Weak El Niño remains possible

Details: Category: Metereología y Oceanografía; Published on Sunday, 07 December 2014 19:46; Hits: 2388

Phenomenon should bring rain to region

Betsy Blaney

8:55 PM, Dec 6, 2014

FILE - In this July 22, 2011 file photo, a lone cotton plant has sprouted through a piece of parched, cracked earth in a West Texas field near Lubbock, Texas, that was not irrigated. A full-blown El Nino has yet to arrive, but moisture coming in from the Pacific could result in a wetter-than-normal winter and spring for drought-stricken Texas. Forecasters initially expected the rain-producing

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As Hagupit Nears Philippines, Here's What You Need to Know About Typhoons

Details: Category: Metereología y Oceanografía; Published on Sunday, 07 December 2014 19:43; Hits: 2798

National Geographic

For starters, nearly 90 percent of these big oceanic storms are called typhoons and cyclones, not hurricanes.

A satellite image of supertyphoon Hagupit—taken earlier this week—shows the storm bearing down on the Philippines.

Photograph by NASA Goddard's MODIS Rapid Response Team

Jane J. Lee

National Geographic

Published December 5, 2014

Update: Hagupit made landfall Saturday at 9:15 p.m. local time near the town of Dolores on the southeastern Philippine island of Samar. The storm—downgraded from its supertyphoon status—plodded ashore as a category 3, with estimated winds around 127 miles (204 kilometers) per hour.

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With a "supertyphoon" named Hagupit

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