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Hurricane
#Lorenzo
strengthened again rapidly in the last 24 hours to become the strongest hurricane on record this far north and east in the Atlantic region with winds near 160 mph. A weakening trend is now expected to set in.
Typhoon
#Surigae
became the strongest typhoon in the month of April on record during the weekend. Currently moving very slowly northwestwards close to the
#Philippines
.
#Malakas
is the first named tropical storm of the northern hemisphere season. It is forecast to reach typhoon strength, but remain to the east of the Philippines as it moves northwards.
There are now five Atlantic tropical cyclones from tropical depression to hurricane strength active simultaneously. This has only happened once before on record in 1971.
#Paulette
#Rene
#Sally
#Teddy
#Vicky
For the first time in the modern record (last 40 years) the India Meteorological Department is issuing simultaneous warnings for two cyclones in the North Indian Ocean -
#Luban
and
#Titli
Severe Cyclonic Storm
#Shaheen
will be only the second cyclone in the modern record to enter the Gulf of Oman. Landfall expected over the northern coast of
#Oman
bringing heavy rain and the risk of flooding to a usually arid region.
An area of low pressure over the Mediterranean Sea has developed characteristics of a tropical storm and has been named
#Ianos
by the National Observatory of Athens. It is expected to come ashore over southern Greece as a vigorous storm on Friday.
#medicane
There are now two cyclonic storms in the Arabian Sea -
#Kyarr
and
#Maha
. This is the first time in the modern record (the last 50 years) that two cyclonic storms have existed simultaneously in the Arabian Sea.
The centre of Typhoon
#Hagibis
is making its final approach towards
#Japan
. The town of Hakone, southwest of Tokyo, has recorded 645.5 mm (25.4") rain in the last 12 hours. This is not far short of Japan's record 12-hour rainfall total of 695 mm.
Unusual Tropical Storm
#Akara
has formed in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southeastern Brazil. It is expected to move generally southwards and remain offshore.
Hurricane
#Grace
rapidly intensified to a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph prior to landfall near Tecolutla, Mexico.
#Grace
is the first major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season, and only the second major hurricane landfall in Veracruz (after Karl, 2010).
Typhoon
#Goni
is now the strongest western Pacific typhoon since 2016 and the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone globally since the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Expected to pass over the town of
#Virac
in the
#Philippines
in the next couple of hours.
Winds circulating around the eye of Hurricane
#Laura
now near 145 mph. Landfall in about 9 hours. Catastrophic storm surge as high as 20 feet (6 metres) possible along parts of the Louisiana coast. Latest from
@NHC_Atlantic
Tropical cyclones
#Kongrey
and
#Walaka
are both category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. This is the first time there have been two category 5 cyclones active simultaneously since 2005.
Typhoon
#Hagibis
has made landfall over Japan with wind speeds similar to Typhoon Faxai last month. However, the rainfall totals are much larger. The town of Hakone has now accumulated 903.5 mm (35.6") in the last 18 hours. Serious flooding impacts expected.
Severe Cyclonic Storm
#Shaheen
is expected to make landfall west of
#Muscat
, the capital of
#Oman
in the coming few hours. This will be the first cyclone to make landfall on this part of the northern coast of Oman since a deadly cyclone in the year 1890.
Hurricane
#Lorenzo
has weakened further to category 2, but remains a large hurricane. Hurricane watch issued for the
#Azores
for likely impacts overnight Tuesday/Wednesday.
A peak wind gust of 115 mph was recorded in Brittany as
#StormAlex
came ashore over northwestern France last night. UK weather warnings available here:
La
#temp
êteAlex a touché la Bretagne avec des vents parfois violents (jusqu'à 186 km/h à Belle-île). Parallèlement, les remontées de sud que la dépression associée génère vont donner un épisode méditerranéen particulièrement intense dans les Alpes maritimes
#VigilanceRouge
.
After crossing the Windward Islands and into the Caribbean Sea, Hurricane
#Beryl
has continued to strengthen and is now the earliest category 5 hurricane on record in the north Atlantic region.
33 days after first being named and 15 days since its first landfall over
#Mozambique
, Cyclone
#Freddy
is very slowly moving onshore over Mozambique for the second time.
