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Winter is coming: Here are 12 do’s and don’ts for preparing your garden for cold weather
As gardeners prepare for winter, protecting plants and trees from cold weather and hungry animals is vital to a flourishing garden next year.
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Tropical Storm Eta exits Florida for northern journey after leaving path of destruction
Tropical Storm Eta swept through Florida Thursday ripping roofs apart while also causing flooding and power outages on the state’s west coast.
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Flammable US landscapes guarantee another fire season like 2020′s
This fall’s major blazes are a signal of climate change in the here and now. And they’re not the only such evidence in a record hot and dry 2020 fire season, where states across the West are still putting out hot spots and mopping up the blazes.
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‘I’ve never seen anything like that.’ The reasons why Eta flooded South Florida so badly
The bulk of Tropical Storm Eta’s drenching rains fell overnight on Sunday, marking a dark slash of intense rainfall over northern Miami-Dade and southern Broward on the weather maps. The rain — more than 16 inches of it in some places — overflowed canals and retention ponds, turned roads into paddleboard territory and flooded a handful of neighborhoods, homes and apartments like Ignatushchenko’s.
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Warming may make hurricanes weaken more slowly after landfall
A new study looks at what happens after hurricanes make landfall and work their way inland. The research suggests that climate change is affecting storms during this phase of their life as well, causing them to weaken more slowly and remain destructive longer.
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Warming may make hurricanes weaken more slowly after landfall
A new study looks at what happens after hurricanes make landfall and work their way inland. The research suggests that climate change is affecting storms during this phase of their life as well, causing them to weaken more slowly and remain destructive longer. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/climate/hurricanes-climate-change-patterns.html
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Florida cities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta
The 28th named storm of a record hurricane season was the first this year to make landfall in Florida. And now a 29th named storm has formed, moving eastward over the northern Atlantic: Theta took shape Monday night, eclipsing the record set in 2005, when Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma struck the Gulf Coast.
Florida cities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta
The 28th named storm of a record hurricane season was the first this year to make landfall in Florida. And now a 29th named storm has formed, moving eastward over the northern Atlantic: Theta took shape Monday night, eclipsing the record set in 2005, when Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma struck the Gulf Coast.
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Colder months can be perfect time to photograph gardens
The coronavirus has led more people to spend time outdoors, and many find themselves walking the same paths and gazing at the same trees or shrubs day after day.
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Colder months can be perfect time to photograph gardens
The coronavirus has led more people to spend time outdoors, and many find themselves walking the same paths and gazing at the same trees or shrubs day after day.
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The 2020 hurricane season just became the most active in history with Theta
The 2020 hurricane season just became the most active in recorded history as Subtropical Storm Theta formed in the Atlantic.
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Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east and in northern Nicaragua.
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On weather maps, Pennsylvania flips from blue to red. How long will the warm air hang around?
Pennsylvania’s continued ballot count from the general election showed the state possibly flipping from red to blue early Thursday. Weather maps, on the other hand, were flipping from blue to red.
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Gulf storm damage causes polling place moves, power outages
Storm destruction caused polling places to be moved in Louisiana, and utility companies and election officials scrambled to restore power, or make sure generators were available, at polling places in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Election officials expressed confidence that the sites would be operational Tuesday.
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Zeta’s toll on a Louisiana island: ‘Like a bomb was dropped’
Zeta came ashore on the southeast Louisiana coast, near Cocodrie, on Wednesday evening with 110 mph (177 kph) winds, just shy of Category 3 strength. It hit hard on Grand Isle, a popular waterside getaway and recreational fishing destination. With a population of about 1,500, the seaside landscape is dominated by rustic fishing camps and vacation homes on pilings high above the flood-prone ground.
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8 things you should know if you’re voting with the environment in mind
Here’s what you need to know about the major elections if you are voting with the environment in mind.
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Zeta's toll on a Louisiana island: 'Like a bomb was dropped'
Zeta came ashore on the southeast Louisiana coast, near Cocodrie, on Wednesday evening with 110 mph (177 kph) winds, just shy of Category 3 strength. It hit hard on Grand Isle, a popular waterside getaway and recreational fishing destination. With a population of about 1,500, the seaside landscape is dominated by rustic fishing camps and vacation homes on pilings high above the flood-prone ground.
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Eta ties 2005 for the most Atlantic storms in a single year
Tropical Storm Eta formed overnight in the Caribbean, becoming the Atlantic’s 28th storm of 2020 and tying a 2005 record for the most named systems in a single year in records going back to 1851.
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Wetlands helped stop flooding from Sandy. Now a BJ’s may move in.
State and city authorities agree, having approved plans for the membership-only warehouse club chain and an 800-car parking lot on the site, part of the Graniteville Swamp. The decision has set off new wrangling over how best to handle development on Staten Island’s diverse, working-class northern tip.
Wetlands helped stop flooding from Sandy. Now a BJ’s may move in.
State and city authorities agree, having approved plans for the membership-only warehouse club chain and an 800-car parking lot on the site, part of the Graniteville Swamp. The decision has set off new wrangling over how best to handle development on Staten Island’s diverse, working-class northern tip. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/nyregion/wetlands-staten-island-bjs.html