• Tropical Cyclone Gino formed in Southern Indian Ocean

    The fifteenth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season, named as TC GINO, strengthened into a tropical storm on February 11, 2013.According to latest report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical Cyclone Gino is located 700 nm southeast of

  • Tropical Cyclone Felleng moves southward, away from Madagascar

    According to latest report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical Cyclone Felleng (13S) was located 275 nm west of La Reunion and continued to track southward along the western periphery of a north-south oriented subtropical steering ridge, at speed of 6

  • Tropical Cyclone Felleng close to Madagascar

    According to latest report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical Cyclone Felleng (13S) was located approximately 310 nm northwest of La Reunion, and was moving west-southwestward at 11 knots. Sustainable winds range from 102 to 115 knots. MODIS

  • Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Felleng formed east of Madagascar

    Felleng formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on January 26, 2013, and strengthened into a cyclone on January 29, 2013. According to latest  report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical Cyclone Felleng was located roughly 420 nautical

  • Tropical Cyclone 13S aiming Madagascar

    New tropical system is forming near La Reunion Islands. According to latest JTWC report, Tropical cyclone  13S was located approximately 590 nm northeast of La Reunion, and is moving west-southwestward at 11 knots. Animated multispectral satellite imagery reveals a

  • Powerful Arctic storm ‘bombing out’ in North Atlantic

    Ten  days after a severe storm underwent a process of rapid intensification over the North Pacific Ocean, pummeling the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska with hurricane force winds and high waves, another serious storm system is taking place right now in the open

  • Dust plumes from Sahara over Mediterranean Sea

    A plume of Saharan dust, extending roughly 1,110 kilometers (700 miles), spanned the Mediterranean Sea in late January 2013. A swath of dust blows northward from the Sahara Desert in Libya, over the Gulf of Sidra, past the western end of the Jebel Akhdar