Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco as Category 5 storm

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, early Wednesday as a Category 5 hurricane with 165 mph winds, the product of the most extreme storm intensification on record in the northeast Pacific Ocean. “A nightmare scenario is unfolding for southern Mexico,” the National Hurricane Center wrote in … Read more

Pacific and Atlantic hurricanes Norma and Tammy make landfall on Saturday in Mexico and Barbuda

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. The storms were each Category 1 hurricanes when they hit. There was a threat of … Read more

Storm Saola makes landfall in southern China however seems to trigger solely gentle injury

BEIJING — BEIJING (AP) — Storm Saola made landfall in southern China earlier than daybreak Saturday after practically 900,000 folks had been moved to security and most of Hong Kong and components of the coastal mainland suspended enterprise, transport and lessons. Injury gave the impression to be minimal, nevertheless, and a few companies had been … Read more

Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, close to Bangladesh

Touch upon this storyComment An especially extreme cyclonic storm made landfall in western Myanmar midafternoon Sunday native time, bringing harmful storm surge, thrashing winds and heavy rains to areas of that nation and Bangladesh the place a few of the world’s most weak communities dwell. Landslides and floods are anticipated to worsen the affect of … Read more

Bangladesh, Myanmar brace as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a particularly extreme cyclone began to hit coastal areas and authorities urged hundreds of individuals in each international locations to hunt shelter. The outermost band of Cyclone Mocha reached the coast of Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Sunday morning, and by afternoon the middle of the storm … Read more

Cyclone Mocha intensifies forward of landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Touch upon this storyComment Cyclone Mocha, known as an especially extreme cyclonic storm by the India Meteorological Division, quickly intensified over the previous day and is now within the remaining stretch earlier than careening into Asia. With sustained winds round 150 mph, Mocha is equal to a powerful Class 4 hurricane on a 1 to … Read more