• Tropical storm Meari brings damage to Western Pacific

    Saturday, Tropical Depression Meari and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Haima were located just west of the Korean Peninsula and over northern Laos, respectively.Meari has continued to weaken as it encountered cooler waters and less favorable wind shear. The storm,

  • Typhoon Meari gaining strenght

    Meari could unleash flooding rain and damaging winds as it takes aim at the Far East late in the week.Meari was named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) Wednesday, as Tropical Depression 07W gained storm status over the warm seas east of the northern

  • This year’s 3rd tropical storm Sarika makes landfall in China

    At least 23 people are dead from flooding and landslides as Sarika, the year’s third tropical storm, lashed China. The storm slammed into south China’s Guangdong Province early Saturday, packing winds of about 50 mph, and moved northward after landfall. The storm is

  • Frequent tornadoes a symptom of jet stream change

    The unusually large number of severe tornadoes this year may be a sign of large-scale changes in the jet stream. When the events happen frequently such as the destruction of Joplin, Mo., the outbreak of multiple tornadoes in Alabama, and the northeast outbreak in…