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Weather yarns
Most of us can remember a particular weather event at some stage in our life and there are often plenty…
Tropical Storm Ana forms
Tropical Depression Two reformed in the Atlantic last night, and has now strengthened to Tropical Storm Ana. This makes it…
How a hurricane is made
We often hear about terms like Typhoon, Hurricane, Cyclone, Tropical Depression and Tropical Storm. So what do they all mean? And…
2009 Atlantic & Pacific Storm Names
Here’s a list of the upcoming storm names for the Atlantic and Pacific. The Atlantic ones are most likely to…
Atlantic storm season about to tip
The scales are about to tip with the Atlantic Hurricane season as a broad area of low pressure and thunderstorms…
Atlantic quickly waking up
The Atlantic is today quickly coming to life with three areas of concern for American forecasters. TD-2 is hovering around…
Atlantic Hurricane season finally waking up
The second tropical depression of the Atlantic Hurricane season formed Wednesday morning NZT and indicates that favourable storm conditions may…
Fears for 400 after Taiwan mudslide
An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village, a…
VIDEO: Six story hotel collapses into river; Typhoon thrashes Asia
A hotel that was six storeys high collapses and is swept away in Chihpen, Taiwan after torrential rain from Typhoon…
141 now thought to have been lost in ferry disaster
The number of people believed to have been on board the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika when it sank on Wednesday…
