Thirty fishermen were missing and hundreds of travellers were stranded on Saturday after tropical storm Mawar (Ambo) dumped heavy rains across the Philippines, forcing flight and ship cancellations. The storm blanketed large parts of the main southern island of Luzon
Tropical Depression Mawar (also known as Ambo or 04W) formed over the western Pacific Ocean on May 31, 2012, and strengthened to a tropical storm the following day. On June 1, 2012, the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that Mawar was located
The official start of hurricane season is June 1, though four named tropical storms in May – Alberto and Beryl in the Atlantic, Aletta and Bud in the Pacific – came little earlier. These early home-grown storms are not necessarily a predictor of the August to October
A low pressure area east of the Philippines is expected to bring scattered rains and thunderstorms over most parts of Luzon and the Visayas in the next three days. The active low pressure area has intensified into a tropical depression. The tropical depression is
Tropical storm Beryl had weakened to a tropical depression, but it is still soaking parts of northern Florida and southern Georgia, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. On May 29, 2012 at 21:00 UTC the tropical depression was located about 60 km (40
As of 21:00 UTC May 28, Tropical Depression Beryl is located about 20 km (10 miles) east of Valdosta, Georgia and about 240 km(150 miles) southwest of Savannah, Georgia. Maximum sustained winds are 25 knots (30 mph, 45 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central
Subtropical Storm Beryl is forecast to make landfall near Jacksonville, Florida late Sunday night. The storm formed on May 25 in the Atlantic, about 300 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina. Beryl formed off the South Carolina coast late on Friday and is the
The combination of an unstable air mass, a retreating frontal boundary, and an approaching upper-level disturbance ignited a round of severe thunderstorms across eastern New Mexico and the western Texas Panhandle on May 21, 2012, according to report issued by National
This year’s first typhoon – Sanvu, is located 60 nm southwest of island Iwo To near Japan and is moving northwestward at speed of 9 knots according to Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). System generated winds of 75 knots (140km/h or 87 mph) with gusts of 90 knots
Category 2 Hurricane Bud is forecast to weaken before reaching Mexico’s coastline tonight, Friday, May 25, between Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta. Bud is forecast to be at or near hurricane strength. It is then expected to stall near or on the coast through Saturday
