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At this exact minute in 2013, the immense and erratic El Reno tornado touched down. With winds of up to ~313 MPH in its sub-vortices, it produced some of the most extreme radar velocity imagery of all time.

At this exact minute in 2013, the immense and erratic El Reno tornado touched down. With winds of up to ~313 MPH in its sub-vortices, it produced some of the most extreme radar velocity imagery of all time.

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UPDATE: Category 5 Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) has just hit a new peak intensity of 180 MPH sustained winds and a minimum central pressure of 905 MBAR. This intensity is approaching the upper limits of what Earth is capable of producing.

UPDATE: Category 5 Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) has just hit a new peak intensity of 180 MPH sustained winds and a minimum central pressure of 905 MBAR. This intensity is approaching the upper limits of what Earth is capable of producing.

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The amount of convective available potential energy over the Middle East on Thursday is enough for a textbook hatchery of supercell thunderstorms. Where this unstable mass of nearly 5,000 J/kg of CAPE intersects with the dip in the jet stream will determine the greatest threat area for desert tornadoes (most likely in the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia) and/or strong marine waterspouts over the Persian Gulf.

The amount of convective available potential energy over the Middle East on Thursday is enough for a textbook hatchery of supercell thunderstorms. Where this unstable mass of nearly 5,000 J/kg of CAPE intersects with the dip in the jet stream will determine the greatest threat area for desert tornadoes (most likely in the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia) and/or strong marine waterspouts over the Persian Gulf.

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BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s sustained winds are now roaring at 175 MPH, and the air pressure in her searing eye has sunk to 906 MBAR. The storm is starting to take the northern turn towards Jamaica, and if she intensifies any further, she will begin to approach the mathematical limits of how strong a storm can become in this part of the world.

BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s sustained winds are now roaring at 175 MPH, and the air pressure in her searing eye has sunk to 906 MBAR. The storm is starting to take the northern turn towards Jamaica, and if she intensifies any further, she will begin to approach the mathematical limits of how strong a storm can become in this part of the world.

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At this time in 2024, the Philippines were in the midst of a 10-DAY span in which they were struck by FOUR consecutive Typhoons. Now this year, the country is reeling from the effects of Kalmaegi (TinoPH) and Fung-wong (UwanPH) both making landfall within the last 5 days.

At this time in 2024, the Philippines were in the midst of a 10-DAY span in which they were struck by FOUR consecutive Typhoons. Now this year, the country is reeling from the effects of Kalmaegi (TinoPH) and Fung-wong (UwanPH) both making landfall within the last 5 days.

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What an intimidating sight Fung-wong (UwanPH) has become over the Philippine Sea as her winds creep up to 65 mph (100 kph). The sprawling size of this budding West Pacific beast is creating an interesting dichotomy. On the one hand, it’s causing Fung-wong to take longer to organize and thus delaying a potential round of rapid intensification (limiting how strong she can get before striking Luzon). But, on the other hand, her larger radius will affect more people in the Philippines and possibly generate a greater storm surge risk near the location of landfall. Even in this latter scenario, which seems to be increasingly more likely, Fung-wong could still explode to a high-end Category 4 Typhoon. Either way, it’s a serious situation we have developing here tonight.

What an intimidating sight Fung-wong (UwanPH) has become over the Philippine Sea as her winds creep up to 65 mph (100 kph). The sprawling size of this budding West Pacific beast is creating an interesting dichotomy. On the one hand, it’s causing Fung-wong to take longer to organize and thus delaying a potential round of rapid intensification (limiting how strong she can get before striking Luzon). But, on the other hand, her larger radius will affect more people in the Philippines and possibly generate a greater storm surge risk near the location of landfall. Even in this latter scenario, which seems to be increasingly more likely, Fung-wong could still explode to a high-end Category 4 Typhoon. Either way, it’s a serious situation we have developing here tonight.

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BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has achieved a new peak intensity of 180 MPH sustained winds and a core pressure of 896 MBAR. She is officially the 5TH MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane in history and is nearing the maximum theoretical strength a storm can reach in this part of the world. Landfall over Jamaica is just hours away.

BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has achieved a new peak intensity of 180 MPH sustained winds and a core pressure of 896 MBAR. She is officially the 5TH MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane in history and is nearing the maximum theoretical strength a storm can reach in this part of the world. Landfall over Jamaica is just hours away.

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JUST IN: Providence, Rhode Island has officially measured their most extreme snowstorm in recorded history, with 32.8 in of snowfall and climbing. The previous record was 28.6 in, set during the Blizzard of 1978. Historic radar loop.

JUST IN: Providence, Rhode Island has officially measured their most extreme snowstorm in recorded history, with 32.8 in of snowfall and climbing. The previous record was 28.6 in, set during the Blizzard of 1978. Historic radar loop.

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The eye of Fung-wong (UwanPH) is really starting to melt through the icy shell of her CDO now. New, towering thunderstorms are rising up within the inner eyewall as well. On microwave imagery, the Typhoon’s cumbersome core structure is still yet to fully solidify. What we could see in the coming hours, especially after the Pacific sun evanesces below the horizon, is for this new burst of core thunderstorms to freeze the eyewall into a more complete and circular ring around the eye. That would likely jumpstart a true phase of rapid intensification right as Fung-wong enters her final approach to Luzon in the Philippines.

The eye of Fung-wong (UwanPH) is really starting to melt through the icy shell of her CDO now. New, towering thunderstorms are rising up within the inner eyewall as well. On microwave imagery, the Typhoon’s cumbersome core structure is still yet to fully solidify. What we could see in the coming hours, especially after the Pacific sun evanesces below the horizon, is for this new burst of core thunderstorms to freeze the eyewall into a more complete and circular ring around the eye. That would likely jumpstart a true phase of rapid intensification right as Fung-wong enters her final approach to Luzon in the Philippines.

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Hurricane Melissa, at the moment that she possibly became the strongest Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history, may have had the most extreme detonation of lightning activity ever observed in a storm in this part of the world. Nearly 700 flashes every 60 seconds. What on Earth.

Hurricane Melissa, at the moment that she possibly became the strongest Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history, may have had the most extreme detonation of lightning activity ever observed in a storm in this part of the world. Nearly 700 flashes every 60 seconds. What on Earth.

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Almost all Major Hurricanes undergo an eyewall replacement cycle. Melissa never did. She sustained CATEGORY 5 status for 35 consecutive hours, the 8TH longest total duration of Cat 5 winds ever documented in an Atlantic Hurricane, and the longest since Hurricane Irma in 2017. Instead of initiating replacement cycles, Melissa underwent eyewall mergers, which caused only short-lived pauses in her intensification and allowed her to incrementally climb to an extreme strength as she slowly writhed towards Jamaica. It is exceptionally rare to see a high-level Hurricane eye remain so perfectly circular and clear for so many days on end.

Almost all Major Hurricanes undergo an eyewall replacement cycle. Melissa never did. She sustained CATEGORY 5 status for 35 consecutive hours, the 8TH longest total duration of Cat 5 winds ever documented in an Atlantic Hurricane, and the longest since Hurricane Irma in 2017. Instead of initiating replacement cycles, Melissa underwent eyewall mergers, which caused only short-lived pauses in her intensification and allowed her to incrementally climb to an extreme strength as she slowly writhed towards Jamaica. It is exceptionally rare to see a high-level Hurricane eye remain so perfectly circular and clear for so many days on end.

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🧵 33 years ago this morning, NWS Miami captured one of the most terrifying radar loops in U.S. History: the eyewall of a Category 5 Hurricane, slicing into a major city while leveling everything in its path. This is the story of Hurricane Andrew.

🧵 33 years ago this morning, NWS Miami captured one of the most terrifying radar loops in U.S. History: the eyewall of a Category 5 Hurricane, slicing into a major city while leveling everything in its path. This is the story of Hurricane Andrew.

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🚨LANDFALL: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has struck Jamaica as the MOST INTENSE LANDFALLING ATLANTIC HURRICANE in recorded history, tying the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane with an Earth-shattering minimum pressure of 892 MBAR. Areas in Jamaica that are impacted by Melissa’s 185 MPH eyewall will likely be left unrecognizable in the aftermath of this storm’s extremely violent passage.

