Tropical weather
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A new study released earlier this week by Nature Communications shows that in recent years, hurricanes in the Atlantic have been strengthening more quickly than in previous decades, according to a study by a number of US hurricane experts. We saw that this past year with Hurricane Michael, which strengthened to a category 4 storm…
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The South Carolina State Climate Office released a new online map-journal today describing the impacts of Hurricane Florence on South Carolina after the storm made landfall in North Carolina. Very cool! You can check it out at https://scdnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=c2d63441bc974cadb52f0bed7528aae1.
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You all remember the scenes of devastated forests after recent storms like Hurricane Michael, which caused billions of dollars of damage to forests in the Southeast this fall. Other big hurricanes in past years have also caused significant damage to forests. But how do the forests repair themselves after a big storm? The Scientist has…
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The latest newsletter from the IFAS Extension office in northwest Florida provided an update on the state of forage supplies and quality for livestock producers in that area. Producers who were fortunate to have baleage bagged before Hurricane Michael found many of their rolls to be damaged in the storm, leading to problems with quality.…
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The Panama City News-Herald reported today that the insured losses from Hurricane Michael have climbed above $5.4 billion as of this week, with 74 percent of the claims settled so far. Most of these are property damage claims. You can read more here.
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The Georgia Ag Forecast was presented around the state this week at a series of meetings with producers. It shows that recovery from Hurricane Michael has been slow and that some producers are still harvesting cotton in January, which has never happened before. One cotton gin in southwest Georgia was expecting to handle 180,000 bales…
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The Tampa Bay Times had an interesting article earlier this week about the continuing impacts of Hurricane Michael on some of Florida’s state parks. Note that while the original story said “after five months” but it got corrected twice to “almost four months” and then to “more than three months”. A little calendar-challenged to start,…