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Update: Cyclone Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean) 13 February 2012 17h30 SAST

Update: Cyclone Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean) 13 February 2012 17h30 SAST

SAWDOS - Monday, February 13, 2012 10:26

(Click on image for larger view.)Cyclone Giovanna to make landfall in MadagascarOn Monday, February 13th, Tropical cyclone Giovanna, located approximately 250NM east of Antananarivo, Madagascar, had tracked West-South Westward at 12 knots over the past...

Update: Cyclone Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean) 12 February 2012 20h00 SAST

Update: Cyclone Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean) 12 February 2012 20h00 SAST

SAWDOS - Sunday, February 12, 2012 13:00

(Click on images for larger view.)121500Z POSITION NEAR 17.7S 56.0E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LA REUNION, HAD TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATEL...

Update: Cyclone Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean) 12 February 2012 09h00 SAST

Update: Cyclone Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean) 12 February 2012 09h00 SAST

SAWDOS - Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:41

120300Z POSITION NEAR 17.5S 57.5E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 260 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LA REUNION, HAD TRACKED WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD AT 05 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE SYSTEM...

27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta

27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta

SAWDOS - Sunday, February 12, 2012 0:05

Many records were broken during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season including the most hurricanes ever, the most category 5 hurricanes, and the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic as measured by atmospheric pressure. This visualization ...

Hurricane Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean)

Hurricane Season 2012: Tropical Cyclone Giovanna (Southern Indian Ocean)

SAWDOS - Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:10

NASA Sees Giovanna Reach Cyclone Strength, Threaten Madagascar(Click on image for larger view.)The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image at 06:00 UTC (1 a.m. EST) on February 10, 2012, as Tropical Cyclone Giovanna moved through...

Tropical Cyclone 12S (Giovanna) Active Tropical Cyclone in South Indian Ocean

Tropical Cyclone 12S (Giovanna) Active Tropical Cyclone in South Indian Ocean

SAWDOS - Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:07

110300Z POSITION NEAR 16.9S 59.8E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 365 NM NORTHEAST OF LA REUNION, HAS TRACKED SOUTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE SYSTEM HAS MAINTA...

Gift of the Givers: Mpumalanga Flood Relief

Gift of the Givers: Mpumalanga Flood Relief

SAWDOS - Monday, February 6, 2012 5:26

Image: Gift of the Givers (Click on image for larger view.)Accompanied by the Ehlanzeni district Executive Mayor, L. M. Shongwe, Executive Mayor Ms T.S. Khoza, members of SAPS Nkomazi Municipality, Ehlanzeni District and provincial government members, ...

Extra -Tropical Transition : Cyclone Funso (29 January 2012 13h55 SAST)

Extra -Tropical Transition : Cyclone Funso (29 January 2012 13h55 SAST)

SAWDOS - Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:08

Images: NOAA18 (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on images for larger view.

Images: Cyclone Damage Mozambique

Images: Cyclone Damage Mozambique

SAWDOS - Thursday, January 26, 2012 23:55

Images: Araujo Manuel (Click on images for larger view.)

Tropical Cyclone 09S (Iggy) Northwest of Learmonth, Australia

Tropical Cyclone 09S (Iggy) Northwest of Learmonth, Australia

SAWDOS - Thursday, January 26, 2012 23:05

270300Z POSITION NEAR 18.3S 110.2E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 09S (IGGY), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 340 NM NORTHWEST OF LEARMONTH, AUSTRALIA, HAS TRACKED SOUTHEASTWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES IMPRO...

Tropical Cyclone Funso a danger to Mozambique: What path will the cyclone follow?

Tropical Cyclone Funso a danger to Mozambique: What path will the cyclone follow?

SAWDOS - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:04

Image: NOAA18  25 Januarie 2012  02h06 SAST (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Powerful, slow moving and dangerous Tropical Cyclone Funso (Category 4 Storm) has continued to lash central Mozambique with flooding, heavy rain and damaging winds and i...

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

SAWDOS - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:44

(Click on images for larger view.)250900Z POSITION NEAR 22.8S 38.7E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 08S (FUNSO), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 385 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD AT 04 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 06 HOURS. ANIMATED MULTI...

MOZAMBIQUE: Simultaneous storms leave 25 dead

MOZAMBIQUE: Simultaneous storms leave 25 dead

IRIN - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 20:01

PRINT EMAIL Cyclone Funso over the Mozambique Channel JOHANNESBURG, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Two tropical storms in quick succession in Mozambique in recent days have left at least 25 dead, tens of thousands affected by flooding, and commun...

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

SAWDOS - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:08

(Click on images for larger view.)232100Z POSITION NEAR 19.5S 39.3E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 08S (FUNSO), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 550 NM NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAD TRACKED SOUTHWARD AT 04 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE ...

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

SAWDOS - Monday, January 23, 2012 14:33

230900Z POSITION NEAR 18.5S 39.4E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 08S, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 590 NM NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED SOUTHEASTWARD AT 03 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALS THAT TC 08S CONTINUES ...

