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Time of India
5 hours ago
- Climate
- Time of India
Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
Two tropical cyclones were swirling across the ocean southeast of Hawaii after developing on Monday but were not expected to cause any issues for the islands. Hurricane Iona is the first named storm of the hurricane season in the central Pacific and emerged Sunday from a tropical depression to become a Category 1 hurricane in roughly a day. It was trekking west over warm, open waters. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Operations Management Healthcare Design Thinking CXO Cybersecurity Others MBA Leadership others Product Management Degree Data Science Data Science MCA Finance Artificial Intelligence Management Digital Marketing Technology Data Analytics healthcare Project Management PGDM Public Policy Skills you'll gain: Quality Management & Lean Six Sigma Analytical Tools Supply Chain Management & Strategies Service Operations Management Duration: 10 Months IIM Lucknow IIML Executive Programme in Strategic Operations Management & Supply Chain Analytics Starts on Jan 27, 2024 Get Details "It's pretty high confidence that it's not going to have any direct impacts on the islands," said Derek Wroe with the National Weather Service in Honolulu. The hurricane is centered well south of Hawaii and an indirect impact will be downward pressure winds from the hurricane, creating dry and breezy conditions . "There's a lot of upward motion in the hurricane and then there's usually compensating downward motion," Wroe said. "That should be the case here as well. So it will be dry, it will be breezy." Live Events Those were the conditions that were prevalent when Hurricane Dora also passed well south of the islands in August 2023, and the associated winds led to the conditions that exacerbated the deadliest fire in the U.S. in over a century. The blaze raced through the historic town of Lahaina and resulted in the deaths of 102 people. He said there are concerns that conditions with Hurricane Iona could be at or near red flag criteria. "That said ... wouldn't be anything close to what we saw during that time with Hurricane Dora. The situation is just not that strong," he said. The pressure gradient created by Hurricane Dora created gusts that clocked in at 50 mph (80 kph) in central Maui and well over 60 mph (96 kph) on the Big Island. There were no instruments in West Maui two years ago to measure wind. "We don't expect anything even close to that," he said, with possible localized gusts of over 40 mph (64 kph) with winds running around 20 mph (32 kph). On Monday, Iona was about 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. Iona is expected to strengthen more over the next couple of days before weakening around the middle of the week. The hurricane has maximum sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph). It was moving in a generally westward direction at about 10 mph (17 kph). A second weather system also formed. Tropical Storm Keli had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). It was about 1,090 miles (1,755 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu and was moving west at about 10 mph. It may strengthen over the next day but, like Iona, should lose power around the middle of the week. Wroe said he didn't expect any direct impact from this storm on Hawaii either. The administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency on Monday hosted a statewide conference call with all counties, during which the National Weather Service provided an assessment and status of the storms. "All counties are monitoring," agency spokesperson Kiele Amundson said in an email. Another indirect impact from these storms could be swells, but Wroe said they are relatively small and moving westward and won't create anything significant. However, a large swell is headed toward Hawaii after being generated several hundred miles east of New Zealand. It's expected to arrive in Hawaii about Thursday, about the same time the storms pass the state. "People might wrongly attribute the swell energy to be from these tropical systems, but they're actually not," he said. He anticipates high surf advisory to be issued for the south shores of the Hawaiian Islands, with a surf of 10 feet (3 meters) or higher.
Korea Herald
6 hours ago
- Climate
- Korea Herald
Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
Two tropical cyclones were swirling across the ocean southeast of Hawaii after developing on Monday but were not expected to cause any issues for the islands. Hurricane Iona is the first named storm of the hurricane season in the central Pacific and emerged Sunday from a tropical depression to become a Category 1 hurricane in roughly a day. It was trekking west over warm, open waters. 'It's pretty high confidence that it's not going to have any direct impacts on the islands,' said Derek Wroe with the National Weather Service in Honolulu. The hurricane is centered well south of Hawaii and an indirect impact will be downward pressure winds from the hurricane, creating dry and breezy conditions. 'There's a lot of upward motion in the hurricane and then there's usually compensating downward motion,' Wroe said. 'That should be the case here as well. So it will be dry, it will be breezy.' Those were the conditions that were prevalent when Hurricane Dora also passed well south of the islands in August 2023, and the associated winds led to the conditions that exacerbated the deadliest fire in the US in over a century. The blaze raced through the historic town of Lahaina and resulted in the deaths of 102 people. He said there are concerns that conditions with Hurricane Iona could be at or near red flag criteria. 'That said … wouldn't be anything close to what we saw during that time with Hurricane Dora. The situation is just not that strong,' he said. The pressure gradient created by Hurricane Dora created gusts that clocked in at 80 kilometers per hour in central Maui and well over 96 kph on the Big Island. There were no instruments in West Maui two years ago to measure wind. 'We don't expect anything even close to that,' he said, with possible localized gusts of over 64 kph with winds running around 32 kph. On Monday, Iona was about 1,400 km southeast of Honolulu, the US National Hurricane Center in Miami said. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. Iona is expected to strengthen more over the next couple of days before weakening around the middle of the week. The hurricane has maximum sustained winds of about 120 kph. It was moving in a generally westward direction at about 17 kph. A second weather system also formed. Tropical Storm Keli had maximum sustained winds of 65 kph. It was about 1,755 km southeast of Honolulu and was moving west at about 16 kph. It may strengthen over the next day but, like Iona, should lose power around the middle of the week. Wroe said he didn't expect any direct impact from this storm on Hawaii either. The administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency on Monday hosted a statewide conference call with all counties, during which the National Weather Service provided an assessment and status of the storms. 'All counties are monitoring,' agency spokesperson Kiele Amundson said in an email. Another indirect impact from these storms could be swells, but Wroe said they are relatively small and moving westward and won't create anything significant. However, a large swell is headed toward Hawaii after being generated several hundred miles east of New Zealand. It's expected to arrive in Hawaii about Thursday, about the same time the storms pass the state. 'People might wrongly attribute the swell energy to be from these tropical systems, but they're actually not,' he said. He anticipates high surf advisory to be issued for the south shores of the Hawaiian Islands, with a surf of 3 meters or higher.
Chicago Tribune
9 hours ago
- Climate
- Chicago Tribune
Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
HONOLULU — Two tropical cyclones were swirling across the ocean southeast of Hawaii after developing on Monday but were not expected to cause any issues for the islands. Hurricane Iona is the first named storm of the hurricane season in the central Pacific and emerged Sunday from a tropical depression to become a Category 1 hurricane in roughly a day. It was trekking west over warm, open waters. 'It's pretty high confidence that it's not going to have any direct impacts on the islands,' said Derek Wroe with the National Weather Service in Honolulu. The hurricane is centered well south of Hawaii and an indirect impact will be downward pressure winds from the hurricane, creating dry and breezy conditions. 'There's a lot of upward motion in the hurricane and then there's usually compensating downward motion,' Wroe said. 'That should be the case here as well. So it will be dry, it will be breezy.' Those were the conditions that were prevalent when Hurricane Dora also passed well south of the islands in August 2023, and the associated winds led to the conditions that exacerbated the deadliest fire in the U.S. in over a century. The blaze raced through the historic town of Lahaina and resulted in the deaths of 102 people. He said there are concerns that conditions with Hurricane Iona could be at or near red flag criteria. 'That said … wouldn't be anything close to what we saw during that time with Hurricane Dora. The situation is just not that strong,' he said. The pressure gradient created by Hurricane Dora created gusts that clocked in at 50 mph (80 kph) in central Maui and well over 60 mph (96 kph) on the Big Island. There were no instruments in West Maui two years ago to measure wind. 'We don't expect anything even close to that,' he said, with possible localized gusts of over 40 mph (64 kph) with winds running around 20 mph (32 kph). On Monday, Iona was about 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. Iona is expected to strengthen more over the next couple of days before weakening around the middle of the week. The hurricane has maximum sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph). It was moving in a generally westward direction at about 10 mph (17 kph). A second weather system also formed. Tropical Storm Keli had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). It was about 1,090 miles (1,755 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu and was moving west at about 10 mph. It may strengthen over the next day but, like Iona, should lose power around the middle of the week. Wroe said he didn't expect any direct impact from this storm on Hawaii either. The administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency on Monday hosted a statewide conference call with all counties, during which the National Weather Service provided an assessment and status of the storms. 'All counties are monitoring,' agency spokesperson Kiele Amundson said in an email. Another indirect impact from these storms could be swells, but Wroe said they are relatively small and moving westward and won't create anything significant. However, a large swell is headed toward Hawaii after being generated several hundred miles east of New Zealand. It's expected to arrive in Hawaii about Thursday, about the same time the storms pass the state. 'People might wrongly attribute the swell energy to be from these tropical systems, but they're actually not,' he said. He anticipates high surf advisory to be issued for the south shores of the Hawaiian Islands, with a surf of 10 feet (3 meters) or higher.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Kowdiar land grab case: Accused approached owner to buy property before forging documents
Thiruvananthapuram: Museum police probing Kowdiar land grab case found that the key accused, Ananthapuri Manikantan, contacted the owner of the property several times, requesting to sell it. He also offered the owner an attractive price. The decision to forge documents to snatch the property was taken after owner, Dora Asariya Crips, who is settled in the US, was not willing to sell it. Manikantan even met the caretaker of the property with the same request, police said. Manikantan obtained the certified copy of the title deed of the property by filing an application in the registration department. He then paid property tax and a new tax receipt was also obtained. Using them, he applied for an encumbrance certificate and also forged an Aadhaar card of Dora. Manikantan also found a woman named Vasantha, 76, of Karakulam, who resemble Dora. As per his instructions Vasantha reached Sasthamangalam sub-registrar office posing as Dora and the land was registered in the name of Merin, 27, of Punalur, who the accused claimed to be Dora's stepdaughter, said police. Days later, Merin allegedly sold the property to Sasthamangalam native Chandrasenan, 62, for Rs 1.5 crore. However, Chandrasenan could not produce any proof of the money paid and was not willing to hand over the original title deed, police said. Chandrasenan claimed that he acted as per the direction of his son-in-law Anil Thampi, who is also absconding. Police so far arrested Merin, Vasantha and Mahesh C A, 47, of Puthankotta in the case. Mahesh is the brother of Manikantan. Police found that Mahesh paid Rs 14 lakh to the treasury using his vendor licence as registration fee and stamp duty. Police are investigating how Manikantan forged the documents and had he committed similar frauds before. They are also probing the involvement of others in the fraud
The South African
20-07-2025
- Sport
- The South African
Gabriela Bryan and Connor O'Leary crowned Corona Cero Open J-Bay champs
Gabriela Bryan and Connor O'Leary won the Corona Cero Open J-Bay, stop No 10 on the World Surf League 2025 Championship Tour. It was all-time Supertubes conditions, with solid four-to-six-foot surf in offshore wind, with the world's best putting on a high-performance show in front of thousands of surf fans lining the beach. Molly Picklum (AUS) and Yago Dora (BRA) finished runners-up after producing some of the top performances throughout the week. The next stop on the 2025 CT will be the Lexus Tahiti Pro, the final regular-season event before the one-day, winner-take-all Lexus WSL Finals in Cloudbreak, Fiji. Only the Top 5 men and Top 5 women on the world rankings will compete in the event. Following today's competition, there are now four men's spots and two women's spots remaining. The seeding and final positions will all come down to the world-renowned Teahupo'o from August 7 through August 16, 2025. Japan's Connor O'Leary won his first-ever CT title at the 2025 Corona Cero Open J-Bay, a career-best result in his seven years on Tour. O'Leary burst onto the scene in his Rookie year in 2017, and his last Finals appearance was at the Fiji Pro of that year. This season, the 31-year-old from Cronulla had a run of ninth-place finishes and two Quarterfinal appearances, and has jumped to No. 11 on the rankings after his win, his best result for 2025. 'I don't have any words,' said O'Leary. 'I'm just so happy with how I performed today. [Richard] 'Dog' Marsh has been telling me that it's coming this year, but it's been hard to believe sometimes. All the stars aligned for this one, so I'm stoked. 'It felt good to have so many people cheering for me, and then to perform for them. I intended to do some of the best backhand surfing you've ever seen, and to compete with a fellow goofy in the final, hopefully it inspires other goofy-foot surfers that they can compete against the best in perfect right-hand point breaks.' O'Leary took the win over Yago Dora (BRA) in an all-goofy-foot battle at Supertubes. O'Leary's flawless backhand attack saw him earn the event's only 10-point ride (out of a possible 10) to knock out three-time J-Bay winner Filipe Toledo (BRA) in an exhilarating semi-final clash to advance to his first final for 2025. O'Leary had a massive challenge ahead, with Dora seemingly unstoppable in J-Bay and in his third Final for the season. Locking into a classic leg burner, O'Leary scored an excellent 8.17 and 7.50 for a total of 15.67 (out of a possible 20) for the win. On the hunt for his third CT win of the season, Dora showed his affinity for the long-running walls of Supertubes, finding excellent scores in almost every heat at the Corona Cero Open J-Bay. On his way to the final, Dora took out Griffin Colapinto (USA) in an exciting semi-final and defeated Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) in the quarter-finals. With this result, Dora clinched his spot in the WSL Final 5, marking his first appearance in the Lexus WSL finals to compete for the World Title. In her fourth Final appearance in 2025, world No 2 Gabriela Bryan earned her third CT win of the season and the fourth of her career in dramatic fashion, defeating world No 1 Molly Picklum (AUS) by the narrowest of margins. After an early exit at the VIVO Rio Pro, Bryan lost the Yellow Leader Jersey to Picklum and flew out to South Africa to reset and get in a few extra reps at Supertubes. 'I don't think it's sunk in yet,' said Bryan. 'I came here early, putting in a lot of time here, and it paid off. I'm so stoked. It's been a dream of mine to win here at J-Bay. It's an iconic wave and one of my favourites in the world. 'The Yellow Jersey comes with a lot of pressure, so I definitely had less pressure in that Final. I personally like chasing something that I want to go after. The only time I want to be wearing Yellow is the first event next year.' Bryan clinched her place in the WSL Final 5 and will compete for the world title in the Lexus WSL Finals Fiji. The 23-year-old dispatched two-time World Champion Tyler Wright (AUS) in the quarter-finals, before taking out the 2023 World Champion Caroline Marks (USA) in the semi-finals. 'I can't even believe it,' said Bryan. 'From last year, where I think I missed out by one heat, and now to do it with one event left in the regular season. I get to go back to Fiji, one of my favorite places in the world, to compete for a world title, it's mind-blowing. 'It's been a great day. I knew that waking up, that's it's going to be a huge day no matter what. I'm going to do everything I can to make it a great day. There are so many good things to take away, but I just tried to simplify things, because it's so exhausting out there today, so I just focused on getting two good waves.' World No 1 Picklum (AUS) will wear the Yellow Leader Jersey going into the last event of the regular season, the Lexus Tahiti Pro Presented by I-SEA. She overcame an in-form Isabella Nichols (AUS) in the semi-finals, getting one back after Nichols won their semi-final clash in El Salvador earlier this year. Picklum, runner-up in 2023 to Lakey Peterson (USA), defeated Peterson in the quarter-finals but had to settle for another runner-up in 2025 to Gabriela Bryan. 'It's a one-of-a-kind wave,' said Picklum. 'It definitely has a specific timing and rhythm to it. Last year I felt I could learn a lot about my surfing here, and this year I was just trying to hold the throttle down a bit more, and find that rhythm.' Heading into this event, Picklum had clinched her spot in the WSL Final 5 early. Leading the pack going into Tahiti, the 22-year-old will be one to watch as she's been known to charge waves of consequence, such as Teahupo'o and Cloudbreak, up next on the schedule. Caity Simmers also secured her spot in the WSL Finals with her result today and the results of her competitors. With only two spots remaining for the women, it will all come down to the Lexus Tahiti Pro, which holds a competition window starting 7 August 2025. 1 – Gabriela Bryan (HAW) 13.60 2 – Molly Picklum (AUS) 13.34 1 – Connor O'Leary (JPN) 15.67 2 – Yago Dora (BRA) 14.23 Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 0211. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
