Gabriella Mateo | Staff Writer As the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, Florida International University is preparing students and staff for potential storms and emergency situations. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there is a 55% probability of a below-average hurricane season this year. Despite the […]
Magali Zoghaib | Staff Writer Was the recent catastrophic flooding in south Florida a precursor to an intense hurricane season? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association predicts an 85% chance of an “above normal season” in the Atlantic Basin thanks to near record high ocean temperatures. For a hurricane to develop, one of the conditions […]
Conor Moore | Staff Writer Nobody wants to be caught empty-handed when their power goes out during a storm, and that time of year is inching closer and closer. Hurricane season starts in June and typically picks up around late August, continuing until mid-October where the strongest storms die out. Colorado State University researchers forecast […]
Sebastian Alsina/Contributing Writer As the summer season comes into full swing in Florida, so does the start of the 2020 hurricane season. While Floridians are no stranger to the full force of hurricane season, a new educational video series reminds people they need to prepare, even during a pandemic. In a 12-episode series, called the […]
Tamica Jean-Charles / Staff Writer The upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1, suggests high activity, producing storms capable of catastrophic damage worse than hurricanes of previous years, NOAA predicts. With 70 percent confidence, a potential range of 13 to 19 named storms, 6 to ten to possibly evolve into hurricanes, and 3 to 6 […]
Joshua Ceballos/Investigative Editor Hurricane season may end in a couple weeks, but for some Bahamian students with families on the islands, the pain of this season hasn’t blown over. A senior pre-med biology student at FIU, Quinston Stubbs grew up in Freeport, Grand Bahama, one of the islands battered by Hurricane Dorian this September. […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer Hurricane season starts on June 1st, 2018. It’s been eight months since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, but the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, said it clearly a few days ago: the island “isn’t ready” and “remains in desperate need of help.” We all know that Puerto Rico has been […]
