A preliminary Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake has struck in the Philippines, causing Tsunami Advisories to be issued in areas in the Pacific. The depth as reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has the depth estimated as 35km, or about 22 mi underground. Preliminarily, the epicenter is estimated to be 24 miles west southwest of Burias, Philippines, located in the Pacific Ocean. In the Philippines, a Tsunami Warning has been

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking Tropical Amanda in the Eastern Pacific basin, 1475 miles south of Baja California. This storm originally was Tropical Depression One-E. There is no threat to population with this storm. At the 8 AM NHC Advisory, Amanda had sustained winds of 40 mph or 65 km/h. The minimum central pressure was at 1006 mb, moving northwest at 8 mph or 13 km/h. Amanda is

A potentially extremely dangerous day is possible today throughout portions of the central US. This follows after a damaging tornado occurred yesterday near St Libory Nebraska, where two homes were destroyed. Today, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Moderate, with EF2-3+ tornadoes likely. Within this moderate risk, they have issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch, in portions of northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska. Some big cities

This weekend is shaping up to be a historical severe and fire weather weekend in the central US. Over the next four days, the Storm Prediction Center has two Critical Fire Risks, and one Extreme Fire Risk, along with three straight Enhanced risks for severe weather, along with a 15% contour for severe weather on Tuesday (Equivalent to a Slight Risk). Starting with the Fire Weather. Fire Weather is when

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Moderate risk (Level 4/5) today in an all hazards type severe weather day for portions of eastern Missouri and southwest Illinois. Within this risk, there is a 15% CIG (Conditional Intensity Group) 2 for Tornadoes. What this means, is that within a 25 mile radius of hose in that risk, there is a 15% chance of an EF3 tornado, which would indicate winds

Guam and the Northern Mariana islands are hunkering down late today in preparation for the direct hit of Sinlaku, one of the strongest Super Typhoons to hit the Northern Mariana Islands in history. The territory is currently in a Condition of Readiness 1 (COR 1), the all clear level would be a Condition of Readiness 4. The Super Typhoon has sustained winds of 165 mph, which would be equivalent to