Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Cameron Boozarjomehri discuss how two storms, Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricane Laura, unexpectedly hit Louisiana days apart! Discussion includes how hurricanes form, why this hurricane season has been so active, and what to do when sheltering from a hurricane.

Post production by Scott Stronach.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/hurricane-laura-updates/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/weather/laura-storm-path-tracker/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/weather/weather-hurricane-laura-climate-impacts-scope/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/us/satellite-images-hurricane-laura-before-after-trnd/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/905622947/everything-is-unprecedented-welcome-to-your-hotter-earth

https://grist.org/climate/the-2020-hurricane-season-is-tearing-through-the-alphabet-at-lmnop-speed/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/how-hurricanes-form.html

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/can-planes-be-used-to-stop-hurricanes

https://www.sciencealert.com/most-hurricanes-that-hit-the-us-start-in-the-exact-same-location

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/busy-atlantic-hurricane-season-predicted-for-2020

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/storm-surge-the-science-behind-this-years-unusual-hurricane-season1/

A super handy video on el nino and la nina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKwg1oj8UM

A Shortwave episode on how to read a hurricane map for anyone interested: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901484300/how-to-know-if-a-hurricane-is-coming-for-you

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