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South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) and FEMA are working towards releasing an updated Hurricane Evacuation Study in 2024 that will detail data on hurricane-related hazards and behaviors, vulnerability, shelters and transportation. By completing the survey, residents are prompted with questions to better prepare them for future hurricane seasons.
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With this dangerous heat wave forecasted to keep smothering the southern U.S. and South Carolina the next several weeks, it is important to know the key differences between heat-related illnesses.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an updated forecast for the 2023 Hurricane Season today, increasing their prediction from a near-normal activity level to an above-normal activity level.
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The month of August begins a rapid climb to the climatological peak of hurricane season on September 10th. Historically, 90% of all hurricanes and 95% of all major hurricanes happen after August 1st.
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A tropical wave has formed in the southwestern Atlantic this afternoon and is now tracking right toward the southeast U.S. It's a weak area of low pressure that just popped up on the weather maps earlier today a few hundred miles south of Bermuda.
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The tropics will need to be monitored even closer than normal for late July. In the Atlantic, we have a tropical storm and another system that may be a depression before the weekend is over.
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Well above average sea surface temperatures are expected to override the effects of a developing El Niño.
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The latest update from the National Hurricane Center and satellite data confirm that Tropical Storm Bret continues to slowly organize.
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Tropical Depression Three has formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic and continued strengthening is likely
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Near average storm frequencies are expected this season in the Atlantic Basin.