The National Hurricane Center had warned the storm surge could be higher than many buildings. Here’s what to know.
Author: Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY
As death toll in Maui fire rises, here’s how it compares to the deadliest fires in the US
At least 111 people died in the Maui wildfire, now one of at least 18 wildfires that have claimed 10 or more lives in the US
Earth sees warmest July ‘by a long shot’ in 174 years. What it means for the rest of 2023.
Earth sees its warmest July in 174 years and possibly its warmest month on record, scientists with NASA and NOAA reported.
Florida’s coral reef is in danger. Scientists say rescued corals may aid recovery
Record marine heat wave bakes Florida corals, while scientists nurse rescued coral fragments that could one day aid recovery.
Atlantic ocean hurricane season may be more eventful than normal, NOAA says
NOAA slightly increased its outlook this week for the 2023 hurricane season.
Brooke, an American alligator, gets exam at University of Florida’s veterinary school
Brooke, a 376-pound resident of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, got a CT scan and other tests at the University of Florida’s vet school
101.1 degrees? Water temperatures off Florida Keys among hottest in the world
South Florida water temperatures have reached world-record highs, scientists say, and climate change is at least partly responsible.
Heat record after heat record will be broken in 2023. Here’s how to make sense of it all.
The dizzying headlines are unlikely to slow down over the next few weeks, or in the years to come as climate change reshapes the world’s weather.
At least 10 dead amid public gun violence in US cities over long Fourth of July weekend
Public gun violence had claimed at least 10 lives and injured dozens more people across the country over the long holiday weekend.
The oceans are unusually hot and on track to get hotter. That’s not good.
Roughly 40% of the world’s oceans are experiencing marine heat waves, the most since satellite tracking started in 1991.