Coney Island’s Cyclone roller coaster reopens 2 weeks after glitch that left passengers stranded
The Coney Island Cyclone is back in service, two weeks after a malfunction grounded the Brooklyn city's famed roller coaster, leaving passengers stranded halfway up the iconic ride's hill. A 97-year-old wooden roller coaster at Coney Island's Luna Park resumed operations Saturday after city inspectors gave the go-ahead following a series of repairs. The beloved […]
Tropical cyclone could form in Gulf of Mexico as Atlantic basin nears peak of hurricane season
After monitoring four different disturbances for potential tropical development in the Atlantic Basin, attention is currently focused on a tropical disturbance aimed at the southern Gulf of Mexico just as the hurricane season reaches its climatological peak on September 10th. The disturbance spent more than a week traveling across the Atlantic as a tropical storm, […]
Hurricane forecasters expect below-normal cyclone activity through September’s season peak
Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University are trying to temper expectations for a potentially record-breaking year, but they're not ready to wave the white flag and call a premature end to the season just yet. On Tuesday, Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane expert at California State University, Tropical cyclone activity in the basin is expected […]
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as Category 1 cyclone
Hurricane Beryl pounded the coast with ferocity, making landfall near Matagorda, Texas, at 3:50 a.m. CST Monday as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of more than 80 mph. Over the next few hours, Beryl will move inland, bringing flooding rains, life-threatening storm surges, damaging wind gusts and the threat of tornadoes. The cyclone’s […]
At least 1 dead as Tropical Cyclone Belal batters Mauritius, Réunion
A tropical cyclone caused severe flooding in Mauritius on Monday, killing at least one person when a car was washed away by rising waters in the Indian Ocean island's capital and other parts of the country. The government announced that one motorcyclist was killed in an accident caused by flooding and issued a curfew. The […]