Current Weather & Storm Updates
For current local weather information, you may select from the following locations:
NOAA, Wunderground, and Dr. Jeff Masters -- RSS Feeds
During Hurricane Season, the National Hurricane Center of NOAA will post frequent updates of storm activity in the Atlantic Basin. This feed is available in both English and Spanish. Wunderground.com also has a Hurricane RSS Feed that gives both Atlantic and Pacific storm info, or for some really good analysis and discussion, click on Dr. Jeff Masters' Blog feed. The StormCancun blog will provide you with some information specific to the Cancun area relative to storms in that area.
Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlogWeather Underground RSS Feed for JeffMasters's Blog
- May 2008: month of the natural disaster
13 May 2008 at 9:18am
We live on a dangerous planet. In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones of all time, China's worst earthquake in 32 years has struck just 12 days later. Rarely in recorded history have twin natural disasters claiming 1...
- An unusually early and violent tornado season
12 May 2008 at 9:51am
An EF-4 tornado with winds of 166-175 mph swept through Oklahoma and Missouri Saturday, killing 21 people. Hardest hit were the towns of Picher, OK, where six died, and Seneca, MO, where ten died. The violent tornado was up to a mile wide. It's be...
- Tornadoes kill 21 in Missouri and Oklahoma
11 May 2008 at 1:44pm
Killer tornadoes swept through Oklahoma and Missouri, yesterday, killing at least 21 people. Hardest hit were the towns of Picher, OK, where seven died, and Seneca, MO, where ten died. Damage photos I saw from these towns showed buildings swept cl...
- Cyclone Nargis death toll may top 100,000
8 May 2008 at 9:58am
The tragedy of Cyclone Nargis' aftermath in Myanmar continues to intensify, with the top U.S. diplomat in the county now predicting a death toll of 100,000. A death toll of 80,000 has been estimated by a local official in just one district of the ...
- Cyclone Nargis death toll in the tens of thousands
6 May 2008 at 8:42am
A disaster of staggering magnitude continues to unfold in Myanmar, where the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis exceeds 22,000. In one city alone--Bogalay, about 50 miles southwest of the capital of Yangon--10,000 people are thought to have d...