• Tropical Storm Rammasun threatens the Philippines

    Tropical depression near Guam developed into the ninth named storm of West Pacific season this year. Tropical Depression 09W became a Tropical Storm Rammasun on July 11, 2014 but shortly after passing near Guam, it was downgraded to a tropical depression

  • New tropical depression formed southeast of Guam

    Ninth tropical depression is formed southeast of Guam. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) expects TD 09W to move past the southern islands of the Marianas and gradually strengthen into a typhoon as it tracks to the west or northwest through the

  • As weakened Neoguri leaves Japan, new typhoon threat on horizon

    Tropical Storm Neoguri underwent extra-tropical transition early on July 11, 2014 as it tracked toward the Pacific waters east of Japan. According to JMA, the system is currently moving westward at speed of 15 km/h (9 mph). Maximum sustained winds are 65 km/h

  • Typhoon Neoguri targets Japan

    The first super typhoon of the season, Neoguri, continues to threaten lives and property in southern Japan. Neoguri’s center of circulation is now southwest of Kyushu, and it has weakened from “Very Strong” to a “Strong” typhoon

  • Sun sends more ‘tsunami waves’ to Voyager 1

    NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new "tsunami wave" from the sun as it sails through interstellar space. Such waves are what led scientists to the conclusion, in the fall of 2013, that Voyager had indeed left our sun's bubble, entering a n

  • Category 4 Typhoon Neoguri aims Okinawa and Japan

    Typhoon Neoguri (Florita), the second typhoon of the 2014 Western Pacific season, is on the way to become an extremely dangerous cyclone as it moves northwest over the warm open waters of the western Pacific. Category 4 Typhoon Neoguri is rapidly

  • Arthur becomes post-tropical system

    Arthur made landfall in Nova Scotia as tropical storm early on July 5, 2014, reaching wind speed of 105 km/h (65 mph). Tropical storm force winds with heavy rainfall were reported across Nantucket and portions of Massachusetts and eastern