Houston continues to succumb to storms like Beryl. The solutions aren’t coming fast enough

HOUSTON (AP) — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she headed to a cooling center in Houston for relief from the summer heat, even as the city’s utility warned it could take longer than hoped to restore everyone’s electricity. “It’s … Read more

Hurricane hunters fly through extreme storms to predict intensity – here’s what happens when the plane crashes into the eyewall

As a hurricane intensifies, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can’t, sending them to meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center. Jason Dunion, a meteorologist at the University of Miami who has led hurricane … Read more

Hurricane hunters fly through extreme storms to predict intensity – here’s what happens when the plane crashes into the eyewall

As a hurricane intensifies, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can’t, sending them to meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center. Jason Dunion, a meteorologist at the University of Miami who has led hurricane … Read more