🌀 Monday video update on catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa, nearing its final approach to #Jamaica.
Hoping everyone in the path finds shelter and stays safe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcz...
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🌀 Monday video update on catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa, nearing its final approach to #Jamaica.
Hoping everyone in the path finds shelter and stays safe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcz...
Saturday video update on Hurricane #Melissa, poised to rapidly intensify and directly strike #Jamaica, with life-threatening conditions also expected in #Hispaniola, #Cuba, and portions of the #Bahamas during the next several days. Everyone please stay safe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeUG...
🌀 Friday video update on Tropical Storm #Melissa, now beginning its intensification run toward hurricane status, and bringing life-threatening hazards to multiple Caribbean countries:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ucu...
🌀 Monday video discussion on Invest #98L, expected to develop into a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea this week and raise flooding risks in the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgo...
🌀 Saturday video update on newly-formed Tropical Depression 9 (#TD9; to be named #Imelda later) and Major Hurricane #Humberto
🌀 TD9 is expected to bring hazardous weather to the #Bahamas and possibly eastern #Florida, #Georgia, #SouthCarolina, & #NorthCarolina.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEt5...
🌀 Friday (long!) video update on Hurricane #Humberto and Invest #94L (likely to develop and be named #Imelda)
🌀 While uncertainty in this complex forecast remains elevated, risk of life-threatening impacts to the southeastern US continues to increase. Have a plan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDQ...
🌀 Thursday video update on Tropical Storm #Humberto and Invest #94L (would be named #Imelda if it develops).
🌀 These two storms are raising risks to the #TurksAndCaicos, #Bahamas, southeastern US, and #Bermuda this weekend and next week, though uncertainty is high.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmM...
🌀 Wednesday video update on two tropical systems expected to develop and bring impacts to the southwestern Atlantic region this week and next week:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=whSp...
🌀 Monday video update on Major Hurricane #Erin, which will spread dangerous coastal hazards along the U.S. eastern seaboard and the western Atlantic region this week
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MoA...
🌀 Friday video update on Hurricane #Erin, strengthening in the central Atlantic
youtu.be/thRZQXd5Spc
🌀 Tuesday video discussion on Tropical Storm #Erin, moving westward across the eastern Atlantic.
🌀 Erin's track takes it north of but fairly close to the Leeward Islands of the NE Caribbean. This region should monitor the forecast & be prepared for potential impacts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoHC...
🌀 Tuesday video update on Invest #93L near #Florida that will be monitored for potential development as it crosses into the northern Gulf.
🌀 Regardless of development, heavy rains spreading along the north gulf coast will raise flash flooding risks in the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUum...
Tropical Storm #Andrea has formed over the North Atlantic, the first of the Atlantic season. Andrea is already moving into cold waters and will be short-lived, expected to dissipate over the next 24 hours. Andrea is not a threat to any populated areas.
24.06.2025 15:06 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1The Eastern Pacific is getting going with their first Tropical Storm of the season, named #Alvin 🐿️
The NHC predicts a track northward towards northern Mexico, but fortunately, Alvin will hit some cold water on its way there, likely causing it to mostly dissipate prior to arrival.
🌀 The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season approaches
🌀 This video provides a brief overview of current expectations for how active the season will be
🌀 The best thing you can do is be prepared. Know your local vulnerability and have a plan. Everyone stay safe this season!
youtu.be/ZoJXfZVleak?...
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