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Hurricanes

Hurricanes

Predicting a hurricane's intensity is notoriously difficult, but new tools may make it easier.

Update: Hurricane Katrina

Our January 2005 segment on New Orleans' risk from hurricanes proved prescient, as this update reveals.

Calling Katrina

Jonah Lehrer discusses new research into hurricanes that may help explain Katrina's devastating impact.

Quiz

Five questions that will separate the hurricane know-it-alls from the rest of us

How Do They Know That?

Your average hurricane releases enough energy to power the world 200 times over. Go figure.


 
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