A persistent Kona low coupled with strong water vapor transport from an atmospheric river has brought devastating floods to the state of Hawaii in late March 2026. Rain totals over the past ten days have exceeded 40 inches in some locations, prompting evacuation orders for thousands. Over two hundred people... Read More
Just north of Libya on the afternoon of 17 March 2026, a large cyclone can be seen forcing a significant amount of dust from the Sahara to the Mediterranean. This true-color view from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) depicts this situation beautifully. Since MTG-FCI has three... Read More
Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii is renowned for its new-continuous eruptions. However, the output of the volcano isn’t consistent, with some periods featuring slower lava flows with other times having pronounced, notable lava fountains. On 10 March 2026, the lava fountains were particularly intense. Local media reported fountain... Read More
While Chicago O’Hare recently retook the crown of the country’s busiest airport in terms of number of flights, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) continues to have the largest number of passengers. A great number of those ATL passengers were significantly inconvenienced on the evening of 6 March 2026 as a... Read More
