NOAA explains that bombogenesis “describes a midlatitude cyclone that rapidly intensifies” over a 24-hour period. This rapid intensification is measured by how much the storm’s central pressure falls ...
April 10, 1996: An anemometer at Barrow Island, off the northwestern coast of Western Australia, measured a wind gust of 253 mph during Severe Tropical Cyclone Olivia. This measurement stands as the ...
Severe weather is expected to develop as early as Saturday in the upper North Island ahead of Cyclone Vaianu, which is expected to make landfall somewhere around Auckland to Coromandel Peninsula on ...
Michiganders are encouraged to review their severe weather plans and participate in a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday. The voluntary drill scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, is part of ...
The cyclone's exact track remains uncertain, so it's still too early to forecast which parts of the North Island will be most affected.