As the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season steams toward its climatological peak next month, AccuWeather experts are closely monitoring several areas for development across the tropical basin into next week including one over the Gulf of Mexico. The threat of development in the Gulf of Mexico is among a handful of areas in the tropical basin stretching all the way to the western coast of Africa, where a tropical depression or storm could form over the next several days. One area in the open Atlantic
Evacuations are underway as Khanun, which killed at least two people in Japan last week, heads toward the country again, and it will be followed by a direct landfall in South Korea later this week, AccuWeather forecasters warn. The tropical cyclone, which lost wind intensity and became a tropical storm last week after moving through the islands of southern Japan as a powerful typhoon, was located about a hundred miles to the south of Kyushu, as of late Tuesday evening, local time. The system was
The AccuWeather RealVue™ Satellite image from Tuesday morning, July 11, 2023, shows the area of disturbed weather east of Bermuda that forecasters are monitoring for tropical development. (AccuWeather) The Atlantic Ocean has remained quiet for weeks, as expansive areas of Saharan dust and disruptive winds have limited the opportunities for tropical systems to form. AccuWeather meteorologists say that the lull could soon come to an end, as an area of disturbed weather in the central Atlantic may
Canada is officially in the middle of its worst wildfire season on record as fires continue to burn out of control across the country with little relief in sight, according to AccuWeather forecasters. Thick smoke flowing south from the wildfires also continues to dim the sun in portions of the northern United States, where air quality will be poor in spots for at least several more days. Impacts have also arrived in Western Europe, where smoke was observed and visible on satellite imagery. AccuW
AccuWeather meteorologists say time is running out for interests in southern Pakistan and western India to prepare for a life-threatening tropical cyclone, as more than 100,000 have been instructed to flee to safety. Cyclone Biparjoy, which has been roaming the waters of the Arabian Sea for more than a week, will unleash forceful winds, pounding seas and flooding downpours across the region over the next several days. As of Wednesday evening, local time, Biparjoy was categorized as a "very sever