tropical cyclone News

Typhoon Muifa Pounds Eastern China With Strong Gales, Rain

Powerful gales and torrential rains battered Zhoushan in eastern China on Wednesday as Typhoon Muifa made landfall at the port city in what local media called the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the populous Yangtze River Delta in a decade. …

Fiji’s Strongest-Ever Cyclone Flattens Entire Villages; Death Toll Rises

The death toll from the strongest tropical cyclone ever to hit Fiji climbed to at least 20 as aerial surveillance of affected areas showed entire villages were obliterated as the Category-5 storm roared across the South Pacific nation at the …

Cyclone Heidi Shuts Australian Iron Ore Ports, Oil Fields

A tropical cyclone bearing down on Western Australia forced the closure of some of the world’s largest iron ore ports and several offshore oil fields on Wednesday, the first major series of shutdowns in what is forecast to be a …

Cyclone Yasi Spreads Destruction in Queensland, But No Deaths Reported

Tropical cyclone Yasi roared ashore on the coast of Queensland last night, causing widespread damage to property and knocking out power throughout the region. Although the damages from the wind, the rain and the high tides are severe, no deaths …

Flood-ravaged Queensland Braces for Tropical Cyclone Yasi

Just as TC Anthony dissipated over Queensland the flood ravaged State received a warning that another tropical cyclone is heading its way. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Cyclone Yasi was “about 1630 kilometers [1018 miles] east northeast of …

Queensland Hit by TC Anthony, Perth by TC Bianca – RMS Report

Tropical Cyclone Anthony made landfall over the coast of the Australian State of Queensland on Sunday, close to the town of Bowen, and approximately 275 miles (440 kms) southeast of Cairns. An analysis of the storm from Risk Management Solutions …