🚨LANDFALL: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has struck Jamaica as the MOST INTENSE LANDFALLING ATLANTIC HURRICANE in recorded history, tying the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane with an Earth-shattering minimum pressure of 892 MBAR. Areas in Jamaica that are impacted by Melissa’s 185 MPH eyewall will likely be left unrecognizable in the aftermath of this storm’s extremely violent passage.

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The previously unnamed Tropical Storm in the shallow Malacca Strait has since been given the name Senyar. The system made landfall over the city of Langsa in Aceh, Indonesia at a 50 mph (80 kph), 996 mbar peak intensity. But Senyar isn’t done. The storm has now RE-EMERGED into the Malacca Strait and is forecast to soon make a second landfall, this one in Malaysia. While Senyar won’t be very strong (potentially only ~40 mph), a Malaysian landfall by a bonafide tropical cyclone is historically rare, as few storms on record have formed this close to the equator (due to the weakness of the Coriolis Effect here).

The previously unnamed Tropical Storm in the shallow Malacca Strait has since been given the name Senyar. The system made landfall over the city of Langsa in Aceh, Indonesia at a 50 mph (80 kph), 996 mbar peak intensity. But Senyar isn’t done. The storm has now RE-EMERGED into the Malacca Strait and is forecast to soon make a second landfall, this one in Malaysia. While Senyar won’t be very strong (potentially only ~40 mph), a Malaysian landfall by a bonafide tropical cyclone is historically rare, as few storms on record have formed this close to the equator (due to the weakness of the Coriolis Effect here).

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Make no mistake, this is a monstrous Category 5 Super Typhoon that is reaching the upper echelons of plausible cyclonic intensity. Landfalling storms do not get much stronger than this. We are about to go LIVE on X and YouTube with breaking news coverage of Ragasa (NandoPH).

Make no mistake, this is a monstrous Category 5 Super Typhoon that is reaching the upper echelons of plausible cyclonic intensity. Landfalling storms do not get much stronger than this. We are about to go LIVE on X and YouTube with breaking news coverage of Ragasa (NandoPH).

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Super Typhoon Sinlaku’s 185 MPH peak strength a few hours ago was very close to her Maximum Potential Intensity. In other words, Sinlaku generated the highest possible sustained wind speeds that a storm could theoretically produce over these specific water temperatures and atmospheric conditions in the West Pacific. Historically speaking, this is extremely rare, and similar to what we saw with Hurricane Melissa last year in the Caribbean Sea.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku’s 185 MPH peak strength a few hours ago was very close to her Maximum Potential Intensity. In other words, Sinlaku generated the highest possible sustained wind speeds that a storm could theoretically produce over these specific water temperatures and atmospheric conditions in the West Pacific. Historically speaking, this is extremely rare, and similar to what we saw with Hurricane Melissa last year in the Caribbean Sea.

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The Philippines can’t catch a break in the wake of Typhoon Kalmaegi (TinoPH), because just as that system heads deeper into the Vietnamese jungle, a new leviathan has emerged from the depths of the Pacific. On the right side of this satellite loop is Tropical Storm Fung-wong, a sprawling embryonic cyclone in the Philippine Sea. She may be weak and disorganized now, but the environment ahead is going to be favorable for rapid intensification. The island of Luzon is her most likely target for landfall. Watch this one closely.

The Philippines can’t catch a break in the wake of Typhoon Kalmaegi (TinoPH), because just as that system heads deeper into the Vietnamese jungle, a new leviathan has emerged from the depths of the Pacific. On the right side of this satellite loop is Tropical Storm Fung-wong, a sprawling embryonic cyclone in the Philippine Sea. She may be weak and disorganized now, but the environment ahead is going to be favorable for rapid intensification. The island of Luzon is her most likely target for landfall. Watch this one closely.

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Definitely getting concerned about the storm surge threat in Baler Bay. Huge waves from Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) are already crashing into the Aurora coastline of Luzon, and if the storm makes landfall just south of the bay, it could push a dangerous flow of seawater directly into Baler. Widespread reports are also indicating that substantial freshwater flash flooding is ongoing in multiple locations. Conditions across the northern Philippines will only continue to get worse from here on out.

