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No tropical cyclone activity is expected over the next seven days, but Hurricane Center forecasters are watching the tropics ...
An average of 3.5 storms typically would have formed by now, but there have been no named tropical cyclones in this hemisphere so far.
NOAA changed its naming convention for the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. Geological Survey changed the name on U.S. maps per President ... wind patterns near the Philippines.
LARAMIE -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology ...
Phivolcs said the ACER-DeLTA Project focuses on the rapid development of liquefaction and tsunami hazard maps for vulnerable low-lying areas in the Philippines. The turnover marked an important step ...
Earlier this year Cal Fire — the state’s firefighting agency — released an updated set of fire hazard maps, the first in almost 15 years. These new maps focus on cities, counties and other ...
The goal is that the information will help researchers develop geologic maps of resources and hazards in three dimensions. USGS said the aircraft will be equipped with an elongated “boom” that ...
What he doesn’t see is a eucalyptus grove — as indicated by an outdated map Cal Fire recently used to determine that his property was in a “very high” fire hazard severity zone.
A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually pulling the African continent apart, potentially creating a new ocean.