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Friday, May 20, 2011  Last year was an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin with 19 named storms, of which 12 became hurricanes. The United States coastlines lucked out with most of the storms and all of the hurricanes staying out to sea.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  Did you know that hurricanes can devastate central New York with flooding locally? Read the story for more information.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010  November 30th officially marks the end of the 2010 hurricane Atlantic hurricane season, and it was a busy one.

Friday, November 12, 2010  Global warming is a very hot topic of discussion these days and a recent study may put out some of the flames. Researchers at the University of Hawaii have found that the rise in water temperatures associated with global warming doesn’t correlate into an increase in tropical thunderstorms and hurricanes.

Friday, October 08, 2010  Scientists from NASA have just wrapped up a mission to better understand how hurricanes form, rapidly intensify and dissipate.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  If so, then you might be interested in this recent Press Release from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration which manages the National Hurricane Center.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  Central New York has a history of receiving flooding from hurricanes and tropical storms after they make landfall to our south. This web story will give you the reason for our concern regarding Thursday into Thursday night here locally and some history as a perspective.

Monday, September 20, 2010  You probably read, or at least heard that the latest edition of the Farmer's Almanac had Syracuse in first place on their "Ten Worst Weather Cities" list.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010  Hurricane season is underway, and in New York City they have already contended with showers from Hurricane Earl over the Labor Day weekend.

Thursday, September 02, 2010  The tropics have gotten very busy all of sudden, and we’re hearing alot about Hurricane Earl hitting coming close to or over the Outer Banks as a Category 3 or 4 storm and weakening to a Category 2 by the time it reaches Cape Cod Saturday.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Everyone is now on the Hurricane Earl bandwagon, and the more we hear about Earl, the crazier it will get in east coast cities this week.

Monday, May 24, 2010  This week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week. The Tropical Prediction Center has put together a great website to review historical power hurricanes, what hurricane hazards you should be aware of, and how coastal residents should be prepared.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  A tropical cyclone is a generic term for hurricanes, tropical storms or typhoons.