Definitely getting concerned about the storm surge threat in Baler Bay. Huge waves from Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) are already crashing into the Aurora coastline of Luzon, and if the storm makes landfall just south of the bay, it could push a dangerous flow of seawater directly into Baler. Widespread reports are also indicating that substantial freshwater flash flooding is ongoing in multiple locations. Conditions across the northern Philippines will only continue to get worse from here on out.

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Hurricane Melissa has shattered the global record for the DRIEST storm eye ever observed, surpassing Super Typhoon Meranti (2016). The NHC is now warning that the eyewall’s destructive winds may cause “total structural failure, particularly in higher elevations, leading to widespread infrastructural damage, prolonged power and communications outages, and isolated communities” in Jamaica. The immense detonations of lightning throughout Melissa’s 175 MPH eyewall indicate that intensification is STILL somehow ongoing. The next recon flight into this CATEGORY 5 sawblade could be historic.

Hurricane Melissa has shattered the global record for the DRIEST storm eye ever observed, surpassing Super Typhoon Meranti (2016). The NHC is now warning that the eyewall’s destructive winds may cause “total structural failure, particularly in higher elevations, leading to widespread infrastructural damage, prolonged power and communications outages, and isolated communities” in Jamaica. The immense detonations of lightning throughout Melissa’s 175 MPH eyewall indicate that intensification is STILL somehow ongoing. The next recon flight into this CATEGORY 5 sawblade could be historic.

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UPDATE: With only a few hours left before landfall in Luzon, colossal Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) has hit a new peak intensity. Her sustained winds are now at 130 MPH (210 kph), and the sea-level pressure in her giant eye has fallen to 943 mbar, making her a CATEGORY 4 storm. This will be the strongest Typhoon to hit the Philippines since Man-yi (Pepito) in November of last year, and is coming just 5 days after Kalmaegi (Tino) ravaged Cebu Island.

UPDATE: With only a few hours left before landfall in Luzon, colossal Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) has hit a new peak intensity. Her sustained winds are now at 130 MPH (210 kph), and the sea-level pressure in her giant eye has fallen to 943 mbar, making her a CATEGORY 4 storm. This will be the strongest Typhoon to hit the Philippines since Man-yi (Pepito) in November of last year, and is coming just 5 days after Kalmaegi (Tino) ravaged Cebu Island.

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Super Typhoon Sinlaku is now a 175 MPH (280 kph), 902 MBAR CATEGORY 5 megastorm per the JTWC. She is officially the world’s most powerful cyclone of 2026. Her scorching eye has carved out one of the sharpest and cleanest Stadium Effects I can ever recall, and her CDO is a superchilled whirlpool of the scariest storm conditions imaginable. We are witnessing meteorological insanity.
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku is now a 175 MPH (280 kph), 902 MBAR CATEGORY 5 megastorm per the JTWC. She is officially the world’s most powerful cyclone of 2026. Her scorching eye has carved out one of the sharpest and cleanest Stadium Effects I can ever recall, and her CDO is a superchilled whirlpool of the scariest storm conditions imaginable. We are witnessing meteorological insanity.

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Sped up video of the Hurricane Hunters passing through the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa today, just to the south of Jamaica. Speechless.
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Sped up video of the Hurricane Hunters passing through the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa today, just to the south of Jamaica. Speechless.

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What started out as a single, explosive supercell over Qatar has suddenly congealed into a furious WALL of thunderstorms over the Persian Gulf, just as many models predicted. This seething mass of hail, heavy rain, and high winds is now on a direct collision course with the UAE and Oman, where the most severe storm conditions from the Middle East system may soon be felt. The desert megacities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are about to, briefly, become drenched urban stormscapes under the cover of a lightning-filled darkness.
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What started out as a single, explosive supercell over Qatar has suddenly congealed into a furious WALL of thunderstorms over the Persian Gulf, just as many models predicted. This seething mass of hail, heavy rain, and high winds is now on a direct collision course with the UAE and Oman, where the most severe storm conditions from the Middle East system may soon be felt. The desert megacities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are about to, briefly, become drenched urban stormscapes under the cover of a lightning-filled darkness.

