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Bill to become “major hurricane”; Hurricane Hunter deployed
UPDATED The United States government has this morning (NZT) deployed a Hurricane Hunter (Lockheed Orion) aircraft to fly directly into…
Hurricane Bill roars up to Cat 2 status
Hurricane Bill has this morning roared up to category 2 status after only officially becoming a hurricane less than 12 hours ago. …
Bill becomes first Hurricane of the season
The first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season formed Monday night NZT. As of 9pm NZT Hurricane Bill was a…
Claudette makes landfall & will Bill become a hurricane tonight?
Tropical Storm Claudette tonight made landfall in Florida. The storm didn’t strengthen further and damage was expected to be minimal. Meanwhile…
Friday: No named storms. Monday: Three named storms
Tropical Storm Claudette has this morning formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall in Florida’s…
Pair ot Tropical Storms – Ana & Bill
Tropical Storm Bill has formed in the east-central Atlantic about 1200kms west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Tropical Storm Bill is…
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…
