Hurricanes Iselle and Julio

In early August 2014, not one but two hurricanes were headed for the Hawaiian Islands. Storms arriving from the east are a relative rarity, and landfalling storms are also pretty infrequent.

Back from the Dead, Pacific Hurricane Becomes Super Typhoon

A week after forecasters wrote Genevieve off as dead, the tropical storm has barreled back to life, strengthening from a hurricane into a super typhoon as it crossed the International Date Line early this morning, Eastern Time. This is a rare accomplishment for a Pacific tropical storm.

Two Major Storms Headed Toward Hawaii

Two storms, Hurricane Iselle and Tropical Storm Julio, are headed for Hawaii later this week in an unusual one-two punch that could be an effect of a developing El Nino pattern.

What’s Behind Super Typhoon’s Rapid Intensification?

Three days after drenching the central Philippines in flooding rains, Typhoon Rammasun smashed into southeastern China and was still headed for northeastern Vietnam early on July 19, 2014. Rammasun approached the coast as a category 4 super typhoon and one of the strongest to hit China’s Hainan Province in 41 years.