typhoons

Powerful Typhoon Dujuan Slams Taiwan With 150+ MPH Wind Gusts, Two Feet of Rain

Dennis Mersereau · 09/28/15 02:50PM

Typhoon Dujuan crashed into Taiwan on Monday with winds equivalent to those of a category four hurricane. One weather station near the eye reported wind gusts of 153 MPH during the height of the storm. The typhoon also produced more than two feet of rain, forcing the evacuation of thousands for fear of landslides and flooding, closing schools and businesses, and even triggering a water outage for more than a million people in the Taipei area.

'Twin Typhoons' Spinning in Western Pacific, Taiwan and Japan at Risk

Dennis Mersereau · 08/19/15 02:55PM

Fraternal twins were born in the western Pacific Ocean this weekend. Two typhoons—Goni and Atsani—developed at the same time within a few hundred miles of each other, but each storm took on a life of its own and will have dramatically different outcomes. Typhoon Goni poses the greatest threat to land, coming dangerously close to countries like Taiwan and Japan.

Taiwanese Tornado Video Proves Even Weak Tornadoes Aren't All That Weak

Dennis Mersereau · 08/10/15 01:37PM

Typhoon Soudelor hit Taiwan this weekend with winds equivalent to those seen in a category three hurricane, causing immense damage and killing more than 20 people. Despite its power and destruction as a typhoon, Soudelor will be remembered for giving us one of the most dramatic tornado videos ever released.

Dennis Mersereau · 08/07/15 01:50PM

Typhoon Soudelor is poised to make landfall on the east coast of Taiwan with winds of about 115 MPH, which makes it the equivalent of a category three on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The island can expect destructive winds, torrential rainfall, landslides, and a damaging storm surge in coastal communities. Soudelor will make a second landfall in China on Sunday afternoon (local time) as a significantly weaker storm, but still a heavy rain producer.

Typhoon Soudelor Could Strike Taiwan With 140 MPH Winds on Friday

Dennis Mersereau · 08/05/15 03:47PM

Typhoon Soudelor poses a grave threat to Taiwan later this week as the powerful tropical cyclone swirls closer to the island off the southeast coast of China. The storm has weakened since it produced 180 MPH winds on Monday, but it’s predicted to restrengthen to a destructive category four before landfall on Friday.

T.S. Guillermo to Skirt Hawaii While a Monstrous Typhoon Aims for China

Dennis Mersereau · 08/03/15 01:28PM

This swirling mass of terror above is Super Typhoon Soudelor in the western Pacific, which is the strongest tropical cyclone we’ve seen in 2015, packing winds of 180 MPH (and gusts to 220 MPH) as it makes its way toward East Asia later this week. Meanwhile, a much weaker tropical storm is heading toward Hawaii.

NWS Warns of "Devastating Damage" as Typhoon Churns Towards Guam

Dennis Mersereau · 05/14/15 03:30PM

Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands—both territories of the United States—are bracing for a punch from a strengthening typhoon in the western Pacific. The National Weather Service issued a sobering statement that “devastating damage is likely” as the typhoon passes very close to the islands on Friday.

Daylight Brings Terrifying View of Super Typhoon Aiming for Philippines

Dennis Mersereau · 12/03/14 07:08PM

Super Typhoon Hagupit is raging in the western Pacific Ocean at this hour with winds around 150 MPH. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicts that Hagupit could have 185 MPH winds when it comes perilously close to making landfall in the Philippines over the weekend.