Tropical Storm Dalila to weaken
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Claudette started off as an area of disorganized weather over the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf. It eventually strengthened to a tropical storm on June 19, 2021 as it neared the Louisiana coastline. Claudette weakened to a tropical depression as it tracked inland towards South Carolina by June 20, 2021.
It has been a quiet start to the Atlantic hurricane season as of the middle of June. This will likely be the trend through the next week with Saharan dust still dominating and hostile winds making it difficult for tropical waves to get organized.
Wutip was a tropical storm in the Gulf of Tonkin Friday evening China Standard Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 69 miles per hour.
National Hurricane Center forecasters on June 8 said tropical activity in the Atlantic, Caribbean or Gulf of America is unlikely for now.
A typhoon changed its path and landed in southern China's Hainan island at a severe tropical storm level. Its maximum sustained winds is 30 meters (98 feet) per second.
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Tennessee agriculture officials toured storm-damaged areas, assessing recovery needs after Tropical Storm Helene.
Severe Tropical Storm Wutip entered within 800km of Hong Kong, but is expected to make landfall later on Saturday, forecaster says.
Given how warm temperatures in the Atlantic Basin are, Texans should prepare now, if they haven’t already, for whatever the next few months may bring.