• Above-normal 2016 hurricane seasons

    The Atlantic, eastern Pacific and central Pacific 2016 hurricane season have officially ended on November 30, and NOAA scientists said all three regions saw above-normal seasons. For the Atlantic, this was the first above-normal season since 2012 with 15 named…

  • Tropical Cyclone “Nada” approaching India, landfall expected

    Nada developed into a tropical cyclone on November 30, 2016, from a tropical depression over the southeastern Bay of Bengal. The cyclone is approaching India and will make landfall in the eastern part of the country over the next 36 hours. Heavy local rainfall and…

  • Record-breaking Hurricane “Otto” hits Nicaragua and Costa Rica

    Hurricane "Otto" has made landfall as a Category 2 storm just before 18:00 UTC on November 24, 2016 near the town of San Juan de Nicaragua in southern Nicaragua, on the border with Costa Rica. A number of people are dead or missing in Costa Rica. Before it…

  • Hurricane “Otto” kills 4 in Panama, to hit Costa Rica and Nicaragua

    Hurricane "Otto" formed on November 22, 2016 in the Caribbean Sea as the 7th hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, including record-breaking, early season Hurricane "Alex" of January 2016. Otto was nearly stationary system since it…

  • Late-season Tropical Storm “Otto” forms in the Caribbean Sea

    A late-season tropical storm formed on November 21, 2016, and was named Otto. Otto formed from Tropical Depression 16 (System 90L), a tropical low pressure that had been lingering in the Caribbean Sea for days. Otto is currently a stationary system but is expected…

  • Late-season Tropical Storm “Tina” forms near Mexico

    A late-season tropical storm formed near the coast of southwestern Mexico at 03:00 UTC on November 13, 2016 and was named Tina. Tina was a tropical storm for just about 36 hours, it weakened into a tropical depression at 15:00 UTC today. Tina is 19th named storm to…

  • Two tropical systems lurking northwest of the Philippines

    Two tropical systems are currently lurking in the Northwest Pacific, north of Yap. One of them, now known as the Tropical Storm "Meari" will continue intensifying over the next three days and may threaten the Phillippines over the coming weekend, while the…

  • Rare tropical storm forms in the Mediterranean Sea

    A rare tropical storm – medicane – named Invest 90M, formed in the Mediterranean Sea on October 31, 2016. The phenomenon started as a low pressure system located east of Malta on October 29 and strengthened afterward. In a meteorological setting, a low-pressure…