Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 590 of Weather Break.
A name like “Fifi” seems more appropriate for a small dog than for a major natural disaster, but Hurricane Fifi was a storm that the people of Central America are unlikely to ever forget.  On this date in 1974, Fifi came ashore in Honduras as a [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 587 of Weather Break.
A typical hurricane season in the Atlantic features about 10 hurricanes and tropical storms, but that number varies quite a bit from year to year.  You might remember, for example, the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season (the one with hurricanes Katrina and Rita), which had 28 named [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 583 of Weather Break.
Most folks know that hurricanes are NOT something that you and I need to be worried about in Nebraska and South Dakota.  There are a number of reasons for this, but the most important one is that the processes that support growth and development of hurricanes [...]

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We’ve had many episodes of Weather Break that featured highlights of the 2005 hurricane season in the Atlantic.  That year brought storms like Katrina and Rita to the shores of the U.S.  Two years ago today, Hurricane Wilma formed; later, this storm would develop into the [...]

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Four years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, first in southern Louisiana and later in Mississippi.  To mark the occasion, Dr. Jon Schrage spoke with Jim Vasilj, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office that serves the New Orleans area.  In today’s episode, Jim talks about [...]

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