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How do cyclones form? Can hurricanes be stopped? And how to protect yourself
August 25, 2012 |
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The storm is expected to reach Category 2 and hit New Orleans seven years to the date when Katrina devastated the city
Hurricane season begins in May and lasts through November, producing dozens of powerful hurricanes. In this episode of Instant Egghead, Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains how these massive storms get their start.
Tropical cyclones are nature's most powerful storms. Can they be stopped?
The Fukushima evacuation zone raises the issue of what would happen during an evacuation in heavily populated U.S. metropolises during a nuclear meltdown
Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew decimated South Florida, Florida International University in Miami has opened a state-of-the-art hurricane simulator to study the destructive effects of major storm systems.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast. The storm season starts again this June--and every June. Can coastal communities ever be safeguarded?
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