Taiwan issues warnings in anticipation of Typhoon Gaemi

Taiwan issues warnings in anticipation of Typhoon Gaemi

Taiwan’s Central Meteorological Agency (CWA) has issued a maritime alert ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Gaemi, which has halted several shipping lines and outdoor activities. The storm strengthened into a typhoon at around 2:00 p.m. local time (06:00 GMT) in waters east of the Philippines, the agency said. At 08:30 local time (00:30 GMT), … Read more

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas; follow the path live today, July 8

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas; follow the path live today, July 8

Beryl’s core made landfall on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane near Matagorda, Texas, threatening strong winds, a “dangerous” storm surge and flash flooding, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC). Beryl, the first hurricane to hit the U.S. coast this season, had maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles) when … Read more

Beryl makes landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in Tulum, Quintana Roo

Beryl makes landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in Tulum, Quintana Roo

The core of Beryl, a hurricane that reached the maximum category 5 in the Caribbean, made landfall early Friday morning in Tulum, on the western coast of Mexico, and is heading towards Texas (USA), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English) of the United States. The system, now a Category 2 on the … Read more

Beryl will reach the Windward Islands as a category 4

Beryl will reach the Windward Islands as a category 4

Beryl, the first hurricane in the Atlantic basin, has reached a higher category on its way to the Windward Islands, where it will arrive on Monday morning with dangerous winds and storm surge, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English). Beryl is a Category 3 hurricane, out of a total of 5 on the … Read more

Tropical Storm Beryl intensifies into Category 1 hurricane

Tropical Storm Beryl intensifies into Category 1 hurricane

Mara Lezama reported this afternoon that tropical storm “Beryl” intensified into a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. In addition, the governor of Quintana Roo indicated that the center of “Beryl” is located 1,160 kilometers (km) east-southeast of Barbados and 4,190 kilometers east of the state’s coast. It has maximum sustained winds of 120 … Read more