Tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclones

A community portal about Tropical cyclones with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term... [more]

A community portal about Tropical cyclones with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term describes the storm's origin in the tropics and its cyclonic nature, which means that its circulation is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Tropical cyclones are distinguished from other cyclonic windstorms such as nor'easters, European windstorms, and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them "warm core" storm systems. Depending on their location and strength, there are various terms by which tropical cyclones are known, such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, and tropical depression.

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Cyclones may come our way
THE recent landslides show just how fragile our hilly terrain can be during the monsoon season. This situation may become worse if a Tropical Cyclone (TC) were to hit the country like it did in the Ph...  
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NASA's Terra satellite spots tropical cyclone Anja in southern Indian...
Washington, November 17 (ANI): NASA's MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite has detected Cyclone Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season, in the southern Indian Ocean. When Anja formed on November 14, in the ...  
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Tropical Cyclone Hits India’s Coast near Mumbai
Tropical Cyclone Phyan hit India’s western coast near the commercial capital, Mumbai, prompting evacuations and storm warnings. Phyan crossed the coast between Mumbai and Alibag, to the south of the city, between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. local time ...  
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NASA's Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern...
NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about 330 miles south-southwest of Diego Garcia it was designated Tropical Cyclone 01S ("S" for south). By Sunday, Nov. 15, 01S had strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Anja.  
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Tropical Cyclone Monica
Tropical Cyclone Monica formed off the northeastern coast of Australia on April 17, 2006. This is the same general area where Cyclone Larry formed a month earlier. Larry caused devastation to Queenland’s coastal communities and destroyed a large fraction of the banana trees in the region....This item belongs to: image/nasa.This item has files of the following types: JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata  
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Tropical Cyclone Santi death toll climbs to 30
The death toll from tropical cyclone Santi (Mirinae) rose to 30 on Saturday, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said. Related posts:NDCC: ‘Santi’ death toll climbs to 29, damage nears P500MTyphoon "Santi" death toll climbs to 14 - NDCCNDCC: ‘Feria" death toll climbs to 11  
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Ryan N. Maue's Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity Update
North Atlantic Hurricane Season slowest since 1997. Global and Northern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Activity remains near 30-year historical lows -- three years in a row now of considerably below-average activity globally. Consequence of the transition from La Nina to El Nino during the past year. Oct 29: The North Atlantic hurricane season has not produced a storm in over 3-weeks and, if no more develop, the season overall would rank as the...  
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NASA satellite confirms another tropical cyclone may impact the Philippines
NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS instrument caught a new tropical depression that just formed in the Philippine Sea on Nov. 2 at 0523 UTC (1:23 p.m. local time, Manila) and already on the fringe of the Philippines. The infrared imagery is showing some high thunderstorms (purple) indicating some heavy rainfall and strong convection.(Photo Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen) When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Philippine Sea during the early morning...  
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Cyclone Phyan Weakens; Rains Likely to Help Crops
guardian.co.ukCyclone Phyan Weakens; Rains Likely to Help CropsWall Street JournalMUMBAI -- Cyclone Phyan over the Arabian Sea has weakened and its intensity will likely weaken further in the next 24 hours, an official with the India ...Tropical Cyclone Phyan Hits India's Western Coast Near MumbaiBloombergCyclone Phyan heads for India's west coastCBC.caCyclone threatens to blow Rudd trip to India off courseWA todayCNN International -Himalayan...  
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Cyclone warning
NINE tropical cyclones have been predicted for countries west of the Dateline including Fiji with the first likely to hit before the end of the year. Fiji Meteorological Service director Rajendra Prasad said the 2009/ 2010 tropical cyclone season ...  
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Quiet in Atlantic basin after Erika fades

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center was monitoring Tropical Storm Erika in the northeastern Caribbean Sea and a tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, but both systems had low chances of further development into tropical cyclones in the next 48 hours. The NHC said it had issued its last advisory on Erika, but the system would be closely monitored for signs of regeneration. There was a low chance - less than 30 percent - of it becoming a tropical cyclone. The tropical wave, meanwhile, located about 175 miles east-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands, has the potential ... Read Full Story

When danger is close to home

Written by magali_c on
Today started out like any other day. No wait. Mumbai isn't issued cyclone warnings everyday. Neither do I have a cold everyday! Anyway, just before I left for French classes, I decided that I wanted to bunk college. I get that urge pretty often. But today I had a valid excuse. I had a cold. And it's raining. And Mumbai has been issued a cyclone warning by MET. So I went to my classes & came back home. Mom went for her volunteer work. Later I read a Tweet from author Ashok Banker's twitter page  saying that Mumbai colleges were closed & that his ... Read Full Story

25 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, India

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Bangladesh launched a major rescue and relief operation after a cyclone slammed into the coast killing at least 15 people and 10 in neighbouring India, officials said. Most of the casualties in Bangladesh were reported to be children who had drowned as Cyclone Aila triggered a tidal surge of four metres (13 feet) when it made landfall on Monday. Some 330,000 people were marooned and military and civil defence teams were helping to deliver food, water and emergency shelters, the government in Dhaka said. "The situation is very grim. These people are homeless. Their homes have been destroyed," area chief Kazi Atiur Rahman told ... Read Full Story

AIR Unveils Cyclone Model for Mexico

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AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the availability of the AIR tropical cyclone model for Mexico. The new probabilistic model will reportedly help the industry better manage hurricane and tropical cyclone risk in the growing Latin American insurance market. The unique feature of the AIR tropical cyclone model for Mexico is that it estimates insured losses from wind and flood to buildings, contents, and business interruption. On average, Mexico experiences almost two hurricane landfalls per year, which is similar to the United States, ” said Dr. Tim Doggett, Senior Research Scientist at AIR Worldwide. “ The most intense storms have the potential to cause significant ... Read Full Story

Northern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Activity Lowest in 30 years

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The function of a hurricane is to dissipate heat and keep the earth’s temperature within norms. Florida State Univ. has the latest data on global and northern hemisphere tropical cyclones and the date shows northern hemisphere tropical cyclone activity is the lowest in 30 years. Click image to enlarge. Wouldn’t you think with all the man-made gasses being ejected into the atmosphere we’d have global warming and we’d see an increase instead of a decrease. In fact the decline started in 2004-2005. I see no evidence to worry about (gasp) global warming, but instead global cooling! Tags: Global Warming , Weather // Trackback URL: ... Read Full Story
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