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Storms Monitoring Page

TRMM latest 3 days rainfall accumulation

TRMM 30 Day anomalous rainfall

Data sources: NASA -TRMM, GDACS, NHC, JTWC, CPHC.

Active Storms

No active storms at the moment.

Tropical Cyclone Windspeed Scale

Strength	Category	1 Minute Maximum Sustained Winds
Strength	Category	knots	mph	km/h
Tropical Depression	TD	<34	<39	<63
Tropical Storm	TS	34-63	39-73	63-118
Hurricane	Cat 1 (H1)	64-82	74-95	119-153
Hurricane	Cat 2 (H2)	83-95	96-110	154-177
Intense Hurricane	Cat 3 (H3)	96-113	111-130	178-210
Intense Hurricane	Cat 4 (H4)	114-135	131-155	211-250
Intense Hurricane	Cat 5 (H5)	>135	>155	>250

Seasonal storms calendar

Region	Season
North Atlantic Caribbean, Central America National Hurricane Center	June - November
Northwest Pacific Philippines, Japan, South & North Korea, China, Vietnam Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Japan Meteorological Agency	June - November
Eastern Pacific Western Mexico National Hurricane Center	June - November
Central Pacific Central Pacific Hurricane Center - Honolulu, Hawai`i	May - November
Southwest Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Tonga Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Japan Meteorological Agency	October - April
North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Joint Typhoon Warning Center	May - November
South Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania Joint Typhoon Warning Center	October - April

Storms maps

published the 03 Jan 2012
	Philippines, Tropical Storm Sedong (WASHI), Percentage of People Assisted, 03 January 2012 - 8 00 AM PHT Source: WFP file type: JPG, file size: 0.91MB
published the 29 Dec 2011
	Philippines, Tropical Storm Sedong (WASHI), Number of People Affected, 29 December 2011 - 8 00 AM PHT Source: WFP file type: JPG, file size: 0.81MB
published the 24 Dec 2011
	Philippines, Tropical Storm Sedong (WASHI), Number of People Affected, 24 December 2011 - 6 00 AM PHT Source: WFP file type: JPG, file size: 2.17MB
published the 19 Dec 2011
	Philippines, Tropical Storm Sedong (WASHI), Affected Areas, 19 December 2011 - 12:00 PM PHT Source: WFP file type: JPG, file size: 1.36MB
published the 26 May 2011
	Philippines, Tropical Storm Songda, 26 May 2011 Source: WFP file type: JPG, file size: 0.91MB
published the 04 Jun 2010
	Oman - Pakistan Tropical Storm Phet 03 June 2010 Source: WFP file type: JPG, file size: 4.16MB

Numbers and Statistics

This week
Nr. of Storms:
0
This month
Nr. of Storms:
0
This year
Nr. of Storms:
6

Storms in the News

The following news are collected from EMM, AlertNet, Google News, Yahoo News and sorted by publish date.
Towns before crops - 03 Feb 2012 @22:28
Warning on Need of Common Regional Position for Rio+20 - 03 Feb 2012 @21:16
Mozambique: UN Agency Begins Food Distribution to Flood Victims - 03 Feb 2012 @20:28
$257,978 in Mental Health Grants Help Disaster Survivors Cope - 03 Feb 2012 @18:29
Mozambique: UN agency begins food distribution to flood victims - 03 Feb 2012 @17:48
UN declares Somali famine over for now - 03 Feb 2012 @12:43
Ukraine cold spell death toll rises to 101 - 03 Feb 2012 @08:05
Somali regions no longer famine stricken-U.N. - 03 Feb 2012 @06:56
Storm over climate change among weather forecasters - 02 Feb 2012 @19:18
Jobless Roma dig coal at mine dump in icy Hungary winter - 02 Feb 2012 @16:52

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