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During the afternoon of 3 June 2024, [7] the storm complex produced two tornados in the area surrounding the coastal port city of Durban that struck Newcastle, Utrecht and Tongaat. The first tornado developed in Northeastern KwaZulu-Nata between Newcastle and Utrecht, starting off as a rope tornado before developing into a cone tornado.
With warm ocean temperatures and low wind shear, the low developed intense thunderstorms which wrapped around a tight circulation, and the South African Weather Service issuing a level 5 warning for the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal – which was subsequently changed to a level 8 and later a level 9 warning when the impact and ...
December 31, 2002 - Tropical Storm Delfina struck eastern Mozambique, and over the next few days drifted over land until re-emerging into the Mozambique Channel on January 6, 2003. The storm dropped heavy rainfall, reaching 281 mm (11.1 in) in Nampula. The rains caused flooding that damaged or destroyed more than 20,000 houses.
Generally, a warning covers a smaller geographic area and comes when the threat is more “imminent,” McClatchy News reported. For example, the weather service puts out a tornado watch “when ...
Warnings are issued 24 hours prior to the tropical cyclone making landfall. If sustained winds 70 km/h and/or gusts 90 km/h or stronger are predicted, a conventional wind warning will be issued along with the tropical cyclone watches and warnings. A storm surge warning may be issued if abnormally high water levels are predicted.
The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.
The Met Office has issued a danger to life warning parts of the UK with the arrival of the fourth named storm of the season.. Storm Darragh has been named and is expected to bring gusts of up to ...
Yellow warnings currently in place as blustering winds and flooding wreak havoc across UK Storm Debi – live: London weather warning extended as Met Office warns of lightning damage to buildings ...