Asia
Typhoon Sanba came crashing ashore early this morning (around 6am local time) local time in the northeast of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa as an estimated 120 mph (Cat 3) storm. Wind gusts were measured at approximately 149 mph according to JTWC. As well as packing tremendous, screaming winds, it also dumped a tremendous amount of rainfall across the island which […]
Thankfully, Sanba spinning away in the Western Pacific has weakened ever so slightly but remains an extremely danagerous 150-mph Super Typhoon (Category 4 eqiv), down from 175 mph earlier where gusts were estimated at around 207 mph. The intensity of this storm has been measured in comparison to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina within exploded over the Central Gulf of Mexico back in 2005 where […]
Earlier today, people in the Philippines ran to higher ground as a major undersea earthquake measuring 7.6 magnitude struck, causing strong shaking which lasted a long time according to one person. The epicentre of this earthquake was located roughly 91 miles east of Guiuan in Samar province of Philippines within the Philippine Trench at a depth of 20 miles […]
While much of the attention is on Tropical Storm Isaac in the Gulf of Mexico, half way around the world and the tropics are every bit as busy if not busier over the Western Pacific. Twin Typhoons Tembin which struck Taiwan a few days ago is ready to strike the island for a second time […]
Typhoon Tembin came crashing ashore in Taiwan early Friday morning packing sustained 80 mph winds and widespread 16-19 inch rains. As much as 24.6 inches of rain was reported in 20 hours in the southern town of Checheng and wind gusts were reported as high as 96 mph. The system is slow moving and so flooding and very high […]
Typhoon Tembin came crashing ashore in Taiwan early Friday morning packing sustained 80 mph winds and widespread 16-19 inch rains. As much as 24.6 inches of rain was reported in 20 hours in the southern town of Checheng and wind gusts were reported as high as 96 mph. The system is slow moving and so flooding and very high […]
Here is a cool chart created by AccuWeather.com about the extremes of weather during past summer olympic games…
Typhoon Vicente rapidly intensified over the warm waters of the South China Sea before striking the Chinese coast near Hong Kong at an intensity equivalent to a category 3-4 hurricane. It brought 83 mph winds to Hong Kong… More on this later!
As of 2am today, Beijing time, as many as 10 people have died following the heaviest rains in the Chinese capital in 61 years. It’s said the storm struck during Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, stranding over 80,000 and cancelling 500 flights at Beijing’s Capital International Airport while all sorts of chaos was […]
Over the past few days temperatures have continued to rise and beyond even the typically sweltering levels of the Middle East Desert. Today marked the hottest day of the year so far with readings in both Iraq and neighbouring Iran topping 126°. The hottest place appears to have been Omidieh, Iran with 126°F (52.4C), Abadan, Iran hit 126°F (51.6C) while Al […]
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