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Cyclone Thane. Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Thane was the strongest tropical cyclone of 2011 within the Bay of Bengal. Thane initially developed as a tropical disturbance within the monsoon trough to the west of Indonesia. Over the next couple of days the disturbance gradually developed further while moving towards the northwest, and was declared ...
Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. In southern and East ...
A low-latitude tropical wave near the west coast of Africa was producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms, and environmental conditions are conducive for gradual development ...
August 25, 1973: Tropical Storm Christine formed over western Africa at 10°N-15°W before reaching tropical storm strength. [19] September 15, 1973: Hurricane Ellen brushed the Cape Verde Islands as a 45 mph (72 km/h) tropical storm, [20] before becoming a hurricane. September 4, 1979: Hurricane Gloria brushed the northern Cape Verde Islands ...
“These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” the hurricane center said. Tropical Storm Lee became a hurricane on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.
South Atlantic tropical cyclones are unusual weather events that occur in the Southern Hemisphere. Strong wind shear, which disrupts the formation of cyclones, as well as a lack of weather disturbances favorable for development in the South Atlantic Ocean, make any strong tropical system extremely rare, and Hurricane Catarina in 2004 is the ...
The Horn of Africa has experienced the effects of 14 North Indian Ocean tropical cyclones since 1984, resulting in at least 108 fatalities. All but two of the storms struck Somalia from the east. The other two – a storm in May 1984 and Cyclone Sagar in May 2018 – traversed the Gulf of Aden and struck northern Somalia.
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