The Latest Breaking News from NOAA

Ocean-related tourism and recreation supports more than 320,000 jobs and US$13.5 billion in goods and services in Florida. But a swim in the ocean became much less attractive in the summer of 2023, when the water temperatures off Miami reached as high as 101 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).

This 2017 satellite photo shows an unusual cloud "cyclone" nestled up against the coastline of Spain and Portugal. Researchers are unsure what caused the strange structure's spin, but ocean eddies and an extreme heat wave likely played key roles.

The French Broad River winds through the mountains of western North Carolina, fed by dozens of mountain streams, and crosses the city of Asheville. At over 2,000 feet above sea level and more than 250 miles from the coast, it is an unlikely place to prepare for a hurricane.

With La Nina conditions evolving in the Pacific and near-record warm waters in the Atlantic, scientists expect the 2024 hurricane season to be a busy one.

Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries

The report predicts 4 to 7 of the deadliest kind of hurricanes, after 3 record-breaking seasons in the past 5 years

Learn about the hyperactive hurricane season predictions influenced by climate change and the need for coastal preparedness.

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Unusually high temperatures combined with the abatement of the El Niño could lead to more major hurricanes this year.