Tropical storm Cristina could become the first hurricane of 2020
Eastern Pacific could soon face its first hurricane of the season. Tropical Storm Christina should become a hurricane Cristina within the next 2 days as very favorable conditions are...
Activity over the Eastern Pacific ramps up – 4 tropical depression developing
With the seasonal progress into summer, tropical weather activity begins. This week, four (4) tropical waves have formed over the Eastern Pacific and are organizing. The National Hurricane Center...
#Vongfong becomes a powerful Category 3 typhoon after going through rapid intensification today
Vongfong has rapidly intensified over the past 24 hours and is now supporting a violent strength. It has been upgraded into a typhoon, packing 105 knots of sustained winds...
Tropical depression #AMBO (wave 95W) forms, heading towards the Philippines this week
The tropical activity is ramping up in the western Pacific this weekend. A tropical wave #95W begins forming deeper and more widespread convection in the Philippine Sea. A tropical...
Tropical depression #ONE-E: Earliest on record in Eastern Pacific
We have a new record in the tropics. It’s late April but Eastern Pacific already got its first system today – Tropical Depression One-E is the earliest eastern Pacific...
A *historic* severe drought in central Chile enters its tenth year – the longest dry-spell on record, water reservoirs are running dry
Severe drought is a rather a common occurrence in Chile, but the current one is setting a record-breaking longevity, entering its tenth year. The river flows and reservoirs running...
A Category 5 Tropical Cyclone #HAROLD smashed Vanuatu and Fiji with destructive winds. System is now leaving Tonga and weakening
An intense Tropical Cyclone #Harold is now ejecting its final land destination – Tonga, which was badly hit as well, similar as Fiji yesterday. There has been a remarkable...
Tropical Cyclone #HAROLD remains a powerful Category 4 system – it will blast the main #Fiji’s island Viti Levu with destructive winds and flooding today
Tropical Cyclone #Harold is re-organizing again after going through EWRC (eyewall replacement cycle) since its collapse in the wake of Vanuatu. The latest analysis at 18 UTC, Apr 7th,...