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(Newser) - Hawaiians have been told the Category 4 hurricane raging 875 miles off their southeast coast will probably downgrade to a tropical storm by the time it passes by land in two or three days. Flossie was blowing at 135 mph this morning, but is soon expected to travel through cooler...

(Newser) - Rising sea temperatures caused by global warming are causing a surge in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms, a new study confirms. The research, which examined the pattern of storms from the last 100 years, buffers a UN panel's conclusion earlier this year that humans are "more likely...

(Newser) - Stepping into the debate about whether climate change is likely to cause more frequent and more intense hurricanes, science writer Chris Mooney says in Salon the trend is observable, but it's nonscience to attribute any single hurricane to climate change, or to make predictions about any one hurricane season. Still,...

(Newser) - National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza is out as of today, the Miami Herald reports, less than a week after half his staff demanded his resignation. The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the "disruption" caused by the controversial leader "threatens the center's ability to...