Typhoon Nida Makes Landfall Near Hong Kong After Making a Direct Hit on Philippines
Gale-force winds and heavy rains lashed Hong Kong after Typhoon Nida made landfall Tuesday near Dapeng Peninsula in China’s Guangdong Province.
Powerful Category 5 Typhoon Nepartak Takes Aim at Taiwan, China
The typhoon, the first of the year, was expected to make landfall on Taiwan’s east coast in the city of Hualien early Friday and then cross the Taiwan Strait and hit China Saturday. Large waves were already lashing the shore Ilan port city in Taiwan Thursday.
Nearly 7 million US homes at hurricane risk this season: Report
More than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of damage from hurricane storm surges, with a total reconstruction cost value of more than $1.5 trillion, according to CoreLogic’s 2016 Storm Surge Report.
U.S. expects more hurricanes as tropical storm brews off East Coast
U.S. meteorologists predicted the number of storms in the upcoming hurricane season will increase from years of below-average levels, as a weather system brewed off the East Coast.
Cyclone Roanu: Half a million flee in Bangladesh
Cyclone Roanu has pounded coastal areas of Bangladesh, forcing half a million people to flee their homes. It made landfall at noon local time (06:00 GMT) on Saturday, causing floods, landslides and submerging homes.
Cyclone Fantala, Indian Ocean
In a year with one of the strongest El Niños ever observed and the hottest air temperatures on record, Cyclone Fantala, drifting northeast of Madagascar, just became the most potent cyclone ever recorded in the Indian Ocean.
Downed Ships Reveal Hurricane History
Ancient Spanish shipwrecks and tree-ring data have revealed an unusual low in Hurricane activity during the “golden age of piracy,” new research suggests. The new data could also help researchers understand how hurricane patterns will change as the climate warms.
Massive category 5 tropical Cyclone Winston leaves trail of destruction across Fiji
Authorities in Fiji are assessing the damage after the Pacific nation was hit by the most powerful cyclone in its history, with reports of widespread devastation.
Strong Cyclone Winston Threatens Fiji
Residents of the South Pacific island nation of Fiji are bracing for landfall from an intense tropical cyclone. Forecasters warned that the storm known as Winston could arrive on the main island of Viti Levu with sustained category 4 winds. It could be the strongest storm to cross the island since local meteorological records were first kept in 1941.