Tropical cyclones are heat engines powered by the release of latent heat when water vapor condenses into liquid water. Wind shear hurts tropical cyclones by removing the heat and moisture they ...

Severe Tropical Storm Nika has further intensified to near-typhoon category, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and ...

The central part of the tropical cyclone is known as the eye. The eye is usually 32-48 km across. It is an area of light wind speeds and no rain. It contains descending air. When tropical cyclones ...

which raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over 15 areas as of mid-day Monday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its latest ...

Like tropical cyclones, they typically don’t have fronts associated with them, have a closed wind circulation around a common center, and only originate over tropical or subtropical waters.

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila and 24 other areas remain under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 2 due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami), while TCWS No. 1 ...

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 was raised over Catanduanes on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Kristine maintained its strength, PAGASA said in its 11 a.m. bulletin. Under TCWS No. 2, winds of greater ...

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over 22 areas in Luzon and in the Visayas as Severe Tropical Storm Leon maintains its strength, the state weather bureau PAGASA said in its 11 p.m.

MANILA, Philippines — The state weather bureau has placed more areas under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 as Typhoon Marce slightly intensifies on Tuesday, November 5. In its latest cyclone ...

MANILA, Philippines — Batanes has been downgraded to Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4 as Super Typhoon Leon (international name: Kong-Rey) advances northwestward near Batanes. As of 7 a.m. on ...

NOT QUITE AS MUCH OUT THERE, BUT CERTAINLY WITH THOSE NORTHEAST WINDS ARE BLOWING OFF THE OCEAN ... Oscar is now a remnant tropical storm.As of the 2 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane ...

Hong Kong will issue the No 1 typhoon warning signal ... as Tropical Cyclone Yagi continues to edge closer to the city, the Observatory said, adding the chance of issuing the No 3 strong wind ...