As Nine Storms Rip Through the Pacific, Two Forces Are to Blame

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:51:00 +0200bloomberg (en)

The Pacific Ocean, named for placidity, is roaring. In the past week, eight tropical systems -- and that includes two major typhoons -- have formed across the Pacific from China to Mexico. On top of that, another system developed in the Southern Hemisphere, putting the two-week tally for the basin....

Powerful typhoon heads for China

Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:24:00 +0200nzherald (en)

Typhoon Chan-hom is barrelling towards China's heavily populated eastern coast, forcing the evacuation of almost a million people, shutting transport links and devastating swathes of farmland, the government and state media says. The powerful typhoon could be the strongest to hit Zhejiang province,....

Tropical Storm Ela: Get ready for muggy, wet weekend

Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:09:00 +0200HonululuAdvertiser (en)

Remnants of former Tropical Storm Ela are expected to drift over the islands this weekend, touching off heavy humidity and spotty rainfall. National Weather Service forecasters say the storm's leftovers will open into a trough that will disrupt tradewinds, while moisture linked to the weather system....

Satellite shows newborn Tropical Depression 02C form in Central Pacific

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:20:00 +0200phys (en)

NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured this infrared image of Tropical Depression 1C and 2C in the Central Pacific Ocean at 1200 UTC (8 a.m. EDT) on July 10. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. NOAA's GOES-West satellite saw that Hawaii is in the middle of a triangle of tropical cyclones.

Satellite shows newborn Tropical Depression 01C form in Central Pacific

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:48:00 +0200phys (en)

NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured this infrared image of Tropical Depression 1C and 2C in the Central Pacific Ocean at 1200 UTC (8 a.m. EDT) on July 10. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. NOAA's GOES-West satellite saw that Hawaii is in the middle of a triangle of tropical cyclones.

First storm of cyclone season will bring surf, humidity

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:35:00 +0200HonululuAdvertiser (en)

. POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 10, 2015. ~~<p>Tropical Depression Ela grows weaker and weaker, but it&rsquo;ll bring some powerful surf to windward coasts Friday and oppressively humid conditions this weekend.</p> <p>Its debut late Wednesday night as the Central Pacific&rsquo;s first tropical storm....

Tropical Storm Ela becomes the Central Pacific's first named storm

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:21:00 +0200phys (en)

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Ela on July 8 at 6:29 p.m. EDT data showed wind shear from the southwest was pushing all the strongest thunderstorms (purple) northeast of the center. Credit: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen. Tropical Storm Ela was born in the western-most part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean....

New hardback 'Cooking Up a Storm' cookbook to be issued

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:39:00 +0200nola (en)

A new hardback 10th anniversary edition of 'Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune' will be released by Chronicle Books in September. (Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) A new hardback edition of "Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune" will be released by Chronicle Books on Aug.

Bid to find &#039;saviour&#039; for Solomons gold mine amid toxic sludge fears

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:11:00 +0200sbs (en)

A gold mine abandoned by an Australian company and threatening a possible environmental disaster in the Solomon Islands is up for sale. Australian-based mining company St Barbara sold Gold Ridge to the landowners in May for just $A100 after losing hundreds of millions of dollars on the project.