Tropical Storms Archive

  • Flood-ravaged Fiji declared a state of emergency on Sunday and warned tourists to stay away for the time being, as heavy rain and high winds continued to pound the South Pacific nation. Officials said they could not guarantee visitors’ safety in the wake of flash floods that have killed at least two people and forced more than 5,000 to take shelter in evacuation centres. With roads to the international airport in Nadi cut off and...

    State of emergency declared on Fiji after Tropical Storm Daphne caused severe flooding

    Posted on April 2, 2012 | No Comments
    Flood-ravaged Fiji declared a state of emergency on Sunday and warned tourists to stay away for the time being, as heavy rain and high winds continued to pound the South Pacific nation. Officials said they could not guarantee visitors’ safety in the wake of flash floods that have killed at least two people and forced more than 5,000 to take shelter in evacuation centres. With roads to the international airport in Nadi cut off and...

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  • An unusual late-March tropical cyclone will send torrential rain and strong winds ashore in Vietnam. The first Typhoon of the northern hemisphere in the 2012 season is predicted to make landfall today, on April 1 just north of Ho Chi Minh City, affecting approximately 33 million people with strong winds, heavy rains and potential flooding as it passes across Vietnam and Cambodia. According to Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical cyclone Pakhar is located approximately 106...

    Tropical cyclone Pakhar to make landfall in Vietnam

    Posted on April 1, 2012 | No Comments
    An unusual late-March tropical cyclone will send torrential rain and strong winds ashore in Vietnam. The first Typhoon of the northern hemisphere in the 2012 season is predicted to make landfall today, on April 1 just north of Ho Chi Minh City, affecting approximately 33 million people with strong winds, heavy rains and potential flooding as it passes across Vietnam and Cambodia. According to Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical cyclone Pakhar is located approximately 106...

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  • A tropical low pressure caused flash flooding which cut highways and forced evacuations in Fiji with residents sheltering from rising waters on rooftops today, on March 30. Heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in the west of the main island Viti Levu. The National Disaster Management Office says the water levels from this flooding event are higher than the flooding in January which was responsible for 11 deaths. Tropical depression TD17F is moving south at speed of...

    Flash floods caused havoc in Fiji

    Posted on March 30, 2012 | 2 Comments
    A tropical low pressure caused flash flooding which cut highways and forced evacuations in Fiji with residents sheltering from rising waters on rooftops today, on March 30. Heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in the west of the main island Viti Levu. The National Disaster Management Office says the water levels from this flooding event are higher than the flooding in January which was responsible for 11 deaths. Tropical depression TD17F is moving south at speed of...

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  • Several rope tornadoes have been spinning up from serve storms in southern Illinois and Kentucky with a lot of twisting motion in the atmosphere in place. Meanwhile, storms have also produced tornadoes in the Deep South. A line of nasty thunderstorms are stretching across eastern Illinois near Champaign and western Indiana to north of Evansville, Ind. The primary threats of these thunderstorms are damaging wind gusts and large hail. It is not out of the...

    Dozens tornadoes spinning up in southern Illinois and Kentucky and in the Deep South, US

    Posted on March 24, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Several rope tornadoes have been spinning up from serve storms in southern Illinois and Kentucky with a lot of twisting motion in the atmosphere in place. Meanwhile, storms have also produced tornadoes in the Deep South. A line of nasty thunderstorms are stretching across eastern Illinois near Champaign and western Indiana to north of Evansville, Ind. The primary threats of these thunderstorms are damaging wind gusts and large hail. It is not out of the...

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  • Tropical Cyclone Lua (17S) made landfall near Port Hedland in Western Australia, bringing torrential rain and damaging winds. Lua is now dissipating but another tropical system is developing, and already bringing impacts to land. A cyclone warning has been issued for far north Queensland, while West Australian residents of the Pilbara have been given the all-clear as cyclone Lua winds down. Lua brought hurricane-force winds and torrential rains to the coast. The cyclone went onshore in...

    Australia: TC Lua now dissipating, another tropical system is developing

    Posted on March 18, 2012 | No Comments
    Tropical Cyclone Lua (17S) made landfall near Port Hedland in Western Australia, bringing torrential rain and damaging winds. Lua is now dissipating but another tropical system is developing, and already bringing impacts to land. A cyclone warning has been issued for far north Queensland, while West Australian residents of the Pilbara have been given the all-clear as cyclone Lua winds down. Lua brought hurricane-force winds and torrential rains to the coast. The cyclone went onshore in...

