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01 Nov 2009 08:49

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World: The Philippines have been typhoon-ravaged over the last month

  • 14+ people died in the wake of Typhoon Mirinae yesterday
  • four typhoons have hit the Philippines in the last month source

16 Aug 2009 20:25

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U.S., World: The quiet hurricane season finally burped this weekend

  • three storms number of tropical storms – Ana, Bill and Claudette – that formed this weekend
  • eleven weeks the amount of time the hurricane season’s been going on so far; it’s running late source

13 Aug 2009 11:24

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World: Could climate change be causing more hurricanes?

  • now We average about 17 hurricanes and tropical storms each year – a fairly high level.
  • before We haven’t reached an activity level this unusually high over the last thousand years. source

09 Apr 2009 21:53

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U.S., World: The hurricane season won’t be quite so busy this year

  • 11-14 forecasted named storms this season source