Still early, but here are the details we know from USGS: Magnitude 8.0 – 96km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico Time 2017-09-08 04:49:17 (UTC) Location15.029°N 93.807°W Depth 35.0 km From the Pacific tsunami warning center: TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST ———————– * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF MEXICO… GUATEMALA… EL…
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September 8, 2017 at 12:53AM
From this imagery earlier, it certainly looks like it. It is certainly wider than the Florida Peninsula, and it’s diameter looks to be as large as Florida is long. From the National Hurricane Center at 11PM EDT tonight: Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 75 miles (120 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward…
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September 7, 2017 at 11:22PM
Guest post by David Middleton Caribbean battered as Irma, most powerful hurricane ever, makes landfall Winds of 151mph recorded before monitoring equipment is destroyed by the storm, as eye of hurricane passes over Barbuda and neighbouring Antigua The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has made its first landfall on the islands of…
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September 7, 2017 at 09:22PM
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study claims that the contribution of big oil companies to hurricane intensity can be calculated with sufficient precision to determine how much fossil fuel companies should pay as compensation for storm damage. Big Oil must pay for climate change. Now we can calculate how much It is possible…
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September 7, 2017 at 08:52PM
Iowa Climate Science Education 