Explosive Cyclone Rapidly Strengthens Near Northwestern Australia
A tropical cyclone undergoing extreme intensification in the eastern Indian Ocean has rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 storm just off the northwest coast of Australia, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Winds were estimated at 140 knots (260 km/h) on the Saffir-Simpson scale — not the regional Australian cyclone scale — placing […]
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