The 2025 Hurricane Season and the Impact of Hurricane Melissa
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was a "very unusual" and paradoxical period, marked by a record-breaking concentration of high-intensity storms alongside a complete absence of U.S. hurricane landfa...
4 Dec 202529min
Hurricane Melissa: Last Chance to Prepare
Hurricane Melissa, an extraordinarily powerful and historic Category 5 storm, poses a catastrophic and life-threatening threat to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. As of October 27, 2025, Melissa is in...
27 Okt 202529min
Jamaicaâs Worst Nightmare: Inside Hurricane Melissaâs Catastrophic Assault
Hurricane Melissa is rewriting the rules of tropical cyclones â a monster Category 4 rapidly intensifying over record-hot waters, threatening to become Jamaicaâs worst storm in modern history. In this...
26 Okt 202541min
Trump Broke FEMA: The Collapse of Americaâs Disaster Response
FEMA Operations and Disaster Response: An Analysis of Systemic Delays, Inequities, and Administrative ChallengesRecent analysis of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Trump admini...
22 Okt 202528min
The Environmental Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Energy, Water, and Sustainability
Meteorology Matters is testing episodes in English and Spanish.Seasons 1â100: English EpisodesTemporadas 101â200: Episodios en EspañolThe rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into daily l...
21 Okt 202519min
Hurricane Season Stalls as Ocean Waters Heat Up
In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we break down the latest hurricane season update, science behind extreme weather, from record-breaking heatwaves to rapidly intensifying hurricanes, and explore...
12 Sep 202535min
Hurricanes and Inequality: Racism in the Recovery
Hurricanes donât just destroy buildings, they reshape communities. In this episode of Meteorology Matters, Rob Jones dives into how storms like Andrew, Katrina, and Ian left behind more than physical ...
1 Sep 202542min
Disaster Capitalism in New Orleans: Whitewashed Urban Transformation after Hurricane Katrina
In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we dive into how Hurricane Katrina reshaped New Orleans, not just physically, but politically and economically. We uncover how âdisaster capitalismâ and neolibe...
30 Aug 202548min
