Typhoon Yinxing Approaches the Philippines as a Category 4 Storm
More than 160,000 people have been evacuated to prepare for the tropical cyclone. It is forecast to make landfall by Friday morning.
Latest update from the NHC on Category 3 Hurricane Rafael for Wednesday, Nov 6
Article first published: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, 4 a.m. ET Article last updated: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, 1 p.m. ET The National Hurricane Center’s 1 pm Wednesday advisory reported that Category 3 Hurricane Rafael is 40 miles northeast of the Isle of Youth and 85 miles south of Havana Cuba, with maximum sustained wind of […]
Singapore Picks ‘La Luna’ for International Film Category
Singapore has selected director M. Raihan Halim’s Malay-language comedy-drama La Luna as its submission for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best international feature film category. The film, a co-production between Singapore and Malaysia, is a comedy about a woman who opens a lingerie shop in a conservative Malaysian village, tackling themes of tradition versus […]
Hurricane Milton Shows How a Storm’s Category Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
Milton’s enormous storm surge has also highlighted the growing danger from water. More intense hurricanes are pushing higher storm surges due to sea-level rise. These “hurricanes on steroids,” as Olson calls them, are also dumping larger amounts of rain inland, just as Hurricane Helene did in North Carolina late last month. Between 2013 and 2022, […]