Typhoon "Trami" made landfall near Tanabe City in Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan around 11:00 UTC (20:00 JST) on Sunday, September 30, 2018, as a Category 3 hurricane equivalent on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. At least 2 people lost their…
A very deep earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit Fiji islands region at 10:52 UTC on September 30, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 546 km (339 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The epicenter was located 276 km (171 miles) E of…
A very dangerous and life-threatening storm dubbed Medicane "Cindy" by the EMWMC and also known as Zorbas and Zorba is now fully developed and expected to hit and move over southern Greece on September 29. The storm is bringing severe to extremely severe…
A major tsunami struck parts of Indonesia after powerful M7.5 earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi at 10:02 UTC (17:02 local time). The quake followed M6.1 earthquake at 07:00 UTC in which at least 1 person lost its life and 10 others were injured. Numerous…
Very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.5 hit Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia at 10:02 UTC (18:02 WITA) on September 28, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). BMKG is reporting M7.4 at a depth of 10 km, EMSC M7.4 at the…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Sulawesi, Indonesia at 07:00 UTC on September 28, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 18.1 km (11.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), BMKG M6.0 at the same depth….
Typhoon "Trami" is turning toward Okinawa and mainland Japan on September 28, 2018. The current forecast track takes its center just west of Okinawa around 00:00 UTC, September 29 and then east of Kyushu early September 30 and toward landfall near Kyoto…
Medicane "Zorbas" is forming in the southern Mediterranean Sea. Zorbas may hit Crete, Greece late Saturday, September 29 and WSW Turkey on September 30, with hurricane-force winds and locally very heavy rain. Wind damage and life-threatening flash floods…
Tropical Storm "Kirk" continues moving west over the Atlantic toward the Lesser Antilles. Its center may pass over or south of Martinique by the end of the UTC day. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Martinique and…
Tropical Cyclone "Liua" formed in the Southwest Pacific Ocean on September 26, 2018, as the first named storm of the 2018/19 South Pacific tropical cyclone season. This is the first tropical cyclone to form in the SW Pacific during the month of September…
