The Busy World of Tropics

There are a couple of areas of interest that the NHC is monitoring in the central Atlantic as well as the eastern Pacific, but the main tropical activity is in the other tropical basins of the world. There are a couple of typhoons in the western Pacific and a major cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Phailin is the main weather story in the world of weather today.

Over the last few hours, Phailin made landfall on the eastern coast of India, where extensive damage and loss of life is expected. Earlier this week, Phailin had the intensity of what a category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic would be, but did weaken to a strong category 4 storm with winds around 145 mph at the time of landfall. Extensive wind damage as well as incredible flooding will occur with this system as it continues to move inland today. It will be a historical event and will likely dominate the news headlines the next few days.

Category: Tropical