• Tropical Depression 25W formed near Vietnam

    The twenty-fifth tropical depression of the western-north Pacific Ocean season formed today and is already affecting southern Vietnam before starting to push west over Cambodia and Thailand later today. The depression is expected to remain loosely organized over the

  • Nor’easter to be weaker than expected

    An early-season nor’easter storm will bring another round of coastal flooding in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy Wednesday into Thursday. It is now forecast to be weaker and move farther offshore than originally forecast. That’s good news for New Jersey and New

  • Dust storm over China’s Taklimakan Desert

    The Taklimakan Desert is China’s largest, hottest, and driest desert located far in the western part of the country. Shifting sand dunes cover About 85 percent of the desert floor is covered by shifting sand dunes, with some rising to a height of 200 meters (650

  • Hurricane Sandy timelapse videos – GOES 13 satellite view

    A complete timelapse animation of Hurricane Sandy from October 23-31, as seen by GOES-13 (a geosynchronous satellite that is in orbit nearly 36,000 km (23,000 miles) above Earth).Another timelapse animation from GOES-EAST (GOES-13) shows the full disk and the

  • Tropical Cyclone Nilam loosing it strenght after landfall

    Tropical Cyclone Nilam is located approximately 35 nm south-southwest of Chennai, India and is moving west-northwestward at 12 knots. Nilam has made landfall over southern India and the low-level circulation center is becoming elongated. The system will weaken as

  • Tropical Storm Rosa formed in eastern Pacific

    According to latest public advisory by US National Hurricane Center (NHC) at 21:00 UTC on November 1 the center of Tropical Storm Rosa was located near latitude 14.2N and longitude 117.9W, about 1285 km (795 miles) SW of Cabo San Lucas Mexico. The system is moving