Second Tropical Depression Of Atlantic Season Forms
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Tropical Depression 2 formed in the western Caribbean Sea during the early afternoon hours (Eastern Daylight Time) on June 17. NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured an image of the storm as it consolidated enough to...
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With as many as eleven hurricanes predicted this year, preparing homes for the season is imperative for Louisiana residents. Natchitoches, LA (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 Louisiana is no stranger to hurricane season. Although the official start this year was marked by June 1, the threat of a hurricane is a worry residents will not soon forget. With storms such as Isaac, Rita and Katrina being just a few of many that have brought devastation to the state, preparedness is imperative. This year,...
According to abcnews.go.com, rainfall from a weakened Andrea, the first named storm of 2013 hurricane season, more than doubled record totals across the Northeast set in the early 1900’s. Water damage expert SI Restoration responded to the unique event by updating their Flood Service information page on their official website, hoping to help and educate those in Andrea’s wake. Mount Laurel, NJ (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 Jake Pearson’s June 8, 2013 report via abcnews.go.com offered...
StructureMEDIC, a storm damage team, has announced its assistance to Washington, DC and Maryland homeowners whose homes were damaged by Tropical Storm Andrea. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 07, 2013 Stephen Elliott, Owner of StuctureMEDIC, a storm damage team based in Atlanta, GA, has announced that his team is set to travel wherever they are needed in the coming weeks as homeowners recover from damage caused by the powerful force of Tropical Storm Andrea. Elliott announced on Thursday that his...
NASA Tropical Storm Barbara strengthened into a hurricane just before it made landfall late on May 29, and after landfall it weakened into a tropical depression. NASA satellite imagery showed that cloud tops warmed and thunderstorms became more fragmented around the storm's center after Barbara made landfall. Barbara is moving across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec today, May 30. Barbara could regenerate over the Bay of Campeche, on the Gulf of Mexico side of Mexico, and satellite imagery is...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online When thick ice covered the Arctic during the last ice age, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below the ice that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive the global ocean currents slowed or possibly even stopped. A new study reveals that the deep Arctic Ocean has been churning briskly for the last 35,000 years, through the chill of the last ice age and warmth of modern times. These findings, published in the journal...
GALVESTON, Texas, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hurricanes that form in the Gulf of Mexico tend to catch gulf residents off guard - often forming in the month of June - and can develop into surprisingly strong storms, says a Texas A&M University at Galveston professor. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120502/DC99584LOGO) William Merrell, holder of the George Mitchell '40 Chair in Marine Sciences and former head of the Texas Center for Beaches and Shores...
Senior Living Needs Likely to Increase in Oklahoma Due to Devastating Tornado SEATTLE, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With an increase in severe weather over the past several years, A Place for Mom(®), the nation's largest senior living referral service, has learned that these events have become a major catalyst for senior housing transitions in the United States. As the 2013 hurricane season approaches, A Place for Mom has released data from more than 1,700 seniors and families that...
NASA The Hurricane Season of the Eastern Pacific Ocean officially begins today, May 15 and the first tropical depression of the season formed. Tropical Depression One-E was seen by NASA’s Aqua satellite while it was developing. The first tropical depression formed around 11 a.m. EDT on May 15. NASA’s Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Depression 1-E (TD1E) at 0823 UTC (4:23 a.m. EDT) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured an infrared image of the storm. AIRS...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers writing in the Royal Meteorological Society publication Weather said forecasting winter weather over Europe has become more difficult over the years. A team at the National Oceanography Center uncovered the relationship between winter weather and the strength of the airflow coming in from the Atlantic, saying it is stronger in some years than others. This airflow is one of the factors used by meteorologists to predict...
Madeira Beach waterfront homes still raking in profits for buyers and sellers alike. ARME Realty.com releases a web development toolkit designed to bring those buyers and sellers together online. Madeira Beach, FL (PRWEB) May 05, 2013 Madeira Beach waterfront homes can be difficult to find for buyers, and yet difficult for owners to sell as well. The current economy has made the real estate market seem like a very scary place, but there are areas recovering. Madeira Beach waterfront homes...
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Tristan da Cunha is an archipelago of five islands within the southern Atlantic Ocean, the biggest of which is the island of Tristan da Cunha itself and the second-biggest, the isolated bird haven Gough Island. It creates a portion of a wider territory named Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which incorporates Saint Helena and Ascension Island. The main island, Tristan da Cunha, is fairly mountainous; the only flat area is the location of the capital, Edinburgh of the Seven...
The Arctic Ocean which is located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the shallowest and smallest of the world’s five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization recognizes it as an ocean, although, some oceanographers consider it as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply, the Arctic Sea, classifying it a Mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be considered as the northernmost...
The Black Sea is a sea located in south-eastern Europe. It’s bordered by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is eventually connected to the Atlantic Ocean by means of the Mediterranean and the Aegean Seas and a variety of straits. The Bosphorus Strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the Strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean Sea area of the Mediterranean. These waters divide eastern Europe and western Asia. The Black Sea is connected to the Sea of Azov by the...
Baffin Bay, which is located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It’s connected to the Atlantic by Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea. A narrower Nares Strait connects the Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean. The Baffin Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is bordered by Baffin Island towards the west, Greenland towards the east, and Ellesmere Island towards the north. It is connected to the Atlantic through the Davis...
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean that is located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It’s bordered by Mexico and Central America towards the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and towards the south by South America. The whole area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and neighboring coasts, are together known as the Caribbean. The sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of...
