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This week, Erick became the most recently named storm when it formed just south of Mexico on June 17, 2025. Erick underwent rapid intensification, developing a prominent central eye as it evolved into the first major hurricane of the season (4/4).
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Dalila brought heavy rains and strong winds to the southwest coast of Mexico as a tropical storm. As it moved over cooler waters and encountered higher wind shear, it began to weaken, exposing its central low (3/4).
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Barbara and Cosme both formed on June 8, 2025, and stayed relatively close together throughout both of their lifespans. A nearly full moon illuminated both tropical systems at night, seen by the Suomi-NPP polar-orbiting satellite (2/4).
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Another view of Erick from last night as the storm prepared to make landfall in Mexico.
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All imagery of Erick can be found and downloaded on the Satellite Library:
satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/tropic...
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The eruption from Kilauea started yesterday and lasted for several hours.
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There is no other dataset like the Storm Events Database in the country. The @nws.noaa.gov maintains the database, where CIRA researcher Weder accessed information for her recent work on flood fatalities. Some database entries have lots of information while others share minimal details.
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Read more about Welder's research addressing how and why 88 people die from inland flooding every year in the United States: www.cira.colostate.edu/science-stor...
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Read more about Welder's research addressing how and why 88 people die from inland flooding every year in the United States: www.cira.colostate.edu/science-stor...
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Large wildfire hotspots burn in western Canada, seen from polar-orbiting satellites.