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The latest on Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew has weakened over the past 24 hours and is now a category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph and is currently centred just off the South Carolina coast. Matthew made landfall just to the north-east of Charleston, … Continue reading
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Tagged flooding, florida, Goergia, Haiti, hurricane, Hurricane Matthew, rain, rainfall, South Carolina, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, tropical storm aere, tropical storm nicole, Virginia, wind
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The latest on Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew has continued to slowly weaken and is currently a category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Matthew is expected to move north, then northeast through the rest of Saturday along the coast of South Carolina, before turning east … Continue reading
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Tagged Daytona, florida, Georgia, Haiti, heavy rain, Hurricane Matthew, NOAA, rainfall, South Carolina, storms, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, tropical storm nicole, Typhoon
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What next for Hurricane Matthew?
Yesterday Hurricane Matthew strengthened to category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as it crossed the Bahamas. The eye of the hurricane passed just west of Nassau between New Providence and North Andros islands. Later in the day it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 hurricane season, florida, Haiti, heavy rain, hurricane, Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Nicole, tropical cyclone, tropical storm
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Latest News on Hurricane Matthew and other Tropical Cyclones
Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew’s passage across Cuba and Hispaniola resulted in some weakening, although it retained its status as a ‘major’ (category 3 or greater) hurricane, which it has now held for almost six days. No other Atlantic hurricane in … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic hurricane season, Bahamas, flooding, florida, Hurricane Matthew, Met Office, Storm surge, storm tracker, tropical cyclone, wind
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Hurricane and tropical storm update
Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew made landfall over the south-west of Haiti yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with sustained winds near 145 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall over Haiti since … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 hurricane season, cyclone, heavy rain, hurricane, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, weather
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Hurricane Matthew and Typhoon Chaba
Over the weekend Hurricane Matthew made headlines as it became the first hurricane in the Atlantic or Caribbean to reach category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale since Felix in 2007. Although its intensity soon dropped back slightly, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Haiti, heavy rain, hurricane, Hurricane Matthew, Japan, NOAA, rainfall, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, Typhoon Chaba, wet, wind
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What’s happening around the globe
People in some parts of the globe are anticipating the arrival of extreme weather. Australia Thousands of homes in South Australia are without power as an unusually deep area of low pressure moves across the area bringing gale force winds, … Continue reading
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Tagged hurricane, Met Office, rainfall, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon
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Northern hemisphere tropical cyclone season starts to peak
Climatologically, tropical cyclone activity across the northern hemisphere often peaks in the period from late August through the first half of September. This year is no exception with six tropical cyclones currently active across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Pacific … Continue reading
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Tagged Azores, Bermuda, flooding, florida, Gulf of Mexico, hawaii, hurricane, Hurricane Gaston, Hurricane Lester, Hurricane Madeline, Hurricane Wilma, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, National Hurricane Center, NOAA, torrential rain, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, Typhoon Lionrock
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Pre-Monsoon in southern Asia
Southern Asia has seen some extreme weather recently, with heavy rainfall and high temperatures. But how unusual is this? In the last few days temperatures have often been above 50 C in northwest India, and the highest ever temperature record was … Continue reading
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Tagged Drought, flooding, heavy rain, hot, Met Office, rain, rainfall, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, weather, weather forecasting, wet
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