Super Typhoon Batters Taiwan - Landfall Still 24 Hours Away

HUKOU, HSINCHU COUNTYUPDATE: 13:00:Wind speeds are rapidly increasing.  Building structures are breaking under the stress.  My neighbor's pigeon coop blew over and pieces of sheet metal are flying...

Approaching Typhoon Krosa Dumps Rain on Taiwan

Typhoon Krosa (Ineng) has taken a turn westward and is now threatening the island nation of Taiwan.  The suddenness and intensity of the rainfall has caught many residents by surprise, as seen in these...

Typhoon Krosa Bypasses Okinawa - Final Update

The outer bands of Typhoon Krosa, the latest tropical cyclone that came knocking on our door this season, have dissipated almost as quickly as the storm increased in intensity yesterday. The cyclone still...

Typhoon Wipha Sparks Evacuations But Spares Shanghai

Typhoon Wipha decided to spare Shanghai after all, despite forcing the evacuation of 300,000 people. Now it's reportedly wreaking havoc in the nearby province of Zhejaing."SHANGHAI, Sept. 19 — A powerful...

The Sky Turns Orange In Unusual Weather Phenomenon

"FUKUOKA -- Central Fukuoka basked in an orange glow on Sunday as rain clouds were lit up by a stream of late sun breaking through a gap in the clouds.  The weather caused buildings in the area to turn a...

Typhoon Pummels Taiwan: Thirty Six (36) Foot Tidal Surge Reported

"Wipha was centered about 70 miles (112 kilometers) east-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan, as of 3 p.m. Japan Standard Time Tuesday (2 a.m. ET), and was moving toward the west-northwest at 17 mph (27 kph), according to...

Typhoon heads for China, Targets Shanghai

"Tropical Storm Risk graded the storm category four, meaning it was carrying maximum sustained winds of up to 155 miles (250 km) per hour and forecast it would swipe Taiwan and head straight up the east coast of China towards Shanghai before heading out to sea again towards...

SuperTyphoon Wipha Grows Into the 13th Named Category 4 or 5 Storm of 2007

"Typhoon Wipha has grown into a Category 4 hurricane, with winds clocking at upwards of 138 mph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.  According to a hurricane track on Weather Underground, it...

Typhoon Wipha Makes Landfall on Eastern China.

Typhoon Wipha roared ashore and made landfall on the border between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces in eastern China. The centre of the storm made landfall just before 3am local time today with sustained...

Typhoon Sepat Ravages Taiwan.

Typhoon Sepat Ravages Taiwan.Typhoon Sepat made landfall today to the south of the port town of Hualien. According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, Sepat packed winds gusting to 138mph when it struck...

China battens down after storm lashes Taiwan

Tropical storm Pabuk was upgraded to typhoon status just before maing landfall on southern Taiwan. It is now approaching southern mainland China. Typhoon signal 1 was been hoisted in Hong Kong.  Meanwhile a...

Severe Tropical Storm Pabuk Bears Down on Southern Taiwan.

Severe tropical storm Pabuk is bearing down on southern Taiwan and will bring strong winds and heavy rain. According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency at 8am Taiwan time the centre of severe tropical storm...

Typhoon Usagi Downgraded to Tropical Storm After Lashing Kyushu.

Typhoon Usagi has been downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall in Kyushu, just south of the town of Nobeoka. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to large swathes of...

Tropical trouble brewing to the east of the Philippines.

The fourth west Pacific tropical cyclone of the year formed on Sunday south of Guam. Typhoon Man-yi, the name of a reservoir in Hong Kong, was located 1485km east north east of Manila at 0700 Manila time this...

NowPublic's TyphoonHunter featured in major UK newspaper

James Reynolds showed up on NowPublic as Typhoon Hunter with some phenomenal photos of storms in China. He got wrangled  pretty darn quick.But it wasn't just NP that was impressed - check out the feature item...

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