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Cyclone Dikeledi Moves Towards Northern Madagascar

Force Thirteen — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:47:45 +0000

Cyclone Dikeledi is currently heading in a westerly direction towards the Northern coast/tip of Madagascar where it will drop 250mm+ of rain as it passes by.

Current Warnings

Météo Madagascar currently has heavy rain, strong wind, and heavy swell warnings in place for areas across the northwestern and northeastern parts of the coast with the heavy swell warning stretching all the way down to the western coast.

Rainfall

Cyclone Dikeledi can be expected to bring 10 inches and above to the northern coast of Madagascar and up to 6 inches or so once it reaches the northwestern coast of Mozambique.

Current Hazards:

Cyclone Dikeledi’s main hazards will be rough seas, strong winds, and heavy rainfall over the next couple of days as it continues its path over Madagascar into the Mozambique channel.

Check out our latest full update on Cyclone Dikeledi using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnMmDUT6MJ8

Current Meteo France forecast cone for Cyclone Dikeledi at time of article release.

Current forecast rainfall over portions of Madagascar as Cyclone Dikeledi progresses westward.

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2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Animation Released!

Force Thirteen — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 23:26:36 +0000

After a long, record-breaking, and destructive hurricane season, the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Animation has finally arrived. The 2024 season was the second-costliest tropical cyclone season in history, due in part to extremely powerful damaging storms, like Helene, which became the third-costliest hurricane ever, Milton, one of the strongest hurricanes in the Atlantic basin by both wind speed and barometric pressure. Beryl became both the earliest Category 4 and Category 5 hurricane on record, beating Dennis and Emily of 2005, respectively. Finally, Debby, albeit a much weaker storm in comparison to the previously mentioned storms, became Canada’s costliest tropical cyclone on record as it brought extreme flooding to Quebec during its extratropical phase, beating Fiona of 2022.

Watch our animation of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM86Ghca5RQ

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Cyclone Hidaya Nears the Coast of Tanzania – Video Update

Force Thirteen — Fri, 03 May 2024 14:36:48 +0000

Cyclone Hidaya peaked this morning as a strong Category 1 hurricane equivalent storm, and is still holding on to a lot of its strength as it draws nearer to the coast of Tanzania. Whilst it’s still unclear exactly where landfall will occur, it’s looking more likely that it will be near Mafia Island. The storm is expected to rapidly weaken as it reaches land, and some signs of weakening are already becoming apparent. However, strong winds of over 50 miles per hour (80kph) and torrential rainfall with accumulations of up to 12 inches (300mm) are possible, causing structural damage and flash flooding. There remains the possibility, as suggested by Meteo France, that the storm will curve completely away from land, but not before producing storm conditions along coastal areas tonight and tomorrow.

Watch our full update on Cyclone Hidaya using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QSD8gPLVD8

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Cyclone threat increasing for Madagascar and Mauritius

Force Thirteen — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:20:13 +0000

A tropical disturbance continues to build up off the coast of northern Madagascar, and is expected to ramp up in intensity later this week. The system is already producing large amounts of rain, and that is set to continue as the storm deepens. Forecasts call for potentially a Category 3 peak as it moves very slowly near Madagascar, before making for the Mascarene islands near the end of the week and swiping Mauritius and Réunion. Whilst confidence in the forecast is increasing, there is still a fair amount of wriggle room, especially with regards to timing, and some model scenarios still put the storm over or even to the west of Madagascar. Suffice to say, rapid intensification is likely to occur at some point, and a recurvature to the southeast is also likely later on. This is likely to put the Mascarene islands at risk of strong cyclonic winds and high rainfall.

Watch our full update on this system here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-vnejoyA4w

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Cyclone Eleanor Forecast to Rapidly Intensify as it Approaches Mauritius (Video Update)

Force Thirteen — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:42:17 +0000

Cyclone Eleanor is posed to threaten Mauritius this week, as the storm expected to intensify as it nears the island nation later this week. Eleanor will likely make a close pass to Mauritius. Catch the latest on Cyclone Eleanor with a video update from our team here:

Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XYR9ynD6CU

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2023 Pacific Typhoon Season Animation Released

Force Thirteen — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:49:43 +0000

The 2023 Pacific Typhoon Season was another below-average season, namely the fourth-consecutive season to have a below average number of storms despite the El Niño. Although it still saw many storms dealing a lot of damage to countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, China and more. Within the 2023 Pacific Typhoon Season, notable and well-known storms were Mawar (Betty), Doksuri (Egay), Saola (Goring) and Bolaven. Super Typhoon Doksuri caused devastating damage to affected countries, adding up to $15.5 billion in damages and caused 139 casualties, which made it the deadliest and costliest storm of the season.

Replay all of the storms with our 2023 West Pacific Typhoon Season Animation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzp_u6Kl3d0

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Watch Live Coverage of Cyclone Belal on our Youtube Page!

Force Thirteen — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:58:11 +0000

Cyclone Belal continues to intensify, and is now a Category 2 on the Saffir Simpson Scale as it draws closer to the island of Réunion in the southwest Indian Ocean. The storm is developing a decent eye and winds are now near 100 miles per hour (160kph), and these winds may affect the islands especially on Monday. Rainfall amounts are also expected to become serious, with up to 500mm possible on the island of Réunion. Later on in the forecast, the track of Belal will become more uncertain, with the potential for the storm to stall completely or even turn back towards the islands.

Force Thirteen is live and covering Belal on our Youtube page at release of this post. Watch our coverage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1quCNPSseQ

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Track of Cyclone Mocha (Video)

Force Thirteen — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:44:04 +0000

Cyclone Mocha was a very destructive Category 5 equivalent cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in May of 2023. Mocha made landfall as a Category 4 equivalent just north of Sittwe, Myanmar, causing severe damage. Cyclone Mocha was, in addition, the first Category 5 storm in the North Indian Ocean basin since Cyclone Amphan of May 2020. Watch our full track animation for Cyclone Mocha using the link below!

Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmXHzft-Q4

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Celebrate the New Year With Force Thirteen!

Force Thirteen — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:48:05 +0000

Happy New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day around the world! Another sensational year has passed, we at Force Thirteen and our team are ready to count down to the new year with bloopers, highlights, gameshows and other fun throughout the night! We’ll be hosting a live stream starting at 21z with all these highlights and more! Watch using the link below!

Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bosoY8Kvyw

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Tropical Storm Kabayan (Jelawat) Forecast to Make Landfall in the Philippines Tonight – Video Update

Force Thirteen — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 17:19:13 +0000

A late season tropical storm is lining up for landfall on the southern Philippines tonight. Tropical storm Jelawat, known locally as tropical storm Kabayan is approaching the coastline as a strengthening storm tonight. Widespread heavy and locally intense rainfall is expected from this storm, with signal one warnings already in place to cover the damaging wind threat. Kabayan will then move into the South China Sea where some intensification is possible.

Watch our latest update on Kabavan (Jelawat) using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs08prvEt2o&t

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