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At this time in 2011, the ~250 MPH Joplin, Missouri tornado was becoming one of the most tragic and destructive twisters in American History.
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At this time in 2011, the ~250 MPH Joplin, Missouri tornado was becoming one of the most tragic and destructive twisters in American History.

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You are looking, right now, at the most powerful storm on the planet tonight. Typhoon Sinlaku is twisting herself into a furious and frenzied craving for evaporated heat energy over the Pacific Ocean, and she is fast approaching or already exceeding Category 5 intensity. Icy spindles are reinforcing her CDO, lightning packets are bursting throughout the eyewall, and the air pressure in her eye is absolutely tanking. This is an incredible display of explosive cyclonic intensification.
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You are looking, right now, at the most powerful storm on the planet tonight. Typhoon Sinlaku is twisting herself into a furious and frenzied craving for evaporated heat energy over the Pacific Ocean, and she is fast approaching or already exceeding Category 5 intensity. Icy spindles are reinforcing her CDO, lightning packets are bursting throughout the eyewall, and the air pressure in her eye is absolutely tanking. This is an incredible display of explosive cyclonic intensification.

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Well, this is crazy. Coming off of her historically violent, 185 MPH landfall in Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa has rapidly reorganized on her way to Cuba despite being heavily disrupted by mountainous terrain. The latest NHC advisory has her back at CATEGORY 4 status with winds of 130 MPH, as a furious explosion of lightning illuminates her western eyewall. What’s more, she is trending well east of her initial forecast cone and may now be threatening Santiago de Cuba, Cuba’s 2nd largest city.
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Well, this is crazy. Coming off of her historically violent, 185 MPH landfall in Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa has rapidly reorganized on her way to Cuba despite being heavily disrupted by mountainous terrain. The latest NHC advisory has her back at CATEGORY 4 status with winds of 130 MPH, as a furious explosion of lightning illuminates her western eyewall. What’s more, she is trending well east of her initial forecast cone and may now be threatening Santiago de Cuba, Cuba’s 2nd largest city.

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867,296 views • 7 months ago

Unbelievable. Melissa just surpassed Hurricane Katrina (2005) as the 7TH MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history, with her pressure now down to 901 MBAR. Her torrid eye is reaching unprecedented levels of dryness. -3.94 C at one point. The CDO is shuddering with subzero cloud tops extending more than 50,000 ft into the atmosphere. It is absolutely terrifying to think about the fact that Jamaica is just hours away from getting hit by this HISTORIC monster of a storm.
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Unbelievable. Melissa just surpassed Hurricane Katrina (2005) as the 7TH MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history, with her pressure now down to 901 MBAR. Her torrid eye is reaching unprecedented levels of dryness. -3.94 C at one point. The CDO is shuddering with subzero cloud tops extending more than 50,000 ft into the atmosphere. It is absolutely terrifying to think about the fact that Jamaica is just hours away from getting hit by this HISTORIC monster of a storm.

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778,762 views • 7 months ago

At this time in 2013, the EF5 Moore, Oklahoma tornado began producing one of the most extreme radar hook echoes in meteorological history.
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At this time in 2013, the EF5 Moore, Oklahoma tornado began producing one of the most extreme radar hook echoes in meteorological history.

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Melissa has a very real chance of tying Hurricane Allen (1980) as the STRONGEST Atlantic Hurricane on record in post-season analysis. A 252 MPH wind gust in the southern eyewall. The driest eye ever recorded at -2.25 C (Meranti was the previous record at -5.00 C it’s not even close). The highest ADT estimate of all-time. A pressure of at LEAST 892 mbar. Cat 5 strength sustained for 35 consecutive hours. Multiple eyewall mergers. The lowest pressure at landfall in the Western Hemisphere. Yesterday, Hurricane Melissa joined the ranks of some of the most powerful tropical cyclones the world has seen in the satellite era. And tragically, she did so right as she made an unprecedented landfall in Jamaica.
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Melissa has a very real chance of tying Hurricane Allen (1980) as the STRONGEST Atlantic Hurricane on record in post-season analysis. A 252 MPH wind gust in the southern eyewall. The driest eye ever recorded at -2.25 C (Meranti was the previous record at -5.00 C it’s not even close). The highest ADT estimate of all-time. A pressure of at LEAST 892 mbar. Cat 5 strength sustained for 35 consecutive hours. Multiple eyewall mergers. The lowest pressure at landfall in the Western Hemisphere. Yesterday, Hurricane Melissa joined the ranks of some of the most powerful tropical cyclones the world has seen in the satellite era. And tragically, she did so right as she made an unprecedented landfall in Jamaica.

