Hurricanes

  • PoliticsAOL

    #Sharpiegate: Donald Trump memes hit Twitter after map ‘altered with pen’

    Sharpie-themed memes flooded Twitter after Donald Trump brandished a map showing the projected path of Hurricane Dorian which appeared to have been altered with a marker pen. The map, held up in the Oval Office by the president, appeared to carry

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  • NewsAOL

    Storm Barry sweeps into Louisiana threatening days of heavy downpours

    A huge storm forecasters warn is carrying "off the chart" amounts of moisture has made landfall on the US Gulf coast. Tropical Storm Barry, which was downgraded from a category one hurricane as it came ashore at Intracoastal City,

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  • NewsAOL

    Hurricane Florence slams into southeastern coast of United States

    Hurricane Florence, from which tropical-storm-force winds are extending almost 200 miles, has begun pounding the Carolina coastline as officials make last-minute pleas for residents to evacuate. Officials warn of life-threatening storm surges in

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  • NewsAOL

    Hurricane Irma sucks water from beaches in Bahamas

    Hurricane Irma is so powerful that it has sucked the ocean water from beaches in the Bahamas. SEE ALSO: Weird 'snowball' waves spotted in lake SEE ALSO: Sea water turns electric blue Twitter user @Piznack shared a video of the

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  • ScienceAOL

    Scientists tagging sharks to help predict hurricanes (video)

    Scientists have tagged around 50 sharks, tuna, tarpon and billfish in order to track water temperatures and improve hurricane forecasting. Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico were tagged with satellite-linked tags after researchers realised that the

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