Marco is expected to hit the Louisiana Gulf Coast on Monday. Marco will be a strong tropical storm like a hurricane when it hits Louisiana. Hurricane and storm surge warnings have been issued for part of the northern Gulf Coast. Storm surge, localized flooding and strong winds are the expected …
Read More »Tropical Storm Laura Forms and May Threatens Florida, Gulf Coast New Week; Watches issued for Puerto Rico
Tropical Storm Laura has developed east of the Leeward Islands. It will continue until Saturday near the Leeward Islands with rain and gale force winds. Tropical storm surges have been issued in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. Laura can approach Florida and the Gulf of Mexico next …
Read More »Amazing Sahara dust plume sweeping across the Atlantic is the largest on record
Columns of dust are a natural phenomenon, part of the Earth’s nutrient cycle. They occur when high-speed winds pick up small dry particles from the Earth’s surface and transport them over long distances. Every summer, columns of dust from the Sahara desert in Africa cross the Atlantic Ocean. They are …
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