The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has put the final touches on a system designed to alert U.S. territories when a tsunami strike is imminent.
The system was initiated shortly after a devastating tsunami killed more than 300,000 Indonesians on Dec. 26, 2004. The gargantuan wave was caused by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Because the
The system was initiated shortly after a devastating tsunami killed more than 300,000 Indonesians on Dec. 26, 2004. The gargantuan wave was caused by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Because the
The NOAA recently completed a study that said a warming global ocean could positively influence the winds that shear off the tops of developing hurricanes.
Increased economic damages from hurricanes in the United States are due to the country's growing population and wealth centered on coastlines, not to any spike in the number or intensity of hurricanes
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recently completed a study concluding that a warming global ocean could influence the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms. This
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that Bill Read has been named the new director of the NOAA's Tropical Prediction Center, which includes the National Hurricane Center and
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that Bill Read has been named the new director of the NOAA's Tropical Prediction Center, which includes the National Hurricane Center and
When the 2007 hurricane season came to a close, storm forecasters at the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University must have felt some confliction over the events that occurred.
"We were lucky this year, and the heightened threat from destructive storms remains and is expected to last for a number of years to come," said Marc Racicot, president of the American Insurance Assoc