The Mediterranean Storm
#Ianos
has been strengthening today and is forecast to slow and turn south as it reaches the coast of Greece early on Friday. Heavy rain and strong winds expected over southwestern parts of Greece over the next couple of days.
#medicane
#Fiona
is currently coming ashore over
#NovaScotia
,
#Canada
as a powerful extratropical cyclone. Strong wind gusts of up to 93 mph recorded in the last few hours.
First light shows Typhoon
#Hagibis
moving towards landfall over
#Japan
. Peak winds still over 100 mph near the centre. Heavy rain already falling in many areas. 235.5 mm (9.3") in the last 6 hours at Yugashima, southwest of
#Tokyo
.
Just like earlier storms Ana, Batsirai and Dumako, Cyclone
#Emnati
is forecast to make landfall on the east coast of
#Madagascar
. Impact expected during the first half of next week.
Cyclone
#Yasa
is making landfall over Vanua Levu, the second largest island of
#Fiji
, at category 5 on the South Pacific cyclone scale. Sustained winds in excess of 150 mph near the centre of the cyclone.
Category 5 Hurricane
#Dorian
makes landfall in Elbow Cay in the
#Abaco
Islands with winds of 185 mph - the strongest hurricane on record to occur in the northwestern
#Bahamas
and the strongest Atlantic hurricane (measured by wind) since Wilma in 2005.
Hurricane
#Laura
has made landfall over
#Louisiana
as a strong category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph - the joint strongest hurricane on record to hit Louisiana as defined by wind speed. A 9 foot (3 metre) storm surge has been observed so far.
#Gati
was classified as a very severe cyclonic storm as it hit
#Somalia
and was the strongest cyclone in the historic record to have made landfall over the country.
Solar eclipse seen casting a shadow across the newly formed first tropical cyclone of the northern hemisphere season - Tropical Storm
#Sanvu
in the western Pacific Ocean.
During the night the storm in the Mediterranean Sea known as
#Ianos
came ashore over the Greek island of
#Kefalonia
. It is now moving over the southwest of the Greek mainland.
#medicane
Hurricane
#Laura
now close to category 4 strength. Expected to bring peak winds of near 145 mph and storm surge of up to 15-20 feet (4.5-6 metres) in places.
Twin tropical cyclones are expected to develop either side of the equator in the western Pacific in the coming days from the areas of disturbed weather circled on this recent satellite image.
The area of low pressure in the central North Atlantic has now been designated as Subtropical Storm
#Theta
- the 29th storm of the season. 2020 now holds the record for the most storms in an Atlantic hurricane season.
Recent satellite image shows the eye of Hurricane
#Nora
very close to the Pacific coast of
#Mexico
. Expected to move north-west parallel to the coast.
Also in the picture is strengthening Hurricane
#Ida
in the Gulf of Mexico.
The southern part of the island of Pentecost (part of
#Vanuatu
) is now inside the eye of Cyclone
#Harold
, which is now ranked as category 5 on the South Pacific cyclone scale.
Hurricane
#Iota
is now the first category 5 hurricane of the Atlantic season, with sustained winds of 160 mph and a central pressure of 917 mb. It is the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record to have formed this late in the season.
Satellite loop of Hurricane
#Beryl
making landfall over the Caribbean island of
#Carriacou
.
@NHC_Atlantic
estimated sustained winds were 150 mph at this time.
Sea surface temperatures of near 30°C (close to two degrees above normal) have allowed Hurricane
#Lee
to rapidly intensify to category 5 with sustained winds near 160 mph. Further strengthening is possible over the next 24 hours.
No tropical cyclone of hurricane strength has made landfall over the northern
#Mozambique
province of Cabo Delgado in the modern record (50 years). Intense Cyclone
#Kenneth
expected to make landfall here later today.
Tropical Cyclone
#Herman
is located to the north-west of Australia in the Indian Ocean and unexpectedly intensified rapidly yesterday into a strong cyclone. It is still forecast to remain away from land and weaken over the weekend.
The Atlantic storms continue to form at record pace with the development of Tropical Storm
#Marco
.
