While the Atlantic basin experienced the busiest hurricane season in 2020, the typhoon activity over the western North Pacific (WNP) was also record-setting with no tropical cyclone (TC) formation in July 2020, which is the first time in available historical records. The unprecedented absence of...
In the Southwest Pacific or Southeast Indian Oceans, storms with hurricane or typhoon-level wind speeds, exceeding 74 mph, are called severe tropical cyclones. Those that form over the North Indian Ocean are called severe cyclonic storms. Technically, how the strength of a tropical cyclone that ...
Here for the first time, we used three-dimensional high-resolution simulations, in which convective motions are explicitly represented, to simulate the isotopic composition of water vapor and precipitation in tropical cyclones and squall lines. Using these simulations and a simple box model of the ...
Extra-tropical cyclones may not always have an eye, whereas mostly mature storms have well developed eye. Rapidly intensifying storms may develop an extremely small, clear, and circular eye, sometimes referred to as a pinhole eye. Can tornadoes rotate clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere? It's t...
The question of whether and to what extent global warming may be changing tropical cyclone (TC) activity is of great interest to decision makers. The prese
Interspersed with major extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, these smaller but more frequent disasters undermined collective resilience the most (Fig. 4), causing recurrent damages to the built environment – most critically the embankments along with personal property, key infrastructure ...
The first tropical storm of 2024,Alberto, hit on June 19. As of Sept. 26, eight other named storms have formed in the Atlantic. Five of the season's storms have been hurricanes. What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are tropical cyclones. When a tropical cyclone's sustained winds reach 39 to ...
In Townsville alone we experience unexpected power outages for many reasons, such as tropical cyclones, bushfires, accidents or routine maintenance. But don’t worry! This guide is here for your support. We outline all critical steps for dealing with a power outage in Townsville! Let’s start...
This study investigates the interannual variability of rapid intensification (RI) magnitude of western North Pacific (WNP) tropical cyclones. There is a significant correlation between basin-averaged RI magnitude during July–November and the simultaneous Western Pacific (WP) teleconnection index from 1982...
In other parts of the planet, more evaporation and increases in atmospheric water vapor is causing heavy precipitation and flooding. According to NOAA, experts expect that rainfall rates from tropical cyclones in particular to increase by 10%–15%.4 ...