At 5 p.m. PT, midnight UTC, Wednesday, Tropical Storm Adrian became Hurricane Adrian, the first hurricane of the 2011 season, according to an advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center. The storm, centered about 265 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, has reached sustained winds of approximately 75 mph, just topping the 74 mph requirement [...]
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Dec 15
High Winds, Flooding Rain Blast Atlantic Canada
A powerful and abnormally warm December storm has racked Atlantic Canada triggering flooding and power blackouts. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and eastern Quebec weathered high winds and heavy rain from Monday into Wednesday as the storm shifted slowly eastward. The Gaspe Peninsula of eastern Quebec suffered due to excessive rainfall and flooding. [...]
Jun 29
BP oil disaster costing $4M an hour
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The first major storm of the Atlantic season looked set to miss the oil spill as it barrelled through the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, offering some respite to BP as its disaster costs soar. The region remained on edge as experts warned strong swells and winds could, nonetheless, reach the slick [...]
Apr 02
List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
This is a list of all recorded Atlantic hurricanes that have reached Category 5, the highest classification of tropical cyclone intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Category 5 storms are the most catastrophic hurricanes that can form, and occur only about once every three years on average in the Atlantic basin. Only four times — [...]