Category Cyclone Alert

Tropical Cyclone Eunice Reaches Category 5 Status

Infrared satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Eunice at Category 5 intensity on Jan. 30, 2015 at 4:50 a.m. EST. (Navy/NRL) It may be winter in the northern hemisphere, but Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Eunice is churning south of the equator…

At least Six dead as cyclone lashes Madagascar

Tropical Cyclone Bansi off Madagascar, described as an extremely intense class two cyclone, January 18, 2015. — AFP pic At least six people perished in a tropical storm that battered Madagascar over the past two days, affecting almost 80,000 residents,…

Two cyclones flare up in the southern Indian Ocean, one particularly intense

Satellite view of Tropical Storm Chedza approaching Madagascar (left) and Cyclone Bansi over the open southern Indian ocean (right) (NASA) It’s summer in the southern Indian Ocean and, thus, cyclone season – the equivalent to hurricane season in the tropical…

Tropical Cyclone Bansi is intensifying to 115mph and heading for Madagascar and Mauritius

NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Bansi on January 12 as it was intensifying rapidly and saw a cloud-covered eye in the storm’s center. Bansi has triggered warnings for the island of Mauritius and is expected to continue intensifying…

Three die as Cyclone Hudhud lashes India and typhoon hits Japan

At least three people were killed on Sunday as a powerful cyclone was lashing a large swath of India’s eastern seaboard with heavy rain and strong winds on Sunday   Cyclone Hudhud one of two storms pounding Asia slammed into…

Severe Post-Tropical Cyclone the Size of Alaska to strike Alaska

The 27 hardy Americans that are permanent residents of Shemya Island are used to extreme weather. But they’ve never seen a storm like this before. Shemya—the “black pearl” of the Aleutian Islands—is a community that’s geographically much closer to Tokyo…

Rare cyclone suspends aircraft activity, power outages reported in Malta

Sicily’s civil protection department has issued a warning of a cyclone that could hit the island’s coasts, putting 10 regions from the southern Italian mainland on alert.   The Met Office told MaltaToday that the low-pressure area centred on Malta…