To make those turbines more hurricane-resilient, a team of CU Boulder researchers are taking a cue from nature and turning the turbine around. “We are very much bio-inspired by palm trees, which can ...

Palm trees blow in the wind from Hurricane Ian in Sarasota, Florida, on September 28, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images 2022-10-04T21:37:30Z ...

Hurricane footage often shows palm trees valiantly weathering the wrath; here's how these graceful beauties stand their ground. ... the canopy can also grab a lot of wind and water.

In the tests, the design worked well, surviving a 110-mile-an-hour wind gust and a bomb cyclone. The researchers expect to take another year to finish processing the data and writing reports.

The storm was far away, but the footage seemed close to home. As Hurricane Irma pounded Florida, many palm trees bent, but did not break. Which reminded us how well they seem to hold up here in ...

The “go-with-the-flow” design was inspired by palm trees, which have evolved to withstand hurricane gales. Blades for a 50-megawatt turbine would be at least 200 meters long, equal to two ...

Palm trees sway in the strong wind at Santa Lucia Beach, in Cuba, on Sept. 9, 2017, during Hurricane Irma. (Image credit: Str/Xinhua/Zuma) Trees generally snap, or at least lose a few branches ...

Chantal has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone and the flash flood threat from the storm has wanted, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Winds from Hurricane Beryl whip palm trees in Mexico's ... It had briefly regained major hurricane status late Thursday night with a burst of energy that pushed wind speeds up to 115 mph before ...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Here are tips on prepping your yard, trees for a potential ...

Hurricane Milton became a Category 3 storm early Monday and expected to strengthen. Here is the wind forecast for Palm Beach County.