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🚨LANDFALL: The tiny volcanic island of Babuyan is now trapped at the bottom of the massive, ~905 MBAR stadium eye of Category 5 Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH). Extremely violent winds of up to 180 MPH (290 kph) and gusts up to 200+ MPH (320 kph) have likely defoliated the island almost completely, potentially snapping trees off by the trunk and inundating coastal regions with heavy storm surge. Ragasa’s ferocious eyewall is now raking the nearby isles of Calayan and Camiguin.
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🚨LANDFALL: The tiny volcanic island of Babuyan is now trapped at the bottom of the massive, ~905 MBAR stadium eye of Category 5 Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH). Extremely violent winds of up to 180 MPH (290 kph) and gusts up to 200+ MPH (320 kph) have likely defoliated the island almost completely, potentially snapping trees off by the trunk and inundating coastal regions with heavy storm surge. Ragasa’s ferocious eyewall is now raking the nearby isles of Calayan and Camiguin.

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724,755 views • 8 months ago

Unbelievable satellite view of the Middle East cyclone right now. It’s not very often you see something like this in the Persian Gulf region. Over 1,400 km to the SE of the low-pressure center, the most intense supercells of this entire system just struck the United Arab Emirates and blanketed the nation in exceptionally cold thunderstorms. Towering, electric cloud tops as frigid as -90 C (-130 F) moved directly over Dubai and Abu Dhabi, delivering one of the stormiest nights in recent memory for both of these desert metropolises.
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Unbelievable satellite view of the Middle East cyclone right now. It’s not very often you see something like this in the Persian Gulf region. Over 1,400 km to the SE of the low-pressure center, the most intense supercells of this entire system just struck the United Arab Emirates and blanketed the nation in exceptionally cold thunderstorms. Towering, electric cloud tops as frigid as -90 C (-130 F) moved directly over Dubai and Abu Dhabi, delivering one of the stormiest nights in recent memory for both of these desert metropolises.

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154,145 views • 2 months ago

This will go down as one of the most remarkable satellite loops in the history of Australian cyclones. Over the course of 12 days and ~3,500 miles, Cyclone Narelle made landfall on OPPOSITE sides of Australia at Category 3+ intensity as she tried to circumnavigate the continent.
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This will go down as one of the most remarkable satellite loops in the history of Australian cyclones. Over the course of 12 days and ~3,500 miles, Cyclone Narelle made landfall on OPPOSITE sides of Australia at Category 3+ intensity as she tried to circumnavigate the continent.

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134,736 views • 2 months ago

The exceptionally rare lifespan of Cyclone Senyar on satellite imagery. This was the first time in recorded history that a tropical cyclone formed in the Malacca Strait; and with 608+ casualties across Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, Senyar has become the most devastating storm on Earth since Typhoon Yagi (Enteng) in 2024.
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The exceptionally rare lifespan of Cyclone Senyar on satellite imagery. This was the first time in recorded history that a tropical cyclone formed in the Malacca Strait; and with 608+ casualties across Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, Senyar has become the most devastating storm on Earth since Typhoon Yagi (Enteng) in 2024.

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347,036 views • 6 months ago

At this exact moment in 1999, the F5 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado dropped to the ground. Over the next 1 hour and 25 minutes, this monster would devastate the southern side of the Oklahoma City metro area, peaking with worldwide record strong winds of ~320 MPH. KFOR’s live coverage of the tornado, including this close-up of horizontal vortices and debris rotating around the main funnel, is nothing short of spine-chilling.
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At this exact moment in 1999, the F5 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado dropped to the ground. Over the next 1 hour and 25 minutes, this monster would devastate the southern side of the Oklahoma City metro area, peaking with worldwide record strong winds of ~320 MPH. KFOR’s live coverage of the tornado, including this close-up of horizontal vortices and debris rotating around the main funnel, is nothing short of spine-chilling.

