Tag: Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Sally Could Hit New Orleans as Category 2 Hurricane

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Tropical Storm Sally is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and is expected to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday, possibly as a Category 2 hurricane. “It’s going to be really close,” said Mike Efferson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Slidell, La., which covers New Orleans and Baton… Continue reading Tropical Storm Sally Could Hit New Orleans as Category 2 Hurricane

Hurricanes Keep Getting More Destructive

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A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which is menacing the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural climate cycles, reductions in air pollution and man-made climate change, experts say. The… Continue reading Hurricanes Keep Getting More Destructive