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US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrolls
Read full article: US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrollsAmerica’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls.
These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives
Read full article: These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save livesA coastal flooding prevention project in New York City could be a model for communities along America's hurricane-battered coasts.
Hurricanes can be dangerous, but cleaning up after a storm can be even more deadly, NOAA says
Read full article: Hurricanes can be dangerous, but cleaning up after a storm can be even more deadly, NOAA saysStorm surge, strong winds, lightning and downed powerlines are all things that have taken lives during a storm, but once the storm has passed there’s another threat.
Tropical Storm Idalia has left the building after pounding Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Read full article: Tropical Storm Idalia has left the building after pounding Florida, Georgia and South CarolinaFlorida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.
LIVE TRACK: Tropical Storm Idalia targets Florida as a Category 3 hurricane
Read full article: LIVE TRACK: Tropical Storm Idalia targets Florida as a Category 3 hurricaneThe National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Idalia is near the coast of Cuba on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S. At 4 a.m. CDT Monday, the storm was about 125 miles off the western tip of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph.
Clearing skies with cooler overnight temperatures
Read full article: Clearing skies with cooler overnight temperaturesShowers and downpours continue along Florida’s Big Bend, south to Cedar Key. Locally, mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies across northeast Florida as southeast Georgia continues clearing. Cooler temperatures under clear skies tonight. Who is ready for the weekend and sunny skies?
Tropical Storm Elsa nears hurricane strength as it moves up Florida’s Gulf Coast
Read full article: Tropical Storm Elsa nears hurricane strength as it moves up Florida’s Gulf CoastWeather conditions in southern Florida were deteriorating Tuesday as Tropical Storm Elsa passed the Florida Keys and neared hurricane strength as it hit the west coast of the state.
Tropical storms warnings dropped as Eta passed over Jacksonville
Read full article: Tropical storms warnings dropped as Eta passed over JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Eta was barely handing onto tropical storm strength as it was moving over Jacksonville at 10 a.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. As the NHC put the center of the storm 10 miles southwest of Jacksonville and it was moving north-northeast at 15 mph. By 1 p.m., the storm’s sustained winds were down to 40 mph as it was moving off the coast near Fernandina Beach and moving to the north-northeast at 15 mph. By 4 p.m. Eta was 90 miles south-southwest of Charleston, South Carolina. Greater Jacksonville was forecast to see gusts up to 40 mph and bands of tropical rain, but winds nor rainfall didn’t reach near those totals for most of the area.
Eta bringing dangerous conditions to Jacksonville’s beaches
Read full article: Eta bringing dangerous conditions to Jacksonville’s beachesJACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – As Tropical Storm Eta inches up the Gulf Coast, projected to make landfall near Cedar Key early Thursday, conditions on the Atlantic Ocean side of Florida are starting to pick up. Lifeguards are warning people it will bring dangerous water conditions. “We’re expecting 20 to 35 mph sustained winds, windows higher than that,” said 1st Lt. Casey Donnell, a supervisor at Jacksonville Beach Ocean Rescue. “Your experienced swimmers, everyone is going to experience heavier surf than they’re used to. But they will not be on chairs, and rescuers are hoping to not have to go into the water after anyone.
Eta Becomes An Extratropical Low
Read full article: Eta Becomes An Extratropical LowLocation 85 miles SE of Wilmington North Carolina Wind 45 mph Heading ENE at 21 mph Pressure 29.65 Coordinates 76.8W, 33.3NDiscussionAt 400 AM EST (0900 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Eta was located near latitude 33.3 North, longitude 76.8 West. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the east-northeast near 21 mph (33 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue with an increase in forward speed through Saturday. On the forecast track, Eta is expected to gradually pull away from the southeast U.S. Coast today. Eta could intensify a little as an non-tropical cyclone during the next day or so before it becomes absorbed by a larger non-tropical cyclone on Saturday or Saturday night. Tropics Models at 3:34 Friday Night, November 13thLand HazardsSURF: Swells generated by Eta will affect portions of the southeastern United States coast today.
What steers hurricanes, and why are they so unpredictable?
Read full article: What steers hurricanes, and why are they so unpredictable?This storm traveled westward along Cuba's north coast into the Gulf of Mexico. After several days of consistent movement, hurricane advisories were issued for the western Gulf Coast. Then Elena turned toward the north and looked as if it would hit the central Gulf Coast. Every summer, a giant upper level area of high pressure, called the Bermuda High, develops. As you a probably aware, some of our strongest hurricanes move off the west coast of Africa and track westward across the Atlantic south of the Bermuda High.