• Tropical Cyclone “Alfred” forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

    Tropical Cyclone "Alfred" has formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia on February 20, 2017. This is the second named tropical system of the 2016/17 Australian region tropical cyclone season. Alfred is slow-moving storm edging closer to the coast of…

  • Dineo hits Mozambique, leaves a trail of destruction and 7 dead

    Tropical Cyclone "Dineo" hit Inhambane Province of southern Mozambique on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous storm surge. At least 7 people have died and 130 000 were affected. It was the first cyclone to hit the…

  • Tropical Cyclone “Dineo” about to hit Mozambique

    Tropical Cyclone "Dineo" is still intensifying and is forecast to make landfall over the coast of southern Mozambique just after UTC midnight on February 16, 2017. Dineo is the fifth tropical cyclone of the 2016/17 Southern hemisphere tropical cyclone…

  • Tropical Cyclone “Dineo” forms in Mozambique Channel

    Tropical Cyclone "Dineo" formed near Bassas da India atol in the Mozambique Channel, Southern Indian Ocean on February 13, 2017. This the fifth tropical cyclone of the 2016/17 Southern hemisphere cyclone season. Dineo is expected to rapidly intensify over…

  • Tropical Cyclone “Carlos” forms east of Madagascar

    Tropical Cyclone "Carlos" (04S) has formed east of Madagascar on February 4, 2017 as the fourth named tropical cyclone of the 2016/17 southern hemisphere season, the fewest on record since 1928. Carlos could affect Mauritius and Réunion as a…

  • Tropical Cyclone 03S forms off the coast of Western Australia

    Tropical Cyclone 03S formed off the coast of Western Australia on January 27, 2017. It is only the third tropical cyclone to form in the 2016/17 southern hemisphere season. This is the fewest on record between January 1 and 27, according to Philip Klotzbach of the…

  • TD 01W Auring reformed near southern Vietnam, dropping heavy rain

    Tropical Depression 01W, named Auring by PAGASA, has reformed along the coast of southern Vietnam and is dropping heavy rain. The system will make landfall after 06:00 UTC on January 16, 2017, cross the southern Vietnam into the Gulf of Thailand and dissipate. The…

  • Auring makes landfall over Siargao Island, Philippines

    Tropical Depression 01W (One), the first tropical depression of 2017 NW Pacific typhoon season, has formed just east of the Philippines on January 7, 2017. TD 01W, locally known as Auring, has already made landfall. Due to heavy rain associated with the system,…

  • Supertyphoon “Nock-Ten” leaves at least 7 dead, 18 missing

    Nock-Ten, known as Nina in the Philippines, intensified into a supertyphoon on December 24, 2016, a day before its deadly strike on the Philippines. Reports received early Tuesday, December 27 (UTC), say at least 7 people died as the typhoon rolled over the country….

  • Typhoon “Nock-Ten” intensifies, heading toward Manila, Philippines

    Nock-Ten, known in the Philippines as Nina, has reached typhoon strength today and is still intensifying on its way toward capital Manila, Philippines. Landfall is expected around 12:00 UTC on December 25, 2016. Nock-Ten is the 13th typhoon of the 2016 NW Pacific…