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61,465 views • 1 month ago

15 years ago at this very moment, a 190 MPH, multiple-vortex, EF4 tornado struck the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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15 years ago at this very moment, a 190 MPH, multiple-vortex, EF4 tornado struck the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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68,578 views • 1 month ago

CATEGORY 5 Hurricane Melissa now has unimaginably violent sustained winds of 185 MPH. Her blistering core pressure has cratered to 892 MBAR in the final moments before a cataclysmic landfall in Jamaica. Melissa is now tied with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the 3RD MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane of all-time, and she is about to become the strongest landfalling storm in Atlantic Basin history.
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CATEGORY 5 Hurricane Melissa now has unimaginably violent sustained winds of 185 MPH. Her blistering core pressure has cratered to 892 MBAR in the final moments before a cataclysmic landfall in Jamaica. Melissa is now tied with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the 3RD MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane of all-time, and she is about to become the strongest landfalling storm in Atlantic Basin history.

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355,740 views • 7 months ago

I can’t recall having ever seen a storm like this in the Atlantic. Melissa’s satellite presentation right now is the extreme of the extreme. It is rivaling the appearance of some of the most powerful Super Typhoons in recorded history. Of course, only official recon data from the Hurricane Hunters can tell us the true story of Melissa’s strength. But I just cannot imagine that a storm displaying such a terrifying level of perfection as what we’re seeing here does not go sub-900 mbar. This is genuinely unbelievable, and Jamaica is facing a very grim situation.
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I can’t recall having ever seen a storm like this in the Atlantic. Melissa’s satellite presentation right now is the extreme of the extreme. It is rivaling the appearance of some of the most powerful Super Typhoons in recorded history. Of course, only official recon data from the Hurricane Hunters can tell us the true story of Melissa’s strength. But I just cannot imagine that a storm displaying such a terrifying level of perfection as what we’re seeing here does not go sub-900 mbar. This is genuinely unbelievable, and Jamaica is facing a very grim situation.

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333,574 views • 7 months ago

48 hours ago, Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) was the most powerful storm on the planet in 2025. Tonight, he remains a large, spiraling, and powerful Pacific cyclone that is closing in on a dangerous landfall near Yangjiang, China. Hong Kong is currently under the highest storm warning level that can be issued for the city as Ragasa’s 120+ mph (195+ kph) core continues to pass by to the south.
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48 hours ago, Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) was the most powerful storm on the planet in 2025. Tonight, he remains a large, spiraling, and powerful Pacific cyclone that is closing in on a dangerous landfall near Yangjiang, China. Hong Kong is currently under the highest storm warning level that can be issued for the city as Ragasa’s 120+ mph (195+ kph) core continues to pass by to the south.

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331,066 views • 8 months ago

Look at this crazy spiral-hook inside the eye of Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) right now.
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Look at this crazy spiral-hook inside the eye of Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) right now.

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This is what’s lurking off Vietnam’s shores today. Rarely ever has a Category 4 Typhoon come this close to the country since records began. Despite negligible OHC, Kalmaegi (TinoPH) is threatening to become the FIRST Cat 4+ landfall in Vietnam’s History in just a few short hours, approaching major cities like Quy Nhon and Tuy Hoa. Life-threatening winds, rainfall and even storm surge are possible, if not likely, for certain areas (especially if they are impacted directly by Kalmaegi’s core).
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This is what’s lurking off Vietnam’s shores today. Rarely ever has a Category 4 Typhoon come this close to the country since records began. Despite negligible OHC, Kalmaegi (TinoPH) is threatening to become the FIRST Cat 4+ landfall in Vietnam’s History in just a few short hours, approaching major cities like Quy Nhon and Tuy Hoa. Life-threatening winds, rainfall and even storm surge are possible, if not likely, for certain areas (especially if they are impacted directly by Kalmaegi’s core).

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