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

Update: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) South Indian Ocean( Mozambique Channel)

SAWDOS - Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:54

Images: CIMSS (Click on images for larger view.)201800Z-211800ZJAN2012 AT 200600Z, TROPICAL CYCLONE 08S (FUNSO) WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.4S 38.6E, APPROXIMATELY 655 NM NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, AND HAD TRACKED WESTWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 06 HO...

NASA: Tropical Cyclone Funso active, threaten Mozambique

NASA: Tropical Cyclone Funso active, threaten Mozambique

SAWDOS - Friday, January 20, 2012 13:36

Image: NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared look at the temperatures of the clouds in Tropical Cyclone Funso on Jan. 19, 2012, at 10:59 UTC (5:59 a.m. EST). The coldest cloud top temperatures and strongest thunderstorms appear in purple, and were...

Latest satellite images of cyclone Funso in the Mozambique Channel

Latest satellite images of cyclone Funso in the Mozambique Channel

SAWDOS - Friday, January 20, 2012 13:00

Images: Latest satellite image of cyclone Funso. - Naval Research Lab  (Click on images for larger view.)

Image: Tropical Cyclone Funso active between Mozambique and the island of Madagascar.

Image: Tropical Cyclone Funso active between Mozambique and the island of Madagascar.

SAWDOS - Friday, January 20, 2012 12:46

Image: Tropical Storm Funso over Mozambique and Madagascar on January 19 (Source: LANCE/MODIS/Aqua) (Click on image for larger view.)

Two Tropical Cyclones now active in the South Indian Ocean: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) and Tropical Cyclone 07S (Ethel)

Two Tropical Cyclones now active in the South Indian Ocean: Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) and Tropical Cyclone 07S (Ethel)

SAWDOS - Thursday, January 19, 2012 23:42

Two tropical cyclones are now active in the South Indian Ocean. The first cyclone is active in the Mozambique Channel and has been named Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) while Tropical Cyclone 07S (Ethel) is active to the east of Madagascar.Furth...

Another Tropical Cyclone Threat to Southeast Africa

Another Tropical Cyclone Threat to Southeast Africa

SAWDOS - Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:12

Image: Tropical low pressure in the Mozambique Channel Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 (Navy Research Lab Monterrey)A tropical cyclone in the Mozambique Channel will menace the southeastern coast of Africa with potentially damaging winds and flooding rain dur...

KrugerPark Floods 18 January 2012

KrugerPark Floods 18 January 2012

SAWDOS - Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:35

Letaba Rest camp in flood in the Kruger National Park.

Update: Real Time Storm Observation: Heavy Rain and Flooding reported in parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo Lowveld areas.

Update: Real Time Storm Observation: Heavy Rain and Flooding reported in parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo Lowveld areas.

SAWDOS - Wednesday, January 18, 2012 15:23

Images: Eumetsat (Click on images for larger view.)Continues heavy rain has fallen in parts of the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces since yesterday and heavy rain is expected to continue until Thursday morning. The following rainfall figures (more tha...

Images: Flooding in Hoedspruit

Images: Flooding in Hoedspruit

SAWDOS - Wednesday, January 18, 2012 13:51

Here is some photos of the flood in Hoedspruit - Su-Marie Hörstmann (Click on images for larger view.)

Kruger flood survivors treated

Kruger flood survivors treated

SAWDOS - Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:23

Kruger National Park flood survivors are receiving medical treatment in Skukuza, South African National Parks (SANParks) confirmed on Wednesday.Skukuza is the main camp in the reserve. Since Monday, heavy rain has hit parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo ca...

MMDA, DoST to install Metro flood warning system

besguerra - Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:30

A system initiated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) is expected to put in place a six-hour flood warning system in the metropolis aimed at preventing the loss of lives and prope...

Mozambicans Urged to Leave Flood-Prone Areas

SAWDOS - Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:30

Mozambican authorities are urging people to leave flood-prone southern and central areas as a tropical depression brings heavy rains and high winds.The main roads of Mozambique's capital were flooded Tuesday after heavy rain fell intermittently Monday....

Tropical Storm Dando Hits Mozambique

Tropical Storm Dando Hits Mozambique

SAWDOS - Monday, January 16, 2012 11:25

Tropical Depression Dando makes landfall over Mozambique. Credit: Naval Research LaboratoryTropical Depression Dando made landfall over the coast of Mozambique in southern Africa earlier today, as seen in this satellite image.Dando is the first storm t...

UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN: SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION DANDO

UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN: SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION DANDO

SAWDOS - Monday, January 16, 2012 7:37

Image: Eumesat 14h00 SAST (Click on image for larger view.)12H30 SAST12h30 SAST12h00 SASTImages: CIMSS (Click image for larger view.)WXTLIST WMO=ABIO10ABIO10 PGTW 160930 ...

Significant Tropical Weather for the Indian Ocean: Heavy rain, gale force winds, rough seas and large wave heights expected from Monday 16th to possibly Friday 20th.

Significant Tropical Weather for the Indian Ocean: Heavy rain, gale force winds, rough seas and large wave heights expected from Monday 16th to possibly Friday 20th.

SAWDOS - Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:12

Image: Eumetsat (Click on image for larger view.)Image: NOAA18 - 14h46 SAST (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on images for larger view.Image: NOAA15 - 17h11 SAST (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on image for larger view.As indicated in the previous...


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