US Edition2025's Extreme Weather Had the Jet Stream's Fingerprints All over It, From Flash Floods to Hurricanes
The southward shift of the polar jet stream in summer 2025 caused prolonged flooding in the central and eastern U.S. while steering all five hurricanes away from the mainland, NOAA said.
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2025's extreme weather had the jet stream's fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and several other states and caused widespread destruction.
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2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and several other states and caused widespread destruction. At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 storms, steered clear of the U.S. mainland. Both scenarios were unusual – and they were largely directed by…
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