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  • According to Australian Bureau of Meteorology, as of  2:00 am WST Tropical Cyclone Lua (Category 2) was estimated to be 700 kilometres northwest of Karratha, 790 kilometres northwest of Port Hedland and it is moving north at speed of 4 kilometres per hour. Lua is expected to intensify into a severe tropical cyclone during Thursday and remain intense as it approaches the coast. A Cyclone Watch is current for coastal areas from Cape Leveque to Mardie, as well as adjacent inland parts. Tropical...

    Tropical cyclone Lua expected to intensify into a severe tropical cyclone during Thursday

    Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Comments
    According to Australian Bureau of Meteorology, as of  2:00 am WST Tropical Cyclone Lua (Category 2) was estimated to be 700 kilometres northwest of Karratha, 790 kilometres northwest of Port Hedland and it is moving north at speed of 4 kilometres per hour. Lua is expected to intensify into a severe tropical cyclone during Thursday and remain intense as it approaches the coast. A Cyclone Watch is current for coastal areas from Cape Leveque to Mardie, as well as adjacent inland parts. Tropical...

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  • A new tropical cyclone has formed off the Pilbara coast, Australia. On March 13th, 2012 Tropical Cyclone Lua (Category 1) was located at 8 pm WST near 18.5S 114.6E, that is 340 km northwest of Karratha and 385 km north of Exmouth and slow moving. TC Lua lies well north of the west Pilbara coast and is expected to slowly intensify and drift northwards for the next 24 hours. The system is then expected to continue intensifying and move southeast...

    New tropical cyclone Lua moving slowly off the Pilbara coast, Australia

    Posted on March 13, 2012 | No Comments
    A new tropical cyclone has formed off the Pilbara coast, Australia. On March 13th, 2012 Tropical Cyclone Lua (Category 1) was located at 8 pm WST near 18.5S 114.6E, that is 340 km northwest of Karratha and 385 km north of Exmouth and slow moving. TC Lua lies well north of the west Pilbara coast and is expected to slowly intensify and drift northwards for the next 24 hours. The system is then expected to continue intensifying and move southeast...

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  • Cyclone Irina remains a threat to the KwaZulu-Natal coast with a combination of very rough seas, marine storm surge, as well as gale-force and devastating floods. Many people have had their homes destroyed by the cyclone. About 300 houses had been flooded. South African Weather Service reported that tropical storm Irina result in heavy falls of rain over the extreme southern parts of Mozambique, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and the east coast of South Africa. Very rough seas...

    Tropical Cyclone Irina updates and forecast track

    Posted on March 6, 2012 | 2 Comments
    Cyclone Irina remains a threat to the KwaZulu-Natal coast with a combination of very rough seas, marine storm surge, as well as gale-force and devastating floods. Many people have had their homes destroyed by the cyclone. About 300 houses had been flooded. South African Weather Service reported that tropical storm Irina result in heavy falls of rain over the extreme southern parts of Mozambique, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and the east coast of South Africa. Very rough seas...

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  • Tropical Cyclone Irina could make landfall on the southeastern coast of Africa in matter of hours with damaging winds and  flooding rain. Eastern South Africa, southernmost Mozambique as well as the small nation of Swaziland are in the path of dangerous cyclone. The JTWC forecast a Sunday landfall near Maputo followed by an inland path into Swaziland and eastern South Africa. Areas along and south of the direct storm track will be a greatest risk of excessive...

    TC Irina could bring flooding rain to Southeast Africa

    Posted on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Tropical Cyclone Irina could make landfall on the southeastern coast of Africa in matter of hours with damaging winds and  flooding rain. Eastern South Africa, southernmost Mozambique as well as the small nation of Swaziland are in the path of dangerous cyclone. The JTWC forecast a Sunday landfall near Maputo followed by an inland path into Swaziland and eastern South Africa. Areas along and south of the direct storm track will be a greatest risk of excessive...

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  • Serious flooding and wind damage will remain threats to Madagascar as tropical cyclone Irina continues drifting southward over the Mozambique Channel. A forecast turn to the southwest could eventually lead to a direct strike upon the African coast in southern Mozambique. The track over warm, open water would allow significant intensification.Torrential rain pounded parts of Madagascar Thursday as Tropical Cyclone Irina skirted its west coast with highest sustained winds were estimated at 60 to 65 mph. There were no...

    TC Irina pounds Madagascar and heading toward Mozambique

    Posted on March 2, 2012 | 12 Comments
    Serious flooding and wind damage will remain threats to Madagascar as tropical cyclone Irina continues drifting southward over the Mozambique Channel. A forecast turn to the southwest could eventually lead to a direct strike upon the African coast in southern Mozambique. The track over warm, open water would allow significant intensification.Torrential rain pounded parts of Madagascar Thursday as Tropical Cyclone Irina skirted its west coast with highest sustained winds were estimated at 60 to 65 mph. There were no...

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