#Laura
and Marco are both expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico, but the forecast tracks and intensities are currently very uncertain.
#Hagibis
remains a powerful typhoon with intensity equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. The most likely forecast track brings the eye ashore in the
#Tokyo
region close to midday UK time on Saturday.
Hurricane
#Ian
is strengthening rapidly and will make landfall over the western tip of
#Cuba
on Tuesday. There is still uncertainty as to which part of the west coast of
#Florida
will be impacted most by another landfall later in the week.
Cyclone
#Freddy
is strengthening again as it turns northwestwards. Landfall over northern Mozambique expected late in the week. Freddy is on the verge of becoming the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record.
Hurricane
#Beryl
has become the first Atlantic hurricane on record to reach category 4 this early in the season. Landfall over the Windward Islands is expected in around 18 hours time.
For the first time on record two tropical storms have formed in the tropical Atlantic to the east of the Caribbean during the month of June.
#Bret
is currently crossing some of the islands of the Lesser Antilles, whilst
#Cindy
is expected to make a north-westwards turn.
Hurricane
#Dora
crossed the International Dateline earlier today at which point it became known as Typhoon
#Dora
. The last North Pacific tropical cyclone to cross the Dateline was Hector in 2018.
Tropical Storm
#Zeta
has formed in the western Caribbean Sea and is the 27th storm of the Atlantic season - just one short of the record of 28 set in 2005.
Latest information from reconnaissance aircraft flying into Hurricane
#Delta
in the western Caribbean Sea have found it has rapidly intensified to category 4 with sustained winds near 130 mph near the centre.
The area of low pressure close to Portugal has acquired enough tropical characteristics to be designated Subtropical Storm
#Alpha
- the first Atlantic storm to takes its name from the Greek alphabet since 2005. It is expected to be short-lived as it moves ashore soon.
Hurricane
#Otis
has made a remarkable intensification from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours and has just made landfall over the Mexican city of
#Acapulco
. Severe impacts from the strong winds are expected, with additional impacts from heavy rain and storm surge.
Tropical Storm
#Eloise
is gathering strength again having crossed
#Madagascar
and is forecast to make landfall over
#Mozambique
as a strong cyclone in about 36 hours time.
Hurricane
#Eta
now located just offshore from the city of Puerto Cabezas in
#Nicaragua
as a strong category 4 hurricane. Severe impacts from wind, rain and storm surge expected as Eta slowly moves inland.
The eye of Tropical Cyclone
#Gita
is currently passing very close to the Tongan islands of
#Tongatapu
and 'Eua. It is equivalent to a category 4 hurricane, bringing strong winds, storm surge and torrential rain.
#Lorenzo
has weakened in the last 12 hours, but remains a significant threat to the
#Azores
on Tuesday/Wednesday. Beyond that there is still considerable uncertainty as to the track and intensity as it continues moving north-eastwards in the Atlantic.
Hurricane
#Iota
has rapidly strengthened to category 4 with peak winds near 140 mph. It is now less than 24 hours from landfall over
#Nicaragua
and
#Honduras
where severe impacts are expected from wind, rain and storm surge.
This time of year twin cyclones either side of the equator sometimes occur. Cyclone
#Lorna
in the South Indian Ocean has been joined by a depression to the north which may become a
#cyclone
and threaten
#India
next week.
Hurricane
#Iota
made landfall over
#Nicaragua
a few hours ago as a strong category 4 hurricane with sustained winds near 155 mph. Catastrophic impacts from wind, rain and storm surge expected.
Rainfall radar imagery shows a marked double eye wall structure in Typhoon
#Khanun
. The typhoon is expected to make an abrupt turn north-eastwards in the coming days continuing the pounding of the
#Ryukyu
Islands of
#Japan
.
Remarkable Cyclone
#Freddy
has slowed down its forward motion and strengthened as it approaches landfall over
#Mozambique
. Up to 300 mm rain is possible in the next 24 hours and winds near 90 mph close to the centre of the cyclone.
Hurricane
#Leslie
is racing towards Portugal, but likely to lose its hurricane characteristics in the next few hours. Still expected to be a powerful storm at landfall tonight.