Tropical Storms
In the Western Pacific:
Typhoon Neoguri is located approximately 367 nm south of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.
Typhoon Neoguri has strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds late Sunday, and is headed west-northwest at 12 mph towards a Tuesday brush with Okinawa in Japan's Ryukyu island chain.
Satellite images show a huge and well-organized system, with a prominent eye, and very intense eyewall thunderstorms with cold cloud tops. WInd shear is light, 5 - 10 knots, sea surface temperatures are a very warm 30 - 31°C, and very warm waters extend to great depth along the storm's path, giving the typhoon plenty of heat energy to power potential intensification into a Category 5 Super Typhoon.
NewsBytes:
South Africa - Rain floods hundreds of shacks in the informal settlements on the Cape flats around Cape Town. More than 26 000 people have been affected.
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