The satellite in question is called the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder, or SSMIS. According to NOAA, the data from ...

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While 15 hurricanes have passed close to New Jersey since 1850, only one made landfall and ran through the state as a ...

As Vermont’s land-grant university, the University of Vermont, too, aims to serve the people of the Green Mountain State.

The Atlantic hurricane season started Sunday, June 1 and much like last year, weather forecasters are predicting another above-normal season.

Hurricane season in the Atlantic basin—the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea—runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, though some hurricanes do form outside of this season. Hurricanes are ...

We looked at National Hurricane Center records to see when the first named tropical storm and hurricane has formed over the past 30 years.

The state began new flood protection efforts after being battered by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Many appeared to be effective, but experts say more will be needed as storms become more extreme.

In 2011, Irene killed at least 40 people in 11 states and caused more than $6.5 billion in damage. Some officials fear the current rains could surpass Irene’s.

[anvplayer video=”5050870″ station=”998132″] August 28 marks the 10th anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene hitting the Capital Region. It was a storm unlike many in the area had ever seen.

Tropical Storm Irene- Severe to Catastrophic Flooding – High Wind Event. Sunday August 28, 2011. Ten years ago today the combination of a predecessor period of rain and a direct strike from ...