Weather forecasters tracking a previously powerful Category 3 hurricane in the mid-Atlantic said Monday it had weakened to a tropical storm headed toward the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada.
National Guard helicopters flew over Vermont on Tuesday to airlift food, water and supplies to besieged towns that are isolated due to washed out bridges and highways.
“Every storm comes up with a surprise. In this case it was one where it went downhill.” — BILL READ, National Hurricane Center director, explaining there is still plenty of ground to cover in forecasting hurricanes, but he would rather have a storm weaken than strengthen (via CNN)
In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene heavy flooding inundated Vermont’s central and southern villages and took down infrastructures. The state was unprepared, as it had not seen such floods since the 1900s.
Yes, some people have jobs coming up with names for hurricanes. Easy? Not exactly.
If current weather models hold, a tropical storm (or quite possible a hurricane) could be crossing the ravaged Haitian landscape by late Friday night. The U.S. government advises outsiders to stay away.
Blame the weatherman?
The storm may be moving west of the oil spill in the Gulf, but the momentary panic revealed just how fragile a situation the ongoing recovery remains.
Well before dawn Sunday morning, tropical storm Alex made landfall over Mexico. Now forecasters are trying to predict what will happen when the storm re-enters the Gulf of Mexico in a couple hours. (via NOAA)
Out in the Caribbean Sea, forecasters are already watching a vast stretch of unstable weather – weather that now has a 40 percent chance of a coalescing into a tropical cyclone by Friday. (via NOAA)
