severe weather events

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 NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season. 

For the 2022 hurricane season, NOAA is forecasting a likely range of 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 6 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence.

The increased activity anticipated this hurricane season is attributed to several climate factors, including the ongoing La Niña that is likely to persist throughout the hurricane season, warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, weaker tropical Atlantic trade winds and an enhanced west African monsoon. An enhanced west African monsoon supports stronger African Easterly Waves, which seed many of the strongest and longest lived hurricanes during most seasons.

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2022-atlantic-hurricane-season

Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Floods, Wildfire, Winter Weather

https://www.osha.gov/hurricane

“New Orleans: Then and now photos, 16 years after Katrina”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/08/28/hurricane-katrina-orleans-rebuilt-photos/

Recommended Books

"Katrina: After the Flood" - Gary Rivlin 

 (August 2016)  

"Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina" - Sandy Rosenthal   August 2020

Hurricane safety, hazards, climatology, tracks, center, forecast, and education

 National Hurricane Center (noaa.gov)

NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory  

"New hurricane research supports advances to NOAA’s 2022 forecasts"

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/news/aoml-hurricane-research-2022/

According to Jason Dunion, the 2022 NOAA Hurricane Field Program director, “instead of waiting for storms to come to us, this year we’ll go to them.”

National Hurricane Center

Experimental Peak Storm Surge Forecast

Winter Storm Safety

https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/winter-storm.html#/Prepare

NOAA Office of Costal Management

"Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper"

https://www.coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/flood-exposure.html

NOAA Weather Prediction Center

Excessive Rainfall Outlook (ERO)

CAHF.org

 PowerPoint Presentation (cahf.org) 

CDC

"Creating and Storing an Emergency Water Supply"

CDC

"Prepare Your Health"

https://www.cdc.gov/prepyourhealth/index.htm

CDC

"Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety"

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/guide.html

CDC

Natural Disasters and Severe Weather

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/index.html