 11 p.m. *5:30 p.m. — 50,000 customers without power as storms waneAccording to , about 50,000 customers are without power in D.C., Maryland and Virginia after the storms which have now mostly pushed over the Chesapeake Bay and Southern Maryland, where they have lost a bit of their earlier punch.The storms produced dozens of reports of downed trees across the region and gusts to at least 60 mph. Doppler radar estimated gusts over 70 mph just above the ground but it’s not clear whether winds that...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share * until 7 p.m. | until 11 p.m. *5:30 p.m. — 50,000 customers without power as storms waneAccording to , about 50,000 customers are without power in D.C., Maryland and Virginia after the storms which have now mostly pushed over the Chesapeake Bay and Southern Maryland, where they have lost a bit of their earlier punch.The storms produced dozens of reports of downed trees across the region and gusts to at least 60 mph. Doppler radar estimated gusts over 70 mph just above the ground but it’s not clear whether winds that...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe day after the Commerce Department inspector general released the results of an into President Trump’s inaccurate statements regarding Hurricane Dorian last September, Trump sent a problematic tweet about the path of Tropical Storm Fay.The tweet, posted just after 1 p.m. Friday, said that the storm, making landfall in New Jersey, was headed toward the “Great State of New Hamphire,” justifying the rescheduling of a campaign rally on Saturday evening in Portsmouth. Yet the National Hurricane Center only included the very...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe day after the Commerce Department inspector general released the results of an into President Trump’s inaccurate statements regarding Hurricane Dorian last September, Trump sent a problematic tweet about the path of Tropical Storm Fay.The tweet, posted just after 1 p.m. Friday, said that the storm, making landfall in New Jersey, was headed toward the “Great State of New Hamphire,” justifying the rescheduling of a campaign rally on Saturday evening in Portsmouth. Yet the National Hurricane Center only included the very...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMultiple rounds of intense, boisterous thunderstorms roared through the Washington region Monday evening and persisted deep into the night, producing damaging winds over 60 mph and up to 8 inches of flooding rain.The storms focused their wrath from the area around the Beltway to the east and southeast, where they unloaded copious rainfall.Fueled by afternoon temperatures that soared into the mid-90s amid suffocating humidity levels, the storms emitted frequent lightning that cut power to 18,000 customers in Northern...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMultiple rounds of intense, boisterous thunderstorms roared through the Washington region Monday evening and persisted deep into the night, producing damaging winds over 60 mph and up to 8 inches of flooding rain.The storms focused their wrath from the area around the Beltway to the east and southeast, where they unloaded copious rainfall.Fueled by afternoon temperatures that soared into the mid-90s amid suffocating humidity levels, the storms emitted frequent lightning that cut power to 18,000 customers in Northern...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAn investigation conducted on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that agency leadership violated its scientific integrity policy through actions that led to the release of a that backed President Trump’s false statement about the path of Hurricane Dorian, according a new report.The NOAA statement, issued Sept. 6, 2019, contradicted its own meteorologists at a weather forecast office in Birmingham, Ala.The scandal over the forecast for Hurricane Dorian has come to be known as...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAn investigation conducted on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that agency leadership violated its scientific integrity policy through actions that led to the release of a that backed President Trump’s false statement about the path of Hurricane Dorian, according a new report.The NOAA statement, issued Sept. 6, 2019, contradicted its own meteorologists at a weather forecast office in Birmingham, Ala.The scandal over the forecast for Hurricane Dorian has come to be known as...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA new study provides observational evidence that the odds of major hurricanes around the world — Category 3, 4 and 5 storms — are increasing because of human-caused global warming. The implications of this finding, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are far-reaching for coastal residents, insurers and policymakers, as the most intense hurricanes cause the most damage.The study, by a group of researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Wisconsin at Madison,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA new study provides observational evidence that the odds of major hurricanes around the world — Category 3, 4 and 5 storms — are increasing because of human-caused global warming. The implications of this finding, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are far-reaching for coastal residents, insurers and policymakers, as the most intense hurricanes cause the most damage.The study, by a group of researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Wisconsin at Madison,...WW…