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Guardian (blog)
February 9, 2018
Showbiz impresario, Kehinde Adegbite, popularly known as Mallam Yankee, has announced the official opening of Switch Nightlife, a popular Abuja nightclub that has been test running since last year. Situated at Dabras Hotels on Aminu Kano Crescent-Wuse 2, the event will hold on February 9th and 10thÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
January 4, 2018
An animation of images acquired by the GOES-16 weather satellite shows a strong winter storm undergoing a phenomenon known as “bombogenesis.” Click on the image to watch the animation created by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. (Source: CIMSS Satellite Blog).
Discover Magazine (blog)
September 6, 2017
As I'm writing this on Wednesday morning, the eye of Hurricane Irma — a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm – has passed over the islands of Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, and was shortly headed for the Virgin Islands. I shudder to think what has been happening on the ground withÃÂ ...
Voice of America
August 23, 2017
Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong Wednesday lashing the Asian financial hub with wind and rain that uprooted trees and forced most businesses to close, while in some places big waves flooded seaside streets. There were reports of 34 people injured in Hong KongÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 31, 2017
The latest report from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center pegs Typhoon Noru's maximum sustained winds at about 145 mph, making it a Category 4 storm. What next? Click on the map above to see the storm's predicted track for the next five days. It may look like Noru is taking dead aim on Japan, butÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 31, 2017
Seemingly out of the blue, Tropical Storm Emily has spun up off Florida's Gulf Coast and made landfall just south of Tamp this morning. Where the heck did this storm come from? At 2 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Weather Outlook noted that something was brewing in theÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 25, 2017
As of Tuesday evening (in the U.S.), the cannibal cyclone, Typhoon Noru, has continued on with Category-1-strength winds of about 70 knots, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Meanwhile, a remnant of the victim, Tropical Storm Kulap, has spun off as a puny little tropical depression.
ReliefWeb
March 31, 2017
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical location which generally produce heavy rains, flooding of large areas and also strong winds which result inÃÂ ...
CNN (blog)
August 12, 2013
Packing winds as strong as 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph), Typhoon Utor made landfall early Monday on the east coast of the Philippine island of Luzon, damaging hundreds of ... Situated near an area of the Pacific Ocean where typhoons form, the Philippines regularly suffers severe storm damage.
EarthSky
August 11, 2013
Once Super Typhoon Utor pushes through the Philippines, it is expected to weaken into Category 1 or 2 storm. It will continue to push to the northwest and later impact parts of southeast China, and possibly skirting just to the south and west of Hong Kong. Forecasting the intensity of a tropical cyclone canÃÂ ...
Guardian (blog)
January 21, 2018
Director, Mrs. Lucy Adekunbi (left); Project Director, Mr. Aniameke Hyacinth; President, Otunba Olumide Adekunbi; Chairman, Mr. Alex Addingi, and Head of Research, Mr. Gbenga Adesanya, all of Blue Diamond Entertainment Limited at the briefing to announce a new reality TV show, Around Naija… inÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
September 6, 2017
As I'm writing this on Wednesday morning, the eye of Hurricane Irma — a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm – has passed over the islands of Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, and was shortly headed for the Virgin Islands. I shudder to think what has been happening on the ground withÃÂ ...
Voice of America
August 23, 2017
Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong Wednesday lashing the Asian financial hub with wind and rain that uprooted trees and forced most businesses to close, while in some places big waves flooded seaside streets. There were reports of 34 people injured in Hong KongÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 31, 2017
The latest report from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center pegs Typhoon Noru's maximum sustained winds at about 145 mph, making it a Category 4 storm. What next? Click on the map above to see the storm's predicted track for the next five days. It may look like Noru is taking dead aim on Japan, butÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 31, 2017
Seemingly out of the blue, Tropical Storm Emily has spun up off Florida's Gulf Coast and made landfall just south of Tamp this morning. Where the heck did this storm come from? At 2 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Weather Outlook noted that something was brewing in theÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 25, 2017
As of Tuesday evening (in the U.S.), the cannibal cyclone, Typhoon Noru, has continued on with Category-1-strength winds of about 70 knots, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Meanwhile, a remnant of the victim, Tropical Storm Kulap, has spun off as a puny little tropical depression.
ReliefWeb
March 31, 2017
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical location which generally produce heavy rains, flooding of large areas and also strong winds which result inÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
August 13, 2013
Scores of flights were cancelled on Wednesday after Typhoon Utor skirted Hong Kong, closing schools, offices and the city's stock exchange for the day. The Hong Kong Observatory lowered the storm signal from No 8 to 3 on Wednesday afternoon as Utor was moving gradually away from the city. Much ofÃÂ ...
CNN (blog)
August 12, 2013
Packing winds as strong as 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph), Typhoon Utor made landfall early Monday on the east coast of the Philippine island of Luzon, damaging hundreds of ... Situated near an area of the Pacific Ocean where typhoons form, the Philippines regularly suffers severe storm damage.
EarthSky
August 11, 2013
Once Super Typhoon Utor pushes through the Philippines, it is expected to weaken into Category 1 or 2 storm. It will continue to push to the northwest and later impact parts of southeast China, and possibly skirting just to the south and west of Hong Kong. Forecasting the intensity of a tropical cyclone canÃÂ ...
EJ Insight
August 4, 2017
“We have to stay cool when making storm-related decisions, decisions ... category so far in the new millennium, when Super Typhoon Vicente skirted ... Tropical Storm Utor in Shun's own list of the most powerful typhoons andÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 31, 2017
That transformed the storm from a wandering weakling into into roaring Super Typhoon with winds swirling at 160 mph. It is our planet'sÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 31, 2017
Tropical Storm Emily, as seen in a timelapse of GOES-16 weather satellite imagery covering two and a half hours, starting at about 7 a.m.ÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 25, 2017
As Japan's Himawari satellite watched, Typhoon Noru and Tropical Storm Kulap did a do-si-do in the northwest Pacific — and then Noru prettyÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
July 17, 2017
But as the Category 3 storm begins to move over cooler surface waters, it should begin to weaken and eventually peter out, posing no threat toÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
April 27, 2017
On March 23rd, the spacecraft observed a major dust storm over Mexico and the southwestern United States. The dust was picked up by strongÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
April 21, 2017
It's way early for hurricane season to start, but that's precisely what happened yesterday with the formation of Tropical Storm Arlene in the farÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
March 31, 2017
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the PhilippinesÃÂ ...
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
December 29, 2016
Catanduanes Province in the central Bicol region was where the typhoon first made landfall. Its residents are now counting the cost of the stormÃÂ ...
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
December 27, 2016
... was spared the worst as the storm weakened and moved slightly south. ... the country has been struck by four major typhoons and it is oftenÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
October 28, 2016
Most people take cover during a typhoon. For a group of runners, though, the raising of the Hong Kong Observatory's No. 8 gale or storm signalÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
October 19, 2016
In the most recent update from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, this huge storm's sustained winds have been pegged at 155 miles per hour,ÃÂ ...
Discover Magazine (blog)
October 14, 2016
Even as a vigorous Pacific frontal system is moving through western Washington today, the remnants of Pacific Typhoon Songda are pullingÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
August 14, 2013
Typhoon Utor brushed past the city, bringing winds of up to 100km/h yesterday, disrupting air, land and sea traffic and forcing most businessesÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
August 13, 2013
Scores of flights were cancelled on Wednesday after Typhoon Utor skirted Hong Kong, closing schools, offices and the city's stock exchange forÃÂ ...
CNN (blog)
August 12, 2013
The world's strongest storm of the year so far plowed across the ... (124 mph), Typhoon Utor made landfall early Monday on the east coast of the ... where typhoons form, the Philippines regularly suffers severe storm damage.
The Guardian
August 12, 2013
Typhoon Utor, described as the world's strongest so far this year, touched ... He said the storm carried a lot of rain but was moving fast, so the rainfall ... of about 20 storms and typhoons expected to hit the Philippines this year.
Guardian
February 19, 2017
National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) held a mini-exhibition concert last week at the Ayo Babalola Centre for Arts and Cultural Expression, Surulere, Lagos.
Guardian
February 18, 2017
National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) held a mini-exhibition concert last week at the Ayo Babalola Centre for Arts and Cultural Expression, Surulere, Lagos.
South China Morning Post
October 28, 2016
The Typhoon Haima hash was the 22nd running of the T8 Hash since its first run in August 1995 in tropical storm Helen.
Guardian
October 22, 2016
Oribahbor Ann Amen, better known as DJ Toxiq is soaring high as a DJ, musician and music producer. He is set to storm the entertainment industry with her singles titled, Monster, Friends and Doe Black.
Coconuts Hong Kong
October 19, 2016
Hong Kong during Typhoon Utor, Aug. 14, 2013. Photo (for illustration): Dirk Ingo Franke via Wikimedia Commons ÷ 0. The T1 signal has been hoisted for a second time this week as Typhoon Haima (which, fun fact, means seahorse in Chinese